Welcome from Liz
A Lifetime spent engaging people with creativity, movement, and music
Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner
Certified Bones for Life® Instructor
Inspiring People with Disabilities through Dance
Continues to teach Qigong and forms of Modern Dance
You can’t love movement if it is difficult or painful. I hope that I can help you rediscover the possibilities of movement through individual sessions or classes.
“To make the impossible possible, the possible easy, and the easy elegant. Life without movement is unthinkable.” - Moshe Feldenkrais
Upon leaving my long-time job as Artistic Director at the Fort Wayne Dance Collective, I turned my attention to offering programs that help people reconnect to their bodies and to find joy and comfort in movement. For some it means re-education on how to stand up, improve posture, recover from an injury, or how to be a better swimmer. For others they look to movement to reduce stress.
We can start on a path of easier movement together.
Join a Class with Liz in person or on Zoom
Bones for Life® processes help us to understand more about ourselves. When we begin to pay attention to our movement and feel more aware, the brain and nervous system make positive changes that create more efficiency. Movement becomes easier and more enjoyable. I believe you will feel a difference.
From the Ground Up A Bones for Life® four-class series with Liz Monnier January 9, 16, 23, 30, 2025 On Zoom, 12 noon – 1 p.m. (EST) Can’t make this time? No worries, classes will be recorded and available for 2 weeks. (Although recordings are not interactive, it does allow for flexibility for participation on your own time. I encourage you to do this if you are unable to make the Thursday noon (EST) class. )
Classes are $40 for the four-class series. Bones for Life® is designed to help anyone, and everyone, use natural movements to promote bone health and strength while possibly preventing osteoporosis. For more information check out this link: http://movementintelligence.org/bones-for-life
To register email monnierliz@gmail.com
Improve bone health and strength with the gentle, natural movements guided by Liz Monnier. Liz is a certified Bones for Life® instructor. This practice has been shown to improve posture, decrease pain, and aid in the fight against osteoporosis. While this class is most effective with movements involving standing, walking, sitting, and lying on the floor, movement may be modified to accommodate restrictions.
Benefits from Bones for Life®:
Coordinates a springy and vibrant walk.
Frees the joints from compromising habits allowing for pain free movement.
Stimulates bone strength.
Develops skills for restoring equilibrium.
Teaches you how to move your unique body in a range that is right for you.
Helps you to rediscover the pleasure of moving!
If this is your first Bones for Life® class, you will need to submit the Foundation for Movement Intelligence Memorandum of Understanding prior to taking a class. You only need to do this once. https://forms.gle/K6mNWwSemJ5dkFEq9
Other In Person Classes Available with Liz Monnier:
T’ai Chi, Qigong® in person at the Botanical Gardens, Fort Wayne, IN Tuesdays 5-6:00 p.m. January 14-February 18, 2025 To register call the Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department 260 - 427-6000.
Dance for PD (dance movement in chair for those with limited mobility) In Person at the Fort Wayne Dance Collective, 437 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802 Mondays 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. (Call 260-424-6574 to register,fwdc.org, drop in’s welcome) Winter Classes start January 6, 2025