Teachers
Helen Miller
Helen Miller is an artist, writer and certified practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method® of somatic education. She is the Director of the Storefront for Somatic Practice and Editor of The Feldenkrais Journal, an annual publication on body mind awareness for movement education, artists, performers and the general public. Miller teaches hybrid movement and art classes in the Boston area and one-to-one Feldenkrais in Cambridge. She is a Visiting Lecturer at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design and the Harvard Summer School.
Email for more information, availability and to schedule: sfspractice@gmail.com.
Madelyn Kent
Madelyn Kent, MFA, former professor at New York University, specializes in physical approaches to writing. A theater director, Feldenkrais practitioner, and the developer of Sense Writing, which she has taught throughout Europe, the United States, and the Middle East, Kent’s work has been presented at Soho Rep, PS 122, the New York Public Theater, and The Flea. She has taught playwriting and screenwriting at Tisch School of the Arts.
Kent teaches Sense Writing online and at the Storefront.
Neetu Singhal
Neetu Singhal recently completed her MFA in Painting at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Originally trained in biotechnology, she is fascinated by the interdisciplinary search for evidence of universal human consciousness. Neetu is a Reiki Level 1 practitioner with training in Indian physical yoga, Sambhavi (Hatha Yoga), Basic Kriya Yoga, Raj Yoga Meditation, Chakra Science, Sudarshan breathing techniques, Panchabhuta Sudhi (five body element balance) and Sri Vidhya Sadhana (Energy Tantra System). She teaches breathing techniques and The Hands at the Storefront.
Chris Moffett
Chris Moffett's research focuses on aesthetic forms of educational practice and thought. He has taught graduate courses on the phenomenology of shoes and the nature of water at Teachers College, Columbia University, and is currently teaching material inquiry at the College of Visual Arts & Design, University of North Texas. Founder of Poised, Chris leads workshops on meditation sitting at the Storefront for Somatic Practice.
Ophelia Navarro
Ophelia Navarro discovered the Feldenkrais Method of somatic education when she was exploring different modalities to help overcome years of chronic illness. She is a mother, dancer, Reiki practitioner, and development expert in the fields of art and education. Ophelia teaches Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement at the Storefront.
Matty Wilkinson
Matty Wilkinson earned an M.A. from the Tufts Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Development and taught in early childhood classrooms for 12 years. As a certified practitioner of the Feldenkrias Method of somatic education and the Anat Baniel Method for Children®, Matty helps children with a wide range of challenges reach their fullest potential in motor, cognitive, social, and language development.
Wilkinson teaches Your Moving Child: A Caretaker's Guide to Developmental Movement at the Storefront.
Avital Bar Zuri
Avital Bar Zuri is a registered somatic therapist (R-SMT) and certified movement analyst (CMA) with an MA in dance movement therapy. She implements the systems of Laban and Bartenieff in her exploration of developmental movement patterns and experimental dance.
Avital teaches Contact Improvisation & Developmental Patterns at the Storefront.
Grace Sinclair
Grace Sinclair is a young filmmaker working at the intersection of art and environmentalism. Nature and biological forms are a recurring motif in her work. Grace brings her talents in still and moving image-making to managing design projects at SfSP.
VISITING TEACHERS
Brandon Sloan, 2019
Irene Dowd, 2017
Barbara Mahler, 2017
Naama Ityel, 2017
Aline Newton, 2017
Kate Faulkner and Bill Arcand, 2016
Elizabeth Valentine, 2016, 2017
INTERNS
2020
Hope Antonellis is a multi-disciplinary artist exploring the emotional body through the lens of surrealism. Her experimental painting, animation, film, performance, photography and multimedia collage resist dogma and strive for open-mindedness. At the intersection of art and therapy, Hope is looking for a safe space where imaginations can wander.
Javier Castillo is a Film/Video and Photography major at MassArt. Javier works in various formats including Super 8 and 16mm film, tape and digital video, instant film, and 35mm and digital photo. He likes to work in a hands-on way and to experiment with how different lenses impact his view of the world. People, emotion and space are all important to his practice. Javier is a 2020 Massachusetts State Internship Awardee.
Elena Daly is an Illustration major at MassArt. She creates art in a wide range of media, both 2D and 3D, traditional and digital. Her subject matter consists of whimsical characters and creatures both human and nonhuman, imaginative but technical environments combining nature and architecture, and solid designs arising from tangible and abstract ideas.
Anukriti Kaushik is an undergraduate in Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM) at MassArt where she dabbles in illustration, animation, film and video. Anukriti produces work grounded in research and activism, grappling with social norms, identity, gender and sexuality through a decolonial lens. Anukriti is a 2020 Massachusetts State Internship Awardee.
Grace Sinclair is an undergraduate at MassArt studying film and environmentalism. Grace is interested in creating therapeutic, immersive mixed-media installations and experiences. Nature and biological forms are a recurring motif in her work. Grace is a 2020 Massachusetts State Internship Awardee.
2019
Tiffany Ramos is an Illustration major at MassArt. She loves to experiment with different media such as gouache and digital tools. She makes art to make herself and others happy. Tiffany is a 2019 Massachusetts State Internship Awardee.
Andrew Ryder is a rising junior in Communications Design at MassArt. He experiments with hand drawn lettering, typography and photography and likes making posters and books. He’s really into the local music scene and aims to do design work in the music industry.
Haleigh Roy is an undergraduate Illustration student at MassArt. Her work incorporates a variety of media including ink and spray paint. She has a growing interest in human psychology and the functional synergy of mind and body. Haleigh is a 2019 Massachusetts State Internship Awardee.
2018
Christiana Antico is an undergraduate Illustration student at Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Her work incorporates a variety of media and techniques, unique textures and line work. Christiana is a 2018 Massachusetts State Internship Awardee.
Serena Gabriels is an artist based in Boston currently majoring in Studio for Interrelated Media at MassArt. Her work combines video and performance art to create immersive multimedia experiences. Serena aims to become an Art Therapist.
Texas Manning is a rising junior in the Studio for Interrelated Media at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Sometimes a clown, sometimes too tired to be a clown, Texas strives to make a positive change anywhere they can.
2017
Alyssa Palance is a senior at Lesley University majoring in Holistic Psychology and minoring in Global Studies and Fine Art increasingly interested in somatics and expressive therapies.