Due to the pandemic, all classes and private sessions are now being offered online through Zoom and are available to anyone worldwide. Visit my Work With Me page for more info, or contact me at alex.toenniges@gmail.com

Felden-what??

The Feldenkrais Method® uses gentle, exploratory movement to rewire the brain through organic learning, creating mindfulness and ease of movement in everyday activities. It can help you find vitality and freedom from pain, increase strength and flexibility, improve balance and mobility, and enhance creativity and thinking.

I work with musicians, seniors, people with pain, injuries, or physical/emotional trauma, and anyone looking to improve their quality of life.

Learn more about me, the Feldenkrais Method, and how you can work with me, or try out some of my free lesson recordings online!
Through Awareness Through Movement® lessons, we can...
  • learn to sense ourselves & become more aware of our sensations, feelings, needs, and desires
  • find more ease in our bodies
  • unlearn trauma patterns
  • learn to sit with anxiety & difficult emotions
  • become less reactive so we can respond more mindfully & creatively
  • discover a sense of agency & empowerment
  • build resilience & adaptability
  • develop authenticity & expand our self-image
And all of this through deep experiential and embodied learning.

Join me for weekly classes Wednesdays at 3pm eastern on Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83748255973
Donations accepted through Venmo (@alex-toenniges).
​Alex Toenniges is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner, outdoor educator, bassoonist, and social/environmental change-maker based in southeast Michigan.

Grounded in a framework of social permaculture, Alex challenges the status quo through facilitating embodied movement and music, nature connection, and community-building. Her passion is exploring human potential and helping people to "live fully their unavowed dreams."
"[Alex] has helped me deal with some complicated physical issues and given me great insight into managing my neurological pain and working to regain my sensory perception and the use of my body."
​- Dan W.

For Musicians

As a classically-trained bassoonist, I specialize in working with musicians to help them improve their performance and prevent and recover from injury.

For Seniors

The Feldenkrais Method can help seniors to improve their movement, breathing, and sleep, allowing them to recover faster and stay independent longer.
  • Hear the remarkable stories of how these people benefitted from classes at their senior centers:
Moving Forward with the Feldenkrais Method:
​Flexibility, Balance, and Pain Relief for Seniors
“Feldenkrais has given me tools to not only have an understanding of my movements and body, but a philosophy which deals with an approach to life. I recovered from an injury entirely with the Feldenkrais Method and found it to be useful in all aspects of life. In relation to my viola playing, I believe that it has opened up my sound and has influenced the level of creativity. It helps to deal with great pressure that comes with performing which prevents injury.”
- Maiya Papach, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

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