Our Team
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Andrew Gibbons, MM,
A practitioner for over two decades, Andrew has taught Feldenkrais for the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan, the Doctoral PT program of SUNY Stoneybrook Medical School, for musicians in the Manhattan School of Music's wellness program and in other public programs sponsored by the NY Department for the Aging, and has worked as an ergonomic consultant for The New York Times. He delivered a Tech Talk at Google’s New York headquarters on Avoiding the Black Hole of Computer Posture, and contributed a chapter about working with musicians for the recent book, The Feldenkrais Method: Learning Through Movement (Handspring Publishing, 2021). Since 2008 he has taught Feldenkrais for elite classical musicians at the prestigious Marlboro Music Festival.
He is a graduate of Columbia University, and the Manhattan School of Music.
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Jeff Haller, Ph.D.
A world-renowned Feldenkrais Trainer, Jeff regards the Feldenkrais Method as a pathway to the inner composure necessary for living a creative life in a challenging world. He studied directly with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais, the founder of the Feldenkrais Method. Since 1993, Jeff’s primary focus has been to train Feldenkrais Method teachers; he has been the Educational Director of 10 trainings. He has taught around the world, while sustaining an extensive private practice in Bellevue, WA.
Jeff was a university-level basketball player at Oregon State University when he first encountered the Feldenkrais Method. He graduated from the Feldenkrais Professional Training Program in Amherst, MA, in 1983. From 1984–1991 his studio offered classes in Feldenkrais, Aikido, Yoga, Tai Chi and meditation. Jeff’s background includes an MA in Intercultural Education, a PhD in Transpersonal Psychology, and over 20 years of study in Aikido.
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Roger Russell, MA, PT
Roger studied directly with Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais from 1975–1984 in San Francisco, Amherst, MA and at the Feldenkrais Institute in Tel Aviv, Israel. He has been the educational director of the Feldenkrais Zentrum Heidelberg where he has led 12 Feldenkrais trainings since 1994. Roger is a founding member of the Feldenkrais Guild of North America (1977) and the Feldenkrais Verband Deutschland (1985). He has organized and presented in numerous scientific and Feldenkrais conferences in Europe and North America. A physical therapist, he has a master’s degree in movement science and movement education.
His passion is to look behind the curtain into the intellectual background of the Feldenkrais Method. His research includes the application of the Feldenkrais Method with people with Multiple Sclerosis, (1989-1993) and a research project in infant sensory-motor development (1988-1995).