About Eric
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Eric brings extensive knowledge and experience and a diverse background into his Feldenkrais practice and the classes and workshops he facilitates. He believes strongly that learning should be both practical, experiential, relevant and lead to a real improvement in the quality of his students lives.
In 1982 Eric studies music theory and has performed as a musician since 1984. He has been member of the music team at Center of Spiritual Living in Bellingham for 12 years
Eric graduated from Fairhaven College in 1995 with BA in Intercultural Conflict Resolution. Fairhaven College is based on self directed and self evaluated education.
After graduating, Eric traveled to Southeast Asia for four month and began practicing Vipassana Meditation at a 10 day silent retreat in Thailand. In 1996 he studied in England at the London Buddhist Center. Since 1996 he has attended several silent retreats in a variety of Buddhist traditions including Zen, Burmese Vipassana, Thai Vipassana and Tibetan Buddhism.
In 1993 he was introduced and studied Improvisational Theater and In 1997 began to teach Improvisational Theater through the Northwest Freedom University. In 2000 he joined professional Improvisational Theater Group in Santa Rosa CA. He continues to teach and use exercises from Improvisational Theater to promote more flexibility and lightness in his students and himself.
In 1998, Eric founded the company Barcode Re-sourcing, Inc which buys, sell and repairs data collection terminals from mostly reused and recycled components. The company currently provides full time employment to 11 people.
In 2000 he was introduced to Non-violent Communication and attended workshops in the bay area with the founder of Non Violent Communication, Marshall Rosenburg. As well he attended regular NVC practice groups. This work lead Eric to the development of group and paired verbal exercises that profoundly increase the capacity to connect to life and the experience of stillness while interacting with others.
After graduation from his Feldenkrais Training in 2003, he continued studying with one of Dr. Feldenkrais’s first students in the United States, Russell Delman who blends the Feldenkrais Method with Zen meditation in a process called The Embodied Life©.
He has also studied the work of Rudolph Steiner primarily through Steiner's education model Whaldorf Education through his children's education there. Mr. Steiner's holistic insights into human development greatly augmented Dr. Feldenkrais’s insights into motor skill development and relationship to gravity.
In 2004 he immersed himself in "A Course in Miracles" study group for 2 years and further integrated somatic education with the process in which we give meaning to life experiences.
Eric has continued to immerse himself in the study of The Feldenkrais Method, eastern philosophy, martial arts, neuroscience, genetics, evolution, anthropology, Somatic Psychology, human history, and is currently focusing on the primal nature of humans.
Eric brings extensive knowledge and experience and a diverse background into his Feldenkrais practice and the classes and workshops he facilitates. He believes strongly that learning should be both practical, experiential, relevant and lead to a real improvement in the quality of his students lives.
In 1982 Eric studies music theory and has performed as a musician since 1984. He has been member of the music team at Center of Spiritual Living in Bellingham for 12 years
Eric graduated from Fairhaven College in 1995 with BA in Intercultural Conflict Resolution. Fairhaven College is based on self directed and self evaluated education.
After graduating, Eric traveled to Southeast Asia for four month and began practicing Vipassana Meditation at a 10 day silent retreat in Thailand. In 1996 he studied in England at the London Buddhist Center. Since 1996 he has attended several silent retreats in a variety of Buddhist traditions including Zen, Burmese Vipassana, Thai Vipassana and Tibetan Buddhism.
In 1993 he was introduced and studied Improvisational Theater and In 1997 began to teach Improvisational Theater through the Northwest Freedom University. In 2000 he joined professional Improvisational Theater Group in Santa Rosa CA. He continues to teach and use exercises from Improvisational Theater to promote more flexibility and lightness in his students and himself.
In 1998, Eric founded the company Barcode Re-sourcing, Inc which buys, sell and repairs data collection terminals from mostly reused and recycled components. The company currently provides full time employment to 11 people.
In 2000 he was introduced to Non-violent Communication and attended workshops in the bay area with the founder of Non Violent Communication, Marshall Rosenburg. As well he attended regular NVC practice groups. This work lead Eric to the development of group and paired verbal exercises that profoundly increase the capacity to connect to life and the experience of stillness while interacting with others.
After graduation from his Feldenkrais Training in 2003, he continued studying with one of Dr. Feldenkrais’s first students in the United States, Russell Delman who blends the Feldenkrais Method with Zen meditation in a process called The Embodied Life©.
He has also studied the work of Rudolph Steiner primarily through Steiner's education model Whaldorf Education through his children's education there. Mr. Steiner's holistic insights into human development greatly augmented Dr. Feldenkrais’s insights into motor skill development and relationship to gravity.
In 2004 he immersed himself in "A Course in Miracles" study group for 2 years and further integrated somatic education with the process in which we give meaning to life experiences.
Eric has continued to immerse himself in the study of The Feldenkrais Method, eastern philosophy, martial arts, neuroscience, genetics, evolution, anthropology, Somatic Psychology, human history, and is currently focusing on the primal nature of humans.