About Us
Charlotte Chavez ended up trying Feldenkrais (pronounced FELL-Den-KRice) because she wasn't sure what else to do. "Often people try this because nothing else has worked for them," she explained.Charlotte decided to look into Feldenkrais after a series of health setbacks - back pain, breast cancer, and an injury to her upper back that prevented her from working at her pottery wheel. "For ten years I was unable to throw pots," she bemoaned. Feldenkrais worked so well for her that she again teaches pottery classes and says even her own pottery is improving. In fact, the the bowl in the upper left corner of this page is one of her creations. She's found that similar to pottery, Feldenkrais requires sensitivity and creativity, so she decided to learn how to teach it. "In 1999, I finished a four-year training program, with hundreds of hours of instruction each year," she said. Charlotte is a Feldenkrais Practioner.
Chavez has lived in the Healdsburg, California area since 1974. She was a Clinical Laboratory Scientist for 30 years and worked at Healdsburg General Hospital the last 7 of those years. "I was a lab tech," she laughed. "That's the easiest way to describe it." She sees Feldenkrais as being "an adjunct to medicine, not as a replacement." Her workshops and private sessions are conducted at her home amongst the vineyards in beautiful Dry Creek Valley, part of the Sonoma County wine growing region. Her classes are held at the Healdsburg Yoga Studio just off the historic plaza in downtown Healdsburg. She has had experience working with a variety of clients in private sessions....stroke patients, people with cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis or post polio syndrome, musicians, artists, people with chronic neck and shoulder and/or back pain, as well people suffering from fibromyalgia.