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My Life in Motion: A Student of Ido Portal and Moshe Feldenkrais

In almost 3 decades of maintaining a rigorous movement practice, I have struggled to define myself as a mover. Classical ballet, surfing, brazillian jiu jitsu, juggling, trapeze, Capoeira, gymnastics - I have done all of these and more, but no term fits or encompasses me fully. At 21, having recently landed on my head on a trampoline, I met a woman named Anat Baniel, who was a student of the world famous movement practitioner Moshe Feldenkrais. For the next 6 years, I embarked on an extremely rigorous course of study in a modern variant of the Feldenkrais Method. The principles of this work are simple: move slowly, with attention, and practice variation in movement slightly beyond your usual patterns. Then, in 2017, I met Johnny Sapinosso, who was a mentee of the world famous movement coach, Ido Portal. I immediately became obsessed with Johnny and the movement community he was building, as well as Ido’s teachings. This community provided the intense, physical counterpoint to the softer, more internal work of my Feldenkrais practice. And for the first time, I found a community of practice that brought together techniques from the dozens of different modalities I have studied. These two practices - The Feldenkrais Method and the teachings and community of Ido Portal, form the basis of my movement practice today. This is my movement story.