Santa Fe 4 Training Faculty and Staff
Our training faculty is exceptional in experience and skill. Our
trainers studied personally with Moshe Feldenkrais and each has
extensive experience practicing and training worldwide. Together,
they have led Feldenkrais
professional training
programs in some 10 countries.
Educational Directors:
• Alan Questel - Santa Fe, NM
• Diana Razumny - Santa Fe, NM & Denver, CO
Visiting Trainers:
• Elizabeth Beringer - San Diego,
CA
• Katrin Smithback - Santa Fe,
NM
• Dennis Leri - Marin County, CA
Continuity Staff Person
• Diana Razumny - Movement Educators -
Santa Fe, NM / Denver, CO
Organizer and Administrative Director:
• Efrem Razumny - Movement Educators -
Santa Fe, NM / Denver, CO
Santa
Fe 4 Training Staff biographies
Alan
Questel,
Guild
Certified Feldenkrais Practitionercm
and Trainer and is one of
the Educational Directors for the Santa Fe 4 training. He brings to
this training many years experience in practicing the
Feldenkrais
Method® in a variety of settings including,
hospitals and universities. He has worked with people from all
walks of life and has taught applications of the
Feldenkrais
Method to such
audiences as actors, dancers, physical and occupational therapists,
teachers, and athletes. Alan is a graduate of the Amherst Training
Program (1983), which was the last practitioner training that Dr.
Feldenkrais taught. He became an assistant trainer in the late
1980's and earned his accreditation as a trainer in 1994. He has
taught in over 40 programs in the U.S., Australia and Europe. He
has presented seminars at various institutions across the US and
has developed a body of work for performers utilizing the
Feldenkrais
Method. His
great interests are the embodiment of creativity and the
connections that develops between us through the
Feldenkrais
Method. He sees
the Feldenkrais
Method as a
means for individual maturation, and aspires towards making this
appreciable and concrete for his students both in training programs
and in his practice. Alan is known for his clarity, creativity and
down to earth style of teaching. He brings a depth of
understanding, humor and a gentle human perspective to the learning
of the Method. He creates lively conditions for
learning.
Alan
has co-directed programs around the world: Bronxville, New York;
Marin County, California; Sonoma County, California; Phoenix,
Arizona; Brisbane, Australia; Adelaide, Australia. He currently
directs programs in Melbourne, Australia and Perth, Australia. He
makes his home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Diana
Razumny is a
Guild
Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and Trainer and one of the educational
directors for the Santa Fe 4 training. She has studied and
practiced in a variety of body/mind modalities including Trager and
transpersonal breath Therapy. She began her studies of the
Feldenkrais
Method when she
met Dr. Feldenkrais in San Francisco in 1977. Diana has used the
method to work with people challenged by neurological difficulties,
especially children. She has been teaching advanced trainings in
the U. S. and Europe for Feldenkrais
practitioners focused on
working with special needs children. Her playfulness and love for
movement give a special quality to her touch and interactions with
people. Diana has extensive experience in various capacities in
training programs. She exhibits strong commitment to students in
the training process. Some of her passions have been sculpting,
dancing, tennis and Aikido. Diana will be the educational
continuity staff member and will be present for all four years of
the training program.
Efrem
Razumny, MS, ADTR,
is a Guild Certified
Feldenkrais Practitioner and a Certified Dance/ Movement
Therapist. He earned his masters degree in Dance/Movement Therapy
at Hunter College of New York in 1985. He has a 45-year history of
working with people in the alternative health field. Efrem is also
experienced in working with special children and their families. He
is a certified massage practitioner trained at Esalen Institute and
has studied the Rosen Method Bodywork and Movement. Efrem is highly
sensitive and committed to serving people in their personal
evolution. His enthusiasm and encouragement support people in their
ability to choose an improved quality of life. His extended
experience of living in the Alaskan wilderness gives him a special
appreciation for life. Efrem is the Administrative Director of
Movement Educators and their Feldenkrais
training Programs. He will
be present for all four years of the training
program.
Elizabeth
Beringer, Guild Certified
Feldenkrais Practitioner and Trainer, has been involved with the
practice and development of the Feldenkrais
Method for over
two decades and integrates current advances in the cognitive
sciences into the Feldenkrais
perspective. Elizabeth
studied directly with Dr. Feldenkrais, in the U.S. and Israel, from
1976 to 1983. She has been the editor of the Feldenkrais
Journal for over 10 years
and has served the Feldenkrais
Guild in numerous
capacities. She is the cofounder of Feldenkrais
Resources with David
Zemach-Bersin and they have worked together for over 20 years.
Elizabeth is the Educational Director of Feldenkrais
Method Training
Programs in Italy and Switzerland, and teaches courses for physical
and occupational therapists. Elizabeth has maintained a private
practice since 1981, working with a varied population including
those with severe limitations, infants, seniors, musicians, and
those in chronic pain. She has worked extensively with athletes,
martial artists and dancers, and she currently holds the rank of
5th degree black belt in the martial art of Aikido. Elizabeth lives
with her husband, cognitive scientist Rafael Nunez, and their
daughter, in San Diego, California.
Katrin
Smithback Guild Certified
Feldenkrais Practitioner and Trainer. She began her studies with
Moshe Feldenkrais in 1980 and has had a continuous private practice
in Santa Fe, NM since then. Katrin was on the faculty at the
College of Santa Fe for 17 years, teaching applied movement in the
theater, dance, music and physical education departments. Her
interest in practical applications of the Feldenkrais
Method has led
her to develop and teach workshops and classes for a wide variety
of groups, including athletes, actors, the disabled, therapists,
the elderly, and the general public. She also teaches advanced
trainings for practitioners and mentors local
practitioners. Katrin teaches in professional training
programs in the US, Canada, Asia and Europe.
Dennis
Leri, Guild Certified
Feldenkrais Practitioner and Trainer, has worldwide experience
presenting the Feldenkrais
Method in
training programs, seminars and workshops. He apprenticed with Dr.
Feldenkrais at the Feldenkrais Institute in Tel-Aviv, Israel and
has taught the Method for nearly 30 years. His accessible and
challenging teaching style reflects training in Western and Eastern
philosophy, psychology, martial arts and poetics. He has published
articles, translated into several languages, on the Method.
