the guild
The New Zealand Feldenkrais Guild
The New Zealand Feldenkrais Guild Inc is the professional organisation concerned with maintaining the quality and integrity of the practice of the Feldenkrais Method in New Zealand.
The Guild acts as the regulatory body for ethics and standards of practice. The Guild is a member of the International Feldenkrais Federation.
Feldenkrais practitioners complete an intensive four-year professional training programme. They also have annual accreditation and ongoing professional development requirements.
Feldenkrais®, Functional Integration®, and Awareness Through Movement® are registered Trade Marks of 
the New Zealand Feldenkrais Guild Inc.
The Guild licenses practitioners to use these trade marks when they have completed an accredited Feldenkrais professional training programme, meet continuing education requirements, and abide by the Guild's Code of Professional Conduct and Standards of Practice.
The current office holders are:
- President, Website David Sullivan
- Vice President, Governance Alan Cameron
- Secretary Brenda Stickley
- Treasurer Fergus Wheeler
- Registrar Nicky Tompkins
- Membership Support Sarah McAllum
- Continuing Education Caryn Truppman
- Marketing Conrad Edwards
- Library Caroline Maze
- IFF Delegate David Sullivan
- AusTAB Delegate Theresa Sawicka
Practitioner Profile Updates on Website go to Janine Archer
Events
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Membership Categories
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Practitioner | Has completed an accredited training programme and annual professional development requirements. |
| Provisional | Practitioner who has not been practicing (and/or fulfilling professional development requirements) for a year or more spends a year as a provisional practitioner when re-entering professional practice. |
| ATM Teacher | A student who has been endorsed by a Training Director to teach ATM after a minimum of 2 years. This category is not open to graduates, who must register as full practitioners even if they only teach ATM. |
| Sustaining | A past practitioner who is no longer practicing but wishes to support the Guild and/or participate in Guild activities such as advanced trainings. |
| Student | Person in a Feldenkrais® Professional Training programme. |
| Service Marks Only | Non-Guild practitioners who fulfill professional development requirements and wish to use the service marks. |
More on the guild ...
as well as costs and benefits of joining.
Click here to download a 350kB PDF.
Contact
The New Zealand Feldenkrais Guild Inc.
PO Box 10994, The Terrace
Wellington
New Zealand