Fritha Pengelly

Fritha Pengelly is a Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner®, a Certified IOPS Practitioner, and an Accredited Certified EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Practitioner based in Northampton, MA. In 2013 she graduated from the Feldenkrais Professional Training Program at the Feldenkrais Institute of NY where she studied with director David Zemach-Bersin, Sheryl Field, Anna Johnson, Aliza Stewart, Arlyn Zones, Ruty Bar, Deborah Bowes, and Elizabeth Beringer