Anastasi Siotas is a Feldenkrais Trainer® Candidate who for the past 20 years has been based in New York City. As a Greek-Australian, he studied at the University of Melbourne, earning a Master’s degree in movement and dance. His professional experience includes working as a professional modern dancer, choreographer, and director, before undertaking training in the Feldenkrais Method® in 1993 at the University of Sydney.
Siotas moved to New York in 1997 to further his studies and to assist in the training of Feldenkrais practitioners. He completed Masters Certification in Neuro Linguistic Programming and trained in Kinesthetic Anatomy with choreographer and anatomist Irene Dowd, with whom he continues to work. Siotas also trained as a Certified Movement Analyst at the Laban/Bartenieff Movement Institute NY, where he has taught Anatomy and Kinesiology for the past 10 years.
Anastasi Siotas maintains a private practice in movement re-education for individuals and groups in downtown Manhattan. He blends his knowledge of Anatomy and Movement with experience gained as an assistant trainer of the Feldenkrais Method® and as a Trainer of programs based on the work of Dr. Feldenkrais–Bones for Life®, Walk for Life® and Change Your Age®. For the past 5 years, he has been assisting David Zemach-Bersin in practitioner training at the Feldenkrais Institute of New York as well as Trainings in Boston, Baltimore, Vienna, and Tokyo.