I have worked with Janelle personally both in ATM classes and FI sessions, and; I have found her to be a sensitive and knowledgeable practitioner. Janelle’s kindness and expertise in the Feldenkrais method is palpable in your first meeting with her. She addresses ones concerns with the utmost humility and compassion, the results that I have achieved through her work have led to an increase in my well-being and comfort. So it is with uncommon enthusiasm that I recommend Janelle services to anyone seeking better movement patterns and an overall sense of ease.
Julie Kuhn
Janelle has been such a blessing to our family and I highly recommend her! Our son suffered a traumatic birth event and has a diagnosis of Cerebral Palsy. After being in traditional OT/PT since 2 months old, we were not seeing the improvements we had hoped. We were introduced to Janelle when our son was one-year old and immediately began seeing improvements in speech, movement and both gross and fine motor skills. Janelle has taught our son movement patterns which have helped him gain head and trunk control, as well as better hand control. Janelle has such a calming way of working with our son that he enjoys his sessions and is so proud of his accomplishments. We are incredibly thankful for Janelle and we have great hope that our son will meet all of his developmental milestones because of her.
To say I always feel I’m in good hands when I have a session with her doesn’t quite cover it: I am in good hands, good mind, and good heart.
Beyond being a natural teacher, it is Janelle’s kindness, tolerance and especially gentleness that reaches out to her students, breaking down built-up trust defenses. She guides students to awakening awareness and creates that rare safe environment where physical self-awareness can be observed lovingly without criticism. I feel physically and emotionally better, more aware of pleasure and am kinder to myself.
In my 35-year career as a physical therapist, I have studied many treatment techniques in an effort to better help the children I work with. In my opinion, the best overall technique for working with babies is Child’Space. In addition to addressing the relationship between parent and infant, Child’Space addresses all areas of development: gross motor, fine motor, cognitive, vision, speech and language. Child’Space is very effective.
Observing Chava work with a mother and baby, I was struck that in a short time she changed so much in that mother, her child and in her confidence to bond with her child. I believe that parents, caregivers and therapists can learn from this kind of experience how important it is to help children be aware of the their bodies. Focusing on process at each stage of development is the best way parents can help children toward important milestones, such as crawling in infancy and standing on one leg for 15 seconds in early childhood.
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