Through movement we learn, we live, we love.
Learning in Action is a somatic approach to how we develop, function, learn and grow. Based on the Feldenkrais Method® and deeply informed by practices and teachings from Formative Psychology® and Aikido, Learning In Action is steeped in evolutionary biology, functional, living anatomy and neurological learning. It addresses how we grow and move through our lives — physically, emotionally and mentally.
Sonja H. Sutherland maintains a private practice in Berkeley, California where she offers individualized hands-on sessions for adults, children and seniors. She teaches group Awareness through Movement® classes and conducts transfer and lifting trainings for staff working with people in wheelchairs. She also leads somatic workshops and retreats in the U.S and Europe. Sonja is an experienced, Guild-certified Feldenkrais practitioner® with many years of ongoing studies in Formative Psychology®, and holds a blackbelt in Aikido. She developed Creative Learning Through Movement — a somatic approach to learning — and taught this for thirteen years as part of the curriculum at a private elementary school.
Sonja helps people with a wide variety of unique circumstances and interests:
- Persons seeking relief from back, neck, shoulder, hip or other neuromuscular pain
- Athletes, martial artists and performing artists interested in improving their movement efficiency or recovering from injuries
- Persons with neurological conditions such as cerebral palsy, parkinsons, MS or stroke
- Children (and toddlers) with developmental or learning differences
- Seniors with balance or other movement concerns
- Postoperative recovery (open heart, reconstructive knee, hip replacement surgery)
- Repetitive stress injuries, eye, back and neck strains
- Individuals interested in somatic learning and personal growth
