The Team - Feldenkrais Education

The Team Feldenkrais Education

The Feldenkrais Education team has over 30 years of experience in running courses, workshops and training in the arts and education. We are passionate about creating a rich, stimulating and high quality learning environment for students.

Yvo Mentens Co-organiser / Assistant

I took my first Feldenkrais class more than 30 years ago. I graduated from the 2009 professional training in Paris with Myriam Pfeffer. I studied with some of Moshe Feldenkrais’ first assistants and alumni from the Amherst and San Francisco trainings. I am the co-founder of Feldenkrais Education and teach in our professional training programs in France and Belgium. I served as an active member of the European Feldenkrais organisation ETC, and as a vice-president of the International Feldenkrais Federation.

Before being a Feldenkrais practitioner, I worked in varied professional domains. I holds master degrees in Criminology and Sociology and am a certified Pain Reprocessing Therapist. Previously, I was a TV anchor on national Belgian television and worked internationally as an actor and theater director.

Next to my private Feldenkrais practice, I am is a professor of physical theatre, comedy and Feldenkrais at the renowned Paris National Conservatory of dramatic art.

I always strive to imbue my teaching with humor, empowering pedagogy and to create a safe, inclusive and engaging learning environment - a space where everyone can develop their own unique potential.

Pia Appelquist Co-organiser / Assistant

II graduated from Myriam Pfeffer's training course in Paris in 2011, and became an assistant trainer in 2019.
Originally from Denmark, I have lived and worked in France since 1990. I first studied anthropology and then pursued a career as a professional actress, before devoting myself fully to the Feldenkrais Method.
I am co-founder of the Institut Beliashe - Centre des Arts et du Potentiel Humain, in Aurillac. For over 25 years, I have researched and developed a method for enriching stage language, through movement, for professional actors. I have initiated and actively participated in innovative arts education work in schools and universities, and assisted several groups of adults and children in different learning processes.
I organize and assist professional training programs in the Feldenkrais Method in France and abroad.

Nikos Appelqvist at the Forest Lighthouse

Nikos Dalton Co-organiser / Practitioner

Of English and Danish origin, I grew up in France and studied cinematography in Belgium. I was certified in the Feldenkrais Method® with the Cantal 1 training in France.

My passion for the Feldenkrais Method and languages led me to be co-organiser and translator of the trainings in Brussels and to translate for the first time into French the best-selling book "A busy persons guide to the Feldenkrais method".

In 2021, I co-founded the Forest Lighthouse, a somatic education centre in Brussels. I offer group classes, individual lessons and organise various workshops and trainings in areas directly or indirectly related to the Feldenkrais method.

Betzabel Falfan at the Forest Lighthouse

Betzabel Falfan Co-organisatrice

Of Mexican origin, I am a dancer and actress by training. At the Feldenkrais Centre in Brussels, I teach classical Indian Sattriya dance and the Feldenkrais Method.

I was certified in the Feldenkrais Method® at Cantal 1, Aurillac France in 2020. I co-organise and administer the Feldenkrais professional training programmes in Belgium since 2019 and accompany the students there.

In 2021, I co-founded Forest Lighthouse, a somatic education centre in Brussels. There I offer group classes, individual lessons and organise Feldenkrais related preparations to dance and performance, as well as bridging the work with Indian artists around classical dance, martial arts and music.

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