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Gold Coast Queensland 9726
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Jeni Drew is a mother, Feldenkrais practitioner, teacher and student of Nonviolent Communication and freelance writer. She lives with her partner and young son on the Gold Coast.

Passionate about birth and about natural parenting, Jeni's own personal journey through pregnancy, homebirth and motherhood informs much of her written work.

For almost twenty years Jeni has had an interest in mind/body healing practices and has studied a range of modalities including Focusing, Hakomi body-centred psychotherapy, Holistic Pulsing and meditation amongst others. She discovered the Feldenkrais Method of movement in the early nineties and later completed the four year training to become a certified practitioner.

As a practitioner of the Feldenkrais Method Jeni guides people to engage more fully with themselves and with life; encouraging them to embrace and trust their bodies' wisdom whilst using movement as a tool for self-awareness. With the birth of her son Jeni learnt first-hand the relevance of this work to birth preparation, labour and birth recovery, and is excited to share this with others.

In continuing her studies of movement and self-healing Jeni is amongst the first group of Australians to train in a system known as Sounder SleepTM - the specific application of gentle movement and breathing techniques to sleep improvement and stress reduction. She intends to teach these techniques alongside the Feldenkrais movement work she currently teaches.

In 2001 Jeni began the study of Nonviolent Communication (also known as NVC or Compassionate Communication). She has studied with its founder, Marshall B. Rosenberg, and continues to teach and study this 'practical, heart-felt approach' to communication. Jeni credits NVC with being the resource that offers the most support and guidance to her parenting. Jeni has taught NVC to parents, children, teachers and people in drug/alcohol recovery.

Jeni is available for private Feldenkrais or NVC consultations on the Gold Coast. Please email Jeni for further details.



'Through Feldenkrais sessions with Jeni I discovered a freedom of movement that I had never before experienced. I also resolved some significant personal issues through the empathy and safety that Jeni created." S. Grainger, teacher and counseling student

"I enjoyed the nurturing space that Jeni provided. She was intuitive in her sensing of what I needed and was skillful in the movements she brought to my body. I indeed felt nurtured and I also enjoyed the freedom and ease I experienced in my body afterwards".
S. Griffiths, senior research assistant/ project manager



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