Through the Feldenkrais Method® we will explore how awareness can transform limitation from an obstacle into a source of possibility.

NYU Langone Health’s Harkness Center for Dance Injuries is proud to announce its newest program, Mindful Movement Meetups. These affordable workshops will feature rehabilitative and somatic modalities to complement dance training, injury rehabilitation, biopsychosocial health, and more.

Mindful Movement Meetups aim to provide accessible exposure to a variety of modalities and instructors as well as an opportunity to meet like-minded dancers in a welcoming environment.

MINDFUL MOVEMENT MEETUP: Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement®

Topic: FINDING FREEDOM WITHIN LIMITATION

When: Thursday, July 2, 2026 from 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT

Format: IN PERSON at NYU Langone Health

Description: Limitations are part of every artistic and human journey. Whether experienced through injury, habit, expectation or burnout, they shape how we perceive ourselves and how we create, express and engage with the world around us. Through the Feldenkrais Method® we will explore how awareness can transform limitation from an obstacle into a source of possibility.

Through a guided awareness practice, we will experience how we can reshape not only our patterns of movement, but also our patterns of thinking and perception, opening pathways toward greater ease, adaptability, creativity and resilience. This practice becomes a gateway to self-discovery, cultivating the agency, resilience and embodied awareness needed to move beyond perceived limitations and toward our fullest potential.

With its capacity to improve mental and emotional health and to significantly navigate injury, the Feldenkrais Method® is a work that is truly relevant for our times and is essential to any artistic practice.

Instructor: AMI SHULMAN

As a movement artist and certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner, Ami Shulman’s work bridges performance, choreography, rehearsal direction, education, intimacy coordination, and writing. Her collaborations include co-creating work with Cirque du Soleil, assisting creations with the National Ballet of Canada and Ballet B.C., and serving as Rehearsal Director at Göteborgs Operans Danskompani in Sweden. Ami has taught extensively throughout Europe, Canada, and the United States. Deeply invested in the healing arts, she maintains a private practice as a certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner, is trained in Ericksonian Hypnotherapy and is currently studying trauma therapy through Somatic Experiencing®. Her work has been presented internationally at conferences including Brain, Body and Cognition at Oxford and ISGS at the Nouvelle Sorbonne; and her writing has been published in the Feldenkrais Journal and Dance Magazine.

Mindful Movement Meetup fee: $10*