Your Body Tells the Truth

Listen to Your Self...For a Change

Feldenkrais and hot stone massage Toronto

BIO

Marlene Kennedy

A RELAXED BODY HEALS ITSELF!

Marlene Kennedy offering Feldenkrais, Spa and Private classes in Toronto

All affective human experiences are body events.

“It’s not just what the practitioner does,
but also who the practitioner is
in relation to the client.”

A certified Holistic Practitioner since 1998, I am a skilled somatic educator, my experience earned honestly through surmounting personal chronic pain challenges of my own sustained by working in information technology for over 25 years. What I learned is Life is Movement & bodies need to move! Discovering the body~mind relationship has been integral to my health & well~being. As well, my background gives me the unique ability to address the union of body & mind like few others. I walk the talk! Enthusiasm, sensitive & subtle awareness abounding, joyfully support my purpose of guiding individuals to explore their own personal levels of learning!  It is my honour to witness the empowerment & reconnection of individuals experiencing their own unique self~expression, reconnected & free from outdated behaviours, patterns & beliefs which no longer serve. In short, my purpose is to help put individuals in touch with their own greatest teacher ~ themselves!

Training as a Kundalini Yoga instructor has helped me to align with my spiritual Self & practising Thai Buddhist & Vipassana Insight Meditation grounds that connection. Professionally, my continued commitment is to the practices of Feldenkrais Functional Integration®, Awareness Through Movement® & dream work as a means to further enhance my effectiveness in supporting others in their own body~mind awareness training. I have imparted my extensive holistic teaching experience through programs such as the Holistic Modalities program at Seneca College, ongoing classes & workshops ~ whether it be through Awareness Through Movement® classes, private Functional Integration® sessions or meditation.

My devotion to the integration of body, mind & spirit is expressed through my gentle support of my students. I foster the development of trust where clients feel free to express their feelings & to share stories which may be hidden in the body~mind for a long time. Intrinsic to the balance of the body~mind relationship, I fully support the process of purifying the body through nutrition and cleansing via Infra~Red Sauna therapy.

If you don’t take care of your body… where will your Spirit live?

Be Subject to Change!

What people are saying about Marlene

Holistic Certifications:

  • Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education® (2005-2009 plus ongoing advanced trainings)
  • Rubenfeld Synergy Method® (1998-2004)
  • Body Electronics® & Visualization & Consciousness (1997-2000)
  • VoiceBio® Sound Therapy (2006)
  • The Reconnection™ (2005)
  • Axiatonal Alignment (2002)
  • Hot Stone Massage Therapy (2002)
  • Kinesthetic Anatomy (2000-2001)
  • Gestalt Therapy (2000-2008)
  • Life Between Lives Spiritual Regression (2004)
  • Transpersonal Hypnotherapy (1998)
  • Reiki (1998)
  • Therapeutic Touch (1997-1998)

Personal Integration:

  • Network Spinal Care, Nucca, Cranial & traditional Chiropractic
  • Gestalt Therapy (2000-2008)
  • Postural Integration (1998-2002)
  • Transpersonal Psychotherapy (1997-1998)

Meditation & Yoga:

  • Vipassana Insight Meditation (since 2000)
  • Thai Meditation (since 2005)
  • Art of Living Breathwork & Yoga (2003-2005)
  • Ashtanga Yoga (1995-1999)
  • Kundalini Yoga (1997-1998)
  • Federation of Yoga Teachers (1996-1998)

 

Marlene Kennedy, GCFP

  • Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner
  • Awareness Through Movement® Facilitator
  • Axiatonal Alignment Reconnective Healing®
  • Master Transpersonal Hypnotherapist
  • Certified Reiki & Therapeutic Touch Practitioner

Licensed Member:

  • Feldenkrais Guild of North America
  • FACT

What Moves You?
YOUR BODY TELLS THE TRUTH

This is your body, your greatest gift,
pregnant with wisdom you do not hear,
grief you thought was forgotten &
joy you have never known.
~ Marion Woodman

Reviews

  • Sunnybrook doctor says

    "If there’s one thing that you have to do for yourself, it’s to stay with the Feldenkrais course".

    Faith

  • grounding, learning process for relieving Anxiety & Depression

    Feldenkrais is one of the best Methods I have encountered for not only addressing my particular health challenges & personality. I find Feldenkrais to be such a good fit for helping Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, as well as the Anxiety & Depression that I experience. I love the gentleness & quietness of it. I also love how I am in control of my body. It's a learning process. I am not just a passive client & I am sure if I continue, the benefits from this work will keep on surprising me.
    Mayra

  • relaxed, clearer thinking with improved posture

    When we work with Marlene, we are constantly learning to be more present & relaxed, clearer thinking with improved posture. More than one modality is offered & is often integrated with another. Marlene takes interest when discussing our needs & we enjoy her candid sense of humour.

    Diane & Wayne

     

  • Chiropractor says

    My husband experienced such a powerful, major change with your treatment, that even his chiropractor said,
    “Wow, I’ve never seen your spine so pliable”.
    Rose & Ed

  • It has been 2 weeks since my treatment. I came hoping to reduce teeth clenching & Marlene explained that Feldenkrais works with interconnections in the body & that she would not necessarily be working directly on the jaw.

