February 17, 2023
News FOR and ABOUT the MEMBERS of FGNA
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Your Professional Organization Needs You!
Your Professional Organization Needs You!
Calling on ALL FGNA Members who have experience in being on a non-profit Board, in administration, legal affairs, accounting, management, and/or facilitation who have a passion for community, collaboration, consent, and respectful dialogue.
OPEN POSITIONS ON THE FGNA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Effective immediately: Director term: 3/15/23 -9/30/26
FGNA BOD Secretary-Elect/appointee mentored by Fairya Doc before the position begins on 9/30/23
2 Director-Elect positions to shadow 2 Directors beginning 1/1/24
FGNA Board of Director profile
1. Possess good listening skills
2. Work as a team player
3. Conduct oneself with professional decorum and speak with a 'collective' voice
4. Knowledge of basic computer skills, a good understanding of Google drive, including docs, slides, and spreadsheets. Internet connectivity is required for Zoom meetings.
5. Attend online monthly BOD meetings and additional meetings as called by the Board
6. Attend two face-to-face meetings, for the full duration of the meetings (note: subject to
change depending on pandemic status, maybe offered via videoconference platforms instead)
7. Read all relevant shared documents, comment, and participate in discussions. Read
information and communication updates if unable to attend a meeting
8. Every Board member has individual "portfolio" projects, participating as a liaison from the Board to appointed committees
9. Board decisions may affect this list in the future.
10. The Board in performs fiduciary responsibilities in governing FGNA in accordance with the FGNA Bylaws, Mission Statement, and Policies, and in compliance with state and federal laws
FGNA Secretary Profile:
The FGNA Secretary needs good listening skills, able to keep meeting on topic and follow agenda, know how to legally write minutes, can be a board member, but not a requirement, skilled in using Google Drive ( doc, forms, sheets, slides ), Doddle set up, and be good at multi-tasking.
1. Attend Board and Executive Committee meetings, Annual Meeting, and other events as directed by the Board
2. Oversee preparation of meeting notes and minutes for Board, Executive Committee and FGNA Annual Meeting and assist in the agenda as needed.
3. Manage storage of Board and Executive Committee meeting minutes.
o Assure that current meeting notes and minutes are available to Board members
4. Oversee management of the calendar of Board and Executive Committee meetings, and other FGNA committee meetings and events as directed by the Board
5. Notify Nominating Committee of positions of BOD and Committees, including terms and dates of appointments and resignation
6. Manage assignment and documentation of Board member contact information
7. Liaison to Feldenkrais JournalTM and Nominating Committee as needed
8. Perform other duties as assigned by the Board
Contact the FGNA Nominating Committee for more details.
We want to hear from you!
Misha Forrester fgnanominating1@gmail.com
Cathy Wright fgnanominating2@gmail.com
Katarina Halm fgnanominating4@gmail.com
Kate Conroy fgnanominating5@gmail.com
Jane Johnston fgnanominating3@gmail.com
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FGNA Volunteer Profile: Fariya Doctor
Fariya Doctor is a Niagara, Ontario based Feldenkrais® practitioner who comes to the profession via massage and a BSc. in Science. She graduated from her (Toronto) Feldenkrais training in 2004.
Fariya’s professionalism and participation in FGNA conferences led to the FGNA leadership to nominate Fariya to the Board of Directors. She became a director elect, and in July 2015 she accepted the position of secretary. She has since become an active and ubiquitous FGNA leader.
Although she didn’t expect that it would, Fariya’s board work helped her grow professionally. FGNA Board projects put her in regular contact with practitioners in the U.S. and Canada. These connections, with those she made by attending FGNA conferences, grew into a cross-region network of clients and colleagues for Fariya. In a commitment to her Feldenkrais community during the pandemic shut downs, Fariya founded and led the popular FGNA Cafe, which continues to serve various needs of fellow Feldenkrais practitioners.
Fariya is modest in describing her accomplishments and service commitment. “I’ve always volunteered, since I was in the massage profession.” She admits “I had a steep learning curve when it came to the secretarial role for FGNA.” But to Fariya it just seemed like the right thing to do to meet the needs of the organization. “It is my conviction that if I want to make a difference in a profession I am proud of, the best way to do it is to dive in and lend a hand.”
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Special Events
Join Paris Kern's, "The Trainer is IN!" a unique, lively Q&A about all things Feldenkrais®, whether it is about your own self-care, your client's, FI® strategies, what ATM® to teach for a particular audience, or starting a practice or managing it,
March 5, 2023
The first Sunday of each month, 4:30 PM-5:30 PM Eastern.
For more details and registration, click here
Cost $20.00
If you have a particular concern that might require a lengthy answer, do email Paris ahead of time pariskern@comcast.net
This event is sponsored by The New England Region of FGNA
Chat with a Trainer - Candy Conino
Date: March 26
Times: 11am PT/2pm ET
Location: Online – via Zoom
Cost: FGNA Members no charge, others $20
Register here
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Discount Available for Purchases from the IFF
Dear Feldenkrais® Guild of North America (FGNA) Member,
The International Feldenkrais Federation (IFF) in partnership with the IFF Distribution Center (IFF DC), is pleased to announce that all Feldenkrais Guild® of North America (FGNA) 2023 members are eligible to receive a 10% discount on materials available at Feldenkrais-Method.org.
