Jerry Karzen

Jerry Karzen studied with Moshe Feldenkrais at the Feldenkrais® Institute in Tel-Aviv from 1976-1983. During those years he was Dr. Feldenkrais' personal traveling companion, secretary, and close friend.

Inscription: To Jerry with warm friendship.
Nay! hot friendship S.F. 8.12.76

Dr. Feldenkrais chose him to be a Trainer in 1982 along with Mia Segal, Yochanon Rywerant, Ruthy Alon, Chava Shelhav, Miriam Pfeffer, Anat Baniel, and the late Bruria Milo and Gaby Yaron.

From left to right: Myriam Pfeffer,
Gaby Yaron, Jerry Karzen, Anat Baniel,
Ruthy Alon, Yochanon Rwyerant

Since 1980 Jerry has been the organizer or Educational Director for 25 Feldenkrais Training Programs in 9 countries, and has been a Visiting Trainer for numerous other programs. He is currently the Educational Director for Feldenkrais trainings in New Zealand, Germany, and Brasil. Jerry assisted in the editing of Dr. Feldenkrais' last two books (The Elusive Obvious and The Potent Self) and directed, or himself filmed, 95% of all existing videos of Dr. Feldenkrais' private Functional Integration® lessons. At his request, Jerry organized and administered Dr. Feldenkrais' last teacher training program and was the first Executive Director of the Feldenkrais Foundation. He has also served as President of the Feldenkrais Guild of North America®.

Jerry is highly regarded for his ability to interpret and explain Dr. Feldenkrais’ Functional Integration lessons. He is also known for his clear and concise teaching, incorporating an open-ended, exploratory, and non-directive style. Pics: Jerry in black T, Moshe autograph w caption, Amherst trainer group

Links

www.feldenkraisbrasil.com   www.artem-feldenkrais.de   www.soundersleep.com

http://feldenkrais-method.org/ International Feldenkrais Federation. Click 'member organizations' on their website for a complete listing of organizations and their membership worldwide. All these organizations carry books, audio, video and related materials on systems of somatic education.

http://www.feldenkraisresources.com/   http://www.AchievingExcellence.com/ Books, audio, and video on the Feldenkrais Method and related systems of somatic education.