    After the treatment, I was surprised to find the clenching very significantly reduced & 2 things happened afterwards that I did not expect. At my weekly exercise class, a friend stopped me to ask if I had studied dance; she said I moved so gracefully. No one has ever said that to me before. Also, the man in my life, also a senior, looked at me & exclaimed, “You have such good posture!”. (He has known me for years, yet this sentence has been repeated several times in the last 2 weeks.) Each time I stop & realize that yes, I am standing or sitting much differently than I did before.
    Judy G.

  • The Hot Stone Massage was awesome & I feel renewed! My angst is gone & I must say, my head is very clear. I wasn't really tired but I did sleep very well on Saturday night. Thank you so much. I would like to come to Feldenkrais classes. Thank you again for helping me heal.
    Brenda Marshall, NOW Office Manager

  • patience, understanding & intuition

    Marlene's extraordinary patience helps to create an atmosphere in which to melt. She has an understanding of our class needs & intuitively guides us. As a very approachable & accessible person with a warm smile & a cool glow, she is there with us on the journey to better health by allowing us to discover ourselves ~ like a hot air balloon captain one trusts to get into the basket, then she takes us up & inward on a tour to a different site, guiding us along & then back to stand again on our own two feet.

    Sa'ad

  • I felt at ease with Marlene. My felt sense told me she was to be trusted. After just a few sessions, lying face up & fully clothed on the practitioner’s sheepskin covered table while Marlene worked on my body, I found that – when I got up off her table – I was walking differently. My head was pulled back & my chest was open. When I tried to explain the experience, I could only say I was standing & walking in a plumb line, the weight on the end of a string that carpenters & plumbers use to find a straight line.

    With the postural change came new awareness of how I perpetuate an old protective stance I no longer need. In my current life, I want to be open & loving, not “protected” by my shoulders & not on the lookout for danger. My body & my mind have worked together to help me discover a new, authentic way of being in the world.

    Mary K. Armstrong, Focusing Therapist

  • Your Body Tells the Truth is a gem in the Danforth area. I have followed the business & its owner for many years & I can testify that here is value for the monies spent. Hot Stone Massages & Feldenkrais are the right combination for anyone who needs peace of mind. Steps from a dynamic part of the Danforth in a luxurious & immaculately kept environment plus professional care makes this little gem my first choice.

    Joan

  • Marlene is a true healer. It's like a rebirth to experience your body opening up & releasing ancient tension, thanks to her gentle & intuitive touch. Sometimes after my treatment, I feel almost giddy with joy.

    Judy Steed, Pilates Instructor

  • It was truly great to have a session with you today. Thank you for your amazing guidance & direction, & for the beautiful, encouraging words. I feel alive & grounded, even kind of giggly all the way home!

    Manuela, Pilates Practitioner

  • Marlene cleared my head. I feel good & my hips feel great. More time with Marlene equals more balance & more joy, even though I think I am OK.

    David, Transformational Arts College

  • spirit, body, mind & soul

    I don't know if I can separate Marlene from her your work because she is spirit, body, mind & soul integrated. I appreciate her holistic healing, caring & presence. When I experience private sessions, I feel the presence of an authentic person; she listens to my concerns, presence & proceeds with each step from there. When I have treatments, I experience physical, emotional, creative, artistic imagery, spiritual & integrative responses. At the conclusion, physically, I feel longer, taller, more in my body. Emotionally, I feel cared for & soothed. I feel more integrated & whole upon leaving.
    Terry

  • total Wellness stimulates brain, focus & mobility

    For me, the most important reason for Marlene's work is Total Wellness that leads to a happy, healthy, pain-free life with many other benefits. Feldenkrais is unique in that it does not involve extreme effort. On the contrary, it stimulates the brain, focus & mobility. As a Practitioner, Marlene's way is consistent & compassionate with human connection at high level. This society & any other needs you as truly, I DO! Thanks millions.

    Mary

  • My feet & ankles floated up to the subway after ATM class; it was effortless.
    Carol

  • she listens & moves her attention to where healing is most needed

    Patient & truly listening, Marlene demonstrates these qualities over & over in the way she works. She moves slowly & patiently in her sessions with me & as result, she listens & moves her attention & intention where healing is most needed.
    Philip

  • Healing & centering touch, profoundly balancing

    Marlene Kennedy heals & centres with her touch. She senses how to read your body & through her work & healing touch, I've come to many deep understandings of myself & my own work, my writing & teaching. She is a spirit guide, a profound mentor of balance who strives to bring out the light that's in us. I've often found courage, stamina, inspiration, trust & insight from simply being silent on her table, letting her healing & heated stones warm me. Combining science & health care with vision & intuition, her activities are deeply needed today. I recommend her to many people as I recommend her to you. And I express my gratitude that she makes her attentiveness & learning, her wisdom & her spiritual aspirations available to us all.
    B.W. Powe, Ph.D, Associate Professor, York University & Author

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