Sharon Knieper

Awareness Through Movement® Teacher

Over a decade ago Sharon came to the Feldenkrais Method seeking to avoid surgery. It wasn't the first time she faced surgeries and this time she knew she wanted to do it differently, so she popped into some classes. Fast forward and while the surgeries still happened and challenges with pain continued, she discovered a method that helped unwind the creaks, bends and odd habits that had accumulated over the years. The ways of being - physically, mentally, emotionally - that had made her feel less like herself were exposed as things that could drop away. They were not permanent. And after each ATM practice she felt less stuck, more calm, open and quite simply - better. Knowing the path to self-discovery and learning is never a straight line; she has recently become an ATM teacher with the hopes of giving others an opportunity to explore the method while also deepening her own practice.