Liz Monnier

A Pathway to Easier Movement

Welcome from Liz


A Lifetime spent engaging people with creativity, movement, and music

Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner

Certified Bones for Life® Instructor

Inspiring People with Disabilities through Dance

Continues to teach Qigong and forms of Modern Dance


You can’t love movement if it is difficult or painful. I hope that I can help you rediscover the possibilities of movement through individual sessions or classes.

“To make the impossible possible, the possible easy, and the easy elegant. Life without movement is unthinkable.” - Moshe Feldenkrais

Upon leaving my long-time job as Artistic Director at the Fort Wayne Dance Collective, I turned my attention to offering programs that help people reconnect to their bodies and to find joy and comfort in movement. For some it means re-education on how to stand up, improve posture, recover from an injury, or how to be a better swimmer. For others they look to movement to reduce stress.

Our community coming togther, dancing to Take me Out to the Ball Game with friends from the Dance Collective, Dance for Disabilities, and more.
Our community coming togther, dancing to Take me Out to the Ball Game with friends from the Dance Collective, Dance for Disabilities, and more.

We can start on a path of easier movement together.

Join a Class with Liz in person or on Zoom

Bones for Life® processes help us to understand more about ourselves. When we begin to pay attention to our movement and feel more aware, the brain and nervous system make positive changes that create more efficiency. Movement becomes easier and more enjoyable. I believe you will feel a difference. A Bones for Life® four-class series with Liz Monnier

“The Movement Answer for Bone Strength and Weight Bearing Posture” Hips and Knees Part 1 A Four Class Bones for Life® Series with Liz on Zoom** March 7, 14, 21, 28 2024 Thursdays 12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) On Zoom Can’t make this time? No worries, classes will be recorded and available for 2 weeks. (Although recordings are not interactive, it does allow for flexibility for participation on your own time. I encourage you to do this if you are unable to make the Thursday noon (EST) class.) Classes are $40 for the four-class series. Bones for Life® is designed to help anyone, and everyone, use natural movements to promote bone health and strength while possibly preventing osteoporosis. For more information check out this link: http://movementintelligence.org/bones-for-life

To register email monnierliz@gmail.com Improve bone health and strength with the gentle, natural movements guided by Liz Monnier. Liz is a certified Bones for Life® instructor. This practice has been shown to improve posture, decrease pain, and aid in the fight against osteoporosis. While this class is most effective with movements involving standing, walking, sitting, and lying on the floor, movement may be modified to accommodate restrictions.
Benefits from Bones for Life®:  Coordinates a springy and vibrant walk.  Frees the joints from compromising habits allowing for pain free movement.  Stimulates bone strength.  Develops skills for restoring equilibrium.  Teaches you how to move your unique body in a range that is right for you.  Helps you to rediscover the pleasure of moving!

If this is your first Bones for Life® class, you will need to submit the Foundation for Movement Intelligence Memorandum of Understanding prior to taking a class. You only need to do this once. https://forms.gle/K6mNWwSemJ5dkFEq9

Other In Person Classes Available with Liz Monnier:

Dance for PD (dance movement in chair for those with limited mobility) In Person at the Fort Wayne Dance Collective, 437 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802 Mondays 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. (Call 260-424-6574 to register,fwdc.org, drop in’s welcome) Winter Classes start January 8, 2024.

Exploring Dance(for young adults with diversabilities) Students will gain confidence by expressing themselves through dance. We will refine our motor skills while improving strength and flexibility. Mondays 6:15-7:15 p.m. at the Fort Wayne Dance Collective, 437 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802. To register call 260-424-6574 or fwdc.org. Winter Classes start January 8, 2024. Fort Wayne Dance Collective, 437 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802

T’ai Chi For Relaxtion In person at the Fort Wayne Botanical Gardens, Tuesdays January 23 - February 27, 2024, 10 a.m.-11:00 a.m. AND 5:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m. All are welcome to find a sense of relaxation through the basic principles of this ancient Chinese movement form. Our class will focus on breathing, developing confidence in balance and weight shifts, quieting the mind, moving slowly and finding efficiency and flow in our movement. User-friendly Qigong exercises will promote healing and internal harmony. To register call Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation: 260-427-6000.

Movement Theatre Workshop Sunday, February 18, 2024, 1-3 p.m. at the Fort Wayne Dance Collective To register go to FWDC.org or call 260-424-6574 This playful yet disciplined form of improvisation is based on the work of Ruth Zaporah, whom the presenter, Liz Monnier studied with on several occasions. Using movement, sound, and language we delve into unexplored territories that allow us to express and expand ourselves in ways we never thought possible. Through forms and frameworks, we learn that improvisation is not “doing anything you want,” but rather choosing with intent and understanding how you are going to participate with what is going on around you.

Bones for Life® In Person at the Fort Wayne Botanical Gardens, Tuesdays 5:00-6:00 p.m. March 5- 26 (registration deadline; February 27) AND April 16-May 7, 2024,registration deadline April 9) To register call Fort Wayne Parks and Recreation: 260-427-6000.

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