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Avia David

Born in Heidelberg, Germany.

Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner

Avia studied the Feldenkrais Method in a four years professional training in the Wingate Institute, Israel (1997-2001) with the senior trainers Ruthy Alon, Eli Wadler, Rachel Elazar and Jeremy Kraus, and has been awarded Feldenkrais practitioner certificates by the Wingate Institute and the International Feldenkrais Federation.

Today, she teaches the Feldenkrais Method in "Awareness Through Movement" (ATM) lessons in Shoham and the surrounding area, as well as in "Functional Integration" (FI) lessons, partly with musicians.

She has led workshops for musicians in the Kibbutz Mizra String Instrument Master Classes, in the Shoham Conservatory, the Academy of Music Buchman-Mehta, Tel Aviv and in the Professional Feldenkrais Practitioner Meeting Israel 2006.

Avia is a member of The Israeli Feldenkrais Guild.

Cellist

Avia acquired her professional education at the Staatlichen Hochschule für Musik Heidelberg-Mannheim, completing her studies with a Cello Instruction Diploma and an Orchestra Diploma.

She continued her studies at the Rubin Academy for Music and Dance Jerusalem and acquired an Artist Diploma.

For more information about Avia's musical activities please visit www.cello4all.com.

Personal Story

I became acquainted with the Feldenkrais Method in 1995, when I used it to treat the physical discomfort caused by playing the cello. Following several months treatment in individual lessons, by learning how to enhance awareness of the body’s movements and how to change the technique used in playing, I managed to overcome the discomfort and began a process of learning that kept up till today. Playing and teaching the cello and the constant progress that the Feldenkrais Method enables one to achieve in developing the body’s physical capabilities combine in a manner that makes them inseparable.