Jackie Adkins

MA Dance Studies
Feldenkrais Training: Amsterdam 2002

7 Beechwood Close, Frome, Somerset BA11 2AZ

07527 805 138
...
www.movetolive.uk
Classes: Online: Tuesdays 5pm. Frome: Tues 9.30am, Thurs 11am, Thurs 7pm
Workshops: Roughly 6 times per year at RISE in Frome and 3 times per year in Bristol through Bristol Folk House
Individual lessons: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday in Frome and Bath

Practice:

I work with all kinds of people. Very often people come for individual sessions or to classes who have persistent aches or pain - sometimes recovering from injury. Some regular class participants want to maintain vitality as they age, others are living with chronic health conditions and appreciate the gentleness of the Method and the convenience of working online. Teachers of pilates or yoga often come to workshops to learn more about other approaches to movement. I also specialise in working with runners and people who would like to run.

Biography:

My background is in dance. Having learned ballet from a young age, I trained in contemporary dance, going on to do BA (hons) Related Arts. Having completed an MA in Dance Studies at Surrey University I studied with many pioneering New Dance teachers in the '80s and '90s, specialising in Contact Improvisation, which I taught extensively in London in the 1990s. My interest in learning about various movement approaches also led me to study Body-Mind Centering and to practice Pilates and Gabrielle Roth's 5 Rhythms.

Following debilitating back pain in my 30s I had to stop dancing and discovered the Feldenkrais Method, enrolling on a professional training. Half way through my 4 year training my back pain disappeared and in time I found a way back to dancing.

Since graduating as a Feldenkrais practitioner in 2002 I taught in London and then North East Scotland where I continued my Feldenkrais practice until I came to Frome, Somerset in 2014. I teach weekly online Feldenkrais classes as well as in-person classes in Frome. I was an Associate Lecturer at Bath Spa University since 2015-2022, where I taught movement skills for BA Acting students.

In 2026 I completed a course of study with Jae Guenke, founder of the Balanced Runner and am certified to teach the Balanced Runner Foundation Programme.

Listings

Tuesday

09:30 - 10:45

Move with Ease

Info:

  • Cheese & Grain, Market Yd, Justice Ln, Frome BA11 1BE
  • 07527805138
  • Email | Website
  • Booking through Frome Community Education

17:00 - 18:15

Awareness Through Movement (online)

Info:

  • 07527 805 138
  • Email | Website
  • The class runs on different themes in 5 or 6 week blocks. Drop-in option available.

Thursday

11:00 - 12:15

Move With Ease

Info:

  • Cheese & Grain, Market Yard, Frome BA11 1BE
  • 07527805138
  • Email | Website
  • New class, starting 24 September 2026

19:00 - 20:15

Move With Ease

Info:

  • Avanti Park School, Park Road, Frome BA11 1EU
  • Email | Website
  • Booking through Frome Community Education

Workshop

08 November
10:30 - 13:00

Free Your Shoulders & Neck

Info:

  • RISE, Whittox Lane, Frome BA11 3BY
  • 07527805138
  • Email | Website
The FELDENKRAIS Guild UK
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.

Skip to toolbar