Elaine Yoder

Just home from a Feldenkrais session with the amazing Elaine Yoder, I’m likely standing an inch taller. My bones are aligned, my joints are loose and the spring is back in my step. I’ve been working with Elaine since 2009 and cannot recommend her services highly enough. She’s personable, professional and always a joy to work with.

Elaine Yoder is magic.
I sustained a serious running injury affecting my knees, hips, and quads that laid me out for 6 months. I couldn’t walk, let alone run. I saw orthopedists, sports medicine docs, and physical therapists. I was diagnosed and misdiagnosed. I was frustrated. I was miserable. At a friend’s suggestion, I went to see Elaine.
I’m not very knowledgeable about alternative forms of healing, but Elaine is. She uses Feldenkrais, a method that reduces pain, increases somatic awareness, and changes the way you think about movement and your body. She asked me questions about my injury that none of the other doctors bothered to ask, and went out of her way to look up information about my supposed diagnosis so that she knew an amazing amount by the time I went in for my first visit. Our first session involved body work, movement, and a lot of learning. She made me feel comfortable from the outset, and the individualized attention was a welcome difference from the impersonal, 15 minute, in-​and-​out doctor’s appointments I’d been enduring for half a year.
After my initial session, my pain felt different, more bearable. From Elaine I learned different ways of standing, sitting, and holding my body that changed how my legs felt. After about 4 sessions, I was walking normally. Everyone in my life noticed the difference. After about 6 weeks, I started to believe that I might actually run again one day.
Elaine offers a sliding scale clinic on certain days of the week and does phone consults. She is patient, kind, experienced, and really cares about her clients. I put my health and well-​being in her hands, and she was amazing. I cannot recommend her highly enough.