As it turned out, with the completion of his course work in 1979, it was announced that Feldenkrais^® was going to hold another training. This one in Amherst, Massachusetts, beginning in June of 1980.

That following June, Jeff began to train directly with Moshe Feldenkrais. In 1981 he received his first degree blackbelt, continued to train with Feldenkrais, and began his doctoral internship program with the St. Joseph's University Hawks basketball team in Philadelphia. He worked with the team teaching Aikido and Feldenkrais to improve movement and self-awareness skills of the players. The team ended the season with a record of 25 wins against 5 losses and went to the NCAA tournament, bowing out in the first round. Upon completion of his Feldenkrais training program in 1983 he moved to Seattle where he developed his teaching skills. In December 2004, Jeff began serious studies with Ken Russell after encountering obstacles in his personal and professional life. In his personal life, the focus of his work with Ken was on seeing the precise nature of the problems he was confronting so that he could move beyond them. In his Feldenkrais work he learned how to bring greater clarity to his insights and how to make them more accessible to others, and also to emphasize client responsibility for their own growth. (Incidentally, Ken had a number of personal experiences with Moshe Feldenkrais in the 1970’s.) Info on him is at www.thewayofseeing.com.

In 1993 Jeff became a trainer in the Feldenkrais Method. He has taught in Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Holland, Sweden, Norway and in many places in the USA. He has been the educational director and has graduated classes in nine Feldenkrais practitioner-training programs. He is currently running his second program in Victoria B.C.

In May of 1988 he finally completed his doctoral dissertation and graduated with his Ph.D.

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