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. ON ZOOM A Bones for Life® four-class series with Liz Monnier January 6,13,20,27, 2026 **On Zoom,Tuesdays 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 Tuesday noon (EDT) 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
NEW ZOOM Offering Qigong, Thursdays at 6:00-7:00 p.m.(EDT) on Zoom Can’t make this time? No worries, classes will be recorded and available for 2 weeks.
You have within you the natural power and wisdom to re-energize and heal yourself! The method of Qigong has its roots in ancient Chinese medicine combining movement, breath, self-massage and meditation. Qigong is similar to T’ai Chi Chuan, but its intention is quite different. Qi means “life force,” and gong refers to “skill.” Qigong means improving your skill at tapping in and moving your own life force; your Qi (pronounced chee). As we practice the simple yet profound elements of Qigong, we call upon our mind, body and spirit to interact and support each other to revitalize the intelligence that is within us. The practice of Qigong is simple and easy to follow. There is no need to learn a lengthy form. Each class will awaken the organs, create a deeply relaxed state, and invite joy to come into every cell! Qigong is a safe way to reduce stagnation, enhance circulation, boost balance, flexibility, and mental clarity. The use of natural images in the movements creates a poetry of its own. Please check out this YouTube recording of “The Physiology of T’ai Chi and Qigong.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJRtZAwVwgo&t=492s Registration To register, simply respond to this email (monnierliz@gmail.com) by January 7. I will then send you a link to the Zoom Meetings and subsequent recordings. Class fees are only $40 for the series. If you are financially challenged but would like to join in, please let me know. Payments can be made through PayPal, Zelle, or you can send a check to my home address. Just ask.
Other In Person Classes Available with Liz Monnier: T’ai Chi Chuan for Relaxation at the Botanical Gardens, Tuesdays 5-6 p.m. January 20-February 24, 2026. All are welcome to find a sense of relaxation through the basic principles of this ancient Chinese movement form. Our class will focus on breathing, developing confidence in balance and weight shifts, quieting the mind, moving slowly and finding efficiency and flow in our movement. User-friendly Qigong exercises will promote healing and internal harmony. Registration deadline: January 12, 2026 Call the Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation Department at 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 5, 2026