Testimonials

“After I sustained a brain injury, I struggled with cognitive, visual and balance deficits. Discovering Veena and Feldenkrais changed everything for me on my healing journey! I noticed a marked difference in my balance and brain fog after my very first session. Veena is so thoughtful and exceptionally insightful. It was so refreshing for me to find a provider who really HEARD me. We worked together to re-train my body so that it now works in harmony and balance. I cannot say enough to recommend Veena anyone who is feeling out of balance. Thank you, thank you, thank you Veena!”

Bridget F.
“I have been in about 6 sessions with Veena Vasista. Her Feldenkrais sessions have been Amazing! Each session have me new information on a cellular and physical basis but also on a mental awareness level! I have gained so many valuable tools on how to look at how I organize myself physically. As I am more aware of this in my mind it allows me to take better care of myself. I feel each session was a new gift. Almost like a rediscovery of what it means to me to be in my body. Also how to integrate more care and FULLNESS in how my body experiences or expresses life flowing from head to toe and beyond. Very grateful and I can see how this practice will empower communities and individuals who practice Feldenkrais!”

Trey P.
“When I do Feldenkrais classes with Veena, i have the opportunity to experience what's going on in my muscles and nerves and bones.... without taking the perception to my head. The awareness is at a body level and that's a huge relief for me. This type of somatic learning is not entirely new for me but the classes with Veena are well-organized and well thought-through, so I get to follow along and have my own experiences. It seems to be a return to the childhood state when I was learning more of the time through my body.I feel like I'm re-discovering an aspect of my own educational process that is healing and important to me.”

Lasita S.
“I really appreciated the joy and playfulness that Veena brought to our Feldenkrais Learning sessions. The sessions deepened my ability to be aware and bring attention to changes and challenges in my body, and resulted in my feeling more flow and energy.”
Judy H.
“Working with Veena has moved my body and mind into a place of inquiry - what happens when I do this....? How am I functioning today? Oh, I can’t move easily that way today. Or maybe I can move further today. It is a place of exploration and observation without judgement— an unexpected pleasure and great life lesson. Not only I have found the subtle movements during the session to be deeply relaxing, but I have noticed I’m more aware of more ways to accomplish my tasks in the day. Especially when I am doing heavy manual labor, I am noticeably better the next day, whereas I used to suffer terrible headaches after doing things like shoveling heavy dirt and moving rocks. Veena’s teaching has helped me cultivate a greater sense of freedom, pleasure and trust in my body and mind. “

Pamela F.
“I had an incredible experience during the Feldenkrais lessons with Veena which I highly recommend. It has made a very positive impact in my daily life by enabling me to be aware of the wholeness, interconnectedness of my body, and to be intentional in how I move through the world ( including the long hours I spend painting on my desk!). As a woman of color and as an immigrant with a South Asian heritage, I especially appreciate Veena's deep sensibility and sensitivity about socio-cultural contexts of my life, and how it has impacted my relationship with my own body. Veena has the rare gift of guiding one to tap into the healing capacity innate within all of us, despite the brashness of the aching breaking ever changing world around and within. May there be continued ripples of healing and awareness I have personally experienced thanks to Veena.”

Neha M.
“Veena is a consummate somatic educator, leading her students with clear and gentle guidance through the discovery of their own bodies' stories. As a story worker, as someone engaged with embodied process in creativity, I believe she would be a fabulous resource for community-based activists and cultural workers wanting to explore Feldenkrais methods as a component of their organizing or educational efforts.”

Joe Lambert, Founder, StoryCenter
“Veena, your leadership and guidance and flexibility through this process allowed my body to both consciously and subconsciously feel safe, allow for learning, connection, rest, and healing. This space is so vital for organizers in our BIPOC communities to center themselves for moments of pleasure, rest, and healing! I feel more connected to the multitudes within me and better able to support the movements that animate me. Grateful to Veena for holding such a warm, compassionate, introspective, and, most importantly, safe space.”

Ever Galván, Californians for Justice
“The experience of working with Veena has been a remarkable complement to this new season of dance and movement in my life… Veena brought joy, light and hope of healing to all our sessions….Through our private sessions, through asking questions about how the body is organized, through the small deliberate movements and flow of Feldenkrais that she facilitated, I entered into a world of the possibility of healing chronic pain in familiar places. I entered into a world where habitual body stances that I thought were fixed in pain or asymmetry – these stances began to shift. I began to learn resources and healing ways to interact with them….Every time we ended our sessions, I marveled at my newly realigned body being in a place of such peace and integration.”

Shebana C.
“I am eternally grateful. Veena’s ability to keep me relaxed, focused on self-care while I find those nuances in my body, introducing me to how I hold myself is extraordinary. Her voice and words are extremely calming and resonate deep beyond the awareness class. My body and mind benefit immensely and look forward to each class.”

Ellen K.
“I now have greater ease in my shoulders, neck, lower back, hips and knees. I also find I am able to mentally move through my daily tasks with more focus and relaxation! Veena's warm voice clearly guided me through the small, simple movements and reminded me that there was no right or wrong way to move. She created a supportive space to learn and listened to what we chose to share with great sensitivity and compassion. I highly recommend Feldenkrais instructor Veena.”

Diana T.
“The Systems Support workshop led by Veena were an opportunity for me to notice how subtle movements in my body are mirrored in my relationships with my family and my community. In turn, I also became aware of how movements in nature and in our community have a big influence on my body. I offer deep gratitude to Veena for her generous gift.”

Suzi O.
“Veena is an incredibly wonderful facilitator. The composition of the lessons was clear and effective, and doing her workshop series in affirming and safe BIPOC community was a wonderful experience. I highly recommend participating in any workshop led by Veena, she is magical.”

Kai H.
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ABOUT THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD®

The Feldenkrais Method® is a portal to self-learning and internal systems/culture re-configuration.  Through slow and gentle movements (in structured Awareness Through Movement® lessons or individualized Functional Integration® sessions) we gather evidence, based on your first-hand experiences. We test out options to arrive at easier, clearer, more effective ways of moving.  We see and work with you in your wholeness – shaped as you are by distinct combination of thoughts, feelings, sensations and movements/actions.

The movements and sensory observations engage you at a systemic level, e.g., the nervous system, the skeletal system, the muscular system, the visual system etc. With each movement, these systems are taken into a conversation with one another – you unconsciously learn and reconfigure yourself.  

In Feldenkrais, rest is a space for intelligence gathering and integration. Quality matters more than quantity. We encourage self-learning through exploration, curiosity, non-judgement, ease and playfulness. Engaging with the Method is an opportunity to practice and expand self-awareness, to bear witness to yourself and to start reshaping your internal culture.

The Method is accessible to people of all shapes, sizes, ages, identities and movement abilities. I endeavor to adapt individual sessions, classes and workshop content to meet diverse student circumstances.  I regularly (and upon request) hold classes which are only for people from Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) communities.