Movement Dialogues

The Feldenkrais Method®, Bones for Life®, Child'Space, Walk for Life, Movement Solutions for Opti

Brenda Mountjoy Sorkin has been involved in movement education since 1985. With a background in counselling and dance, she began as a student of Trager Psychophysical Integration and was certified as a practitioner in this discipline in 1987, and continues as a tutor for The Trager Institute. In 1993, she embarked on a four-year training program of The Feldenkrais Method which changed her life and

continues to bring her inspiration and vitality. She is certified in both the passive (table work) and active (self-directed movements referred to as Awareness Through Movement) modalities of The Feldenkrais Method. Brenda has taught public Awareness Through Movement classes in Charlotte since 1994. Brenda is also certified by Feldenkrais Instructor Ruthy Alon as a trainer in the Bones for Life program and offers instruction to participants wishing to become certified to teach the program. . She has been teaching Bones for Life classes to the public since 2002 when she reversed her own osteoporosis after taking the course. Integral to the Feldenkrais Method is its focus on developmental movements. Brenda began advanced study with Feldenkrais Instructor Chava Shelhav, Ph.D. in this area in 2001 and completed the Child'Space program she developed in 2012. Brenda works with a diverse group of clients, both infants and adults, including artists, musicians, dancers, athletes and those who wish to enhance the quality of their life. Experiencing an autoimmune disease at an early age she has found the movement approaches to have provided a way to maintain a high quality of life and well-being which has led to her vast experience of working with various health issues for whose who are looking for a more natural way to restore health and vitality. Improving natural movement often provides relief from injuries and chronic pain, as well as back and neck pain. She has participated in medical research using Feldenkrais with people who have multiple sclerosis and often works in conjunction with psychotherapists to attend to the somatic experience in the psychotherapeutic process.

2025 Classes + Saturday Seminar and News

03/20/2026

This Sunday, March 22 The Myth of Io Dialogue 3:00 EDT -

2025 Classes + Saturday Seminar and News Clarify natural skeletal patterns that impact fascia, muscles and organ systems while opening the nervous system to new possibilities with ease. Discover the difference.