This benefit is available to you because Feldenkrais Guild of North America (FGNA) is a member of the IFF and you are a member of good standing in the Feldenkrais Guild of North America (FGNA).
This discount applies to the Alexander Yanai lessons, Amherst & San Francisco Training transcripts and recordings, Amherst Evening FI® lessons, and ALL of the wonderful materials from Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais at Feldenkrais-Method.org. Many are available for immediate download and use.
Click here to access the code
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Feldenkrais® Practitioners working in health care
Dear Feldenkrais colleague,
If you are a Feldenkrais Practitioner working in healthcare and would like to be part of a special interest group of healthcare providers who are Feldenkrais practitioners, please email us at feldyjutta@gmail.com
As health care providers, we are able to offer this precious somatic and experiential work to our clients. At the same time, we might experience challenges having to adhere to the parameters of medical approach. We want to learn more about your practice.
We will be providing a survey soon to determine if and how Feldenkrais practitioners are bringing aspects of the Feldenkrais Method® into their clinical practice. If not, then what are the barriers to integrating Feldenkrais into their clinical practice. From this survey we hope to better understand the breadth of interdisciplinary applications of the Feldenkrais Method.
Jutta Brettschneider, OTD OTR/L and GCFPCM
Marina Gilman, MM, MA CCC-SLP, GCFP
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Contribute video content to FGNA publications!
In 2023, SenseAbility, the Guild's online publication for the general public will begin to include featured video content alongside written articles and podcast-style interviews.
We are looking for clear and thoughtful presentations of the Feldenkrais Method® that may include - but are not limited to - experiences of Awareness Through Movement®. This is your chance to develop your marketing message, demystify common misunderstandings about Feldenkrais® practice and underline what makes it so valuable.
If you are interested in making a video submission, please contact us before filming so we can work with you to ensure the best quality content for the SenseAbility readership!
Write to us at fgnacommunications2@gmail.com
Themes for upcoming editions of SenseAbility & In Touch
Plan your Articles - Increase Your Exposure
Every article includes a member's bio, website and other promotional information. In addition, the articles are posted on Facebook where we have over 3,700 followers - all potential students. It is a great way to build your audience and client base.
Themes for 2023: SenseAbility & In Touch*
March: Joint Replacement & Injury Recover
April: SenseAbility - Yoga & the Feldenkrais Method,
In Touch - The Unique Contributions of the Feldenkrais Method
May & beyond: Self-Confidence, Working Life, Listening, Unique Applications of the Feldenkrais Method, Speed/Power/Strength, Inner & Outer Worlds, What Is Functional Integration®?, Feldenkrais & Yoga, Early Childhood Motor Development, Feldenkrais & Meditation, Effort & Effortlessness
*Don't see the theme you'd like to write about above?
Get in touch and let us know what themes you think we should explore in 2023!
In Touch, the Guild’s members only publication, publishes articles you write for the benefit of fellow practitioners. Please consider submitting to In Touch instead of SenseAbility.
SenseAbility is the Guild's publication for the general public, which currently has a subscriber list of almost 12,000 readers. Articles are a maximum of 1,500 words in length. Multi-media submissions are welcome.
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Did You Miss the Last Issue of SenseAbility?
Back issues of the Guild’s publication for the public, SenseAbility, have been added to the Feldenkrais.com site. Find the latest issue here.
Back issues of InTouch are also available for members. Check under Resources at feldenkrais.com. Click on Members - be sure to login!
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Spotlight on Legislative Advocacy
Legislative activity is ramping up!
Kansas: SB 111 was introduced and assigned to committee in January. This is similar to a bill from the previous session, that would establish massage therapy licensure requirements and exempt the practice of the Feldenkrais Method® of somatic education and other non-massage professions. FGNA was involved in drafting the exemption language, and supports the bill.
Massachusetts: HD3807 and SD2151 were filed in January. The bills would remove exemptions and require licensure for “alternative healing therapies”, which would include practice of the Feldenkrais Method and many other non-massage professions. We’ve successfully opposed similar bills since 2016.
FGNA Government Relations Administrator Andrea Wiener is organizing a meeting with the Attorney General’s staff and representatives of the Joint Government Relations Committee (“JGRC”) of the Federation of Therapeutic Massage, Bodywork and Somatic Practice Organizations (“Federation MBS”, to discuss our concerns. Andrea will work closely with JGRC representatives, FGNA Massachusetts Government Relations Liaison Misha Forrester, and members to plan strategy and prepare testimony in opposition to the bills.
HD.953 and SD.1365 were filed in January. These Health Freedom bills protect the right to provide complementary and alternative health care services. FGNA supports the bills.
Minnesota: HF 973 and SF 967 were introduced and assigned to committee in January. These are similar to bills from the previous session, that would establish massage therapy licensure requirements, and exempt the practice of the Feldenkrais Method and other non-massage professions. FGNA was involved in drafting the exemption language, and supports the bill.
Questions? Contact Government Relations Administrator Andrea Wiener: andrea.wiener@feldenkraisguild.com.
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Nancy Haller, President, Sue Seto, Vice President, Erik LeSuer, Treasurer, Fariya Doctor, Secretary, March Dolphin, Director 3, Sue Robuck, Director 5, Beth Scott, Director 6, Mercedes Von Deck, Director Elect
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