Staff

Jeff Haller, Educational Director

My time with Moshe was short.  I studied directly with him for two years in Amherst, and for a short time in Israel. His perspective was (and still is) so compelling that there were certain sentences he uttered which have stayed with me:  

• "I can lift a person's head without changing the tone in my arms."

• "In walking we feel the head of the fourth metatarsal."

• "It doesn't matter what you think, it only matters what you do."

• Moshe, what makes a good lesson? "Friendly hands."

• Or my personal favorite, "Hey, stupid athlete, it's not human movement."

These statements lead me to an extraordinarily rich, at times torturous, personal and professional study to understand what Moshe was talking about, and how he acquired his understanding of awareness and human function.

In 1983, I founded Inside Moves and have had a successful and fulfilling private practice working with a wide variety of clients ranging from those with severe disabilities to PGA golfers and NHL hockey players.

From 1993 to today, my primary focus has been to train Feldenkrais Method teachers. I have participated in over 30 trainings and have been the Educational Director for training programs in Seattle, Chicago, Vancouver BC, New Zealand, and Victoria, BC. In addition, I have run numerous Advanced Trainings where I have refined my teaching and honed in on developing a curriculum that enables practitioners to be successful. I have presented at the annual FGNA conference many times.

Andrew Gibbons, Faculty

Andrew is an Assistant Trainer who began mentoring with Jeff Haller in 2009. He has been faculty member of the IOPS Academy and the Feldenkrais Training Academy since their inception. Andrew trained as classical pianist, and worked as an ergonomic consultant for The New York Times in the 1990s. Since then has taught for the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan, the Doctoral PT program of SUNY Stoneybrook Medical School, and for musicians in the Manhattan School of Music’s wellness program. He has also been an invited Tech Talk speaker at Google’s NYC headquarters, talking about his program Avoiding the Black Hole of Computer Posture. He contributed a chapter on working with musicians for the recent book, The Feldenkrais Method: Learning Through Movement (Handspring Publishing, 2021). bodyofknowledge.me

Lila Hurwitz, Administrator

A professional dancer and movement educator, Lila completed her Feldenkrais training in Berkeley in 1997. She has taught Feldenkrais, dance improvisation, Authentic Movement, and related topics at educational institutions and dance studios across the country. A lifelong organizer and administrator, Lila was Associate Director of Artist Trust, Co-Founder/Administrative Director/Co-Artistic Director of the Seattle Festival of Dance Improvisation, and recently co-founded Motion State Arts, a contemporary dance presenting organization in Providence, RI. Through her management firm Doolittle+Bird, Lila supports artists, Feldenkrais practitioners, and non-profit organizations. She has been working with Jeff Haller / Inside Moves since 2013.

Laura Yedwab, IOPS Co-Founder

In 2014, Laura went to Jeff with a vision of a better format for Feldenkrais Advanced trainings; they joined forces to create the IOPS Academy intensive graduate program. The first program was in New York (2015–2017) and Laura continued to be actively involved with the next three programs: Seattle (2016–2018), Buenos Aires (2017–2019) and Basel (2019–2021).

In addition to IOPS, Laura founded Kinetic Inquiry Feldenkrais and Feldy Notebook.

Before delving into the world of the Feldenkrais Method, Laura spent 20 years in the computer industry, first as a programmer, then as a manager, and finally managing the Natural Language Group at Microsoft. She has a master’s degree in computer science from M.I.T.