Arcata Recreation Launches Feldenkrais Movement Classes This January

Arcata Recreation announced January 7 that a new series of Feldenkrais Awareness-Through-Movement classes will begin in January, expanding the city’s lineup of community wellness offerings. The sessions emphasize slow, mindful movement designed to retrain functional movement patterns used in daily life and to support improvements in strength and flexibility.

The classes will be taught by Jandy Bergman, a local instructor who also teaches in Cal Poly Humboldt’s Dance, Music and Theater department. That connection signals a crossover between the university and municipal recreation programming, enabling residents to access movement education led by an instructor with academic and practical teaching experience.

Feldenkrais Awareness-Through-Movement focuses on gentle, guided sequences that encourage increased body awareness and more efficient movement. For local residents, the practice can be relevant for a wide range of needs: people recovering from injury, those managing chronic pain, older adults seeking safer ways to maintain mobility, and performers or athletes aiming to refine movement patterns. The city’s recreation division will handle registration, making enrollment and program details available through Arcata Recreation’s usual channels.

Municipal recreation programs like this one are typically funded and sustained through a combination of registration fees and municipal budgets; they can play a role in community health by providing preventative and rehabilitative options outside of clinical settings. Offering such classes locally reduces barriers to access for Humboldt County residents who might otherwise travel for movement education, and it helps diversify Arcata’s portfolio of wellness services.

The announcement did not include specific session times, fees or capacity limits; residents seeking to enroll should contact the Arcata Recreation Division for registration instructions and program logistics. By bringing a movement-education method taught by a Cal Poly Humboldt-affiliated instructor into the city’s offerings, Arcata Recreation is positioning the new Feldenkrais series as a complementary option for residents focused on long-term mobility and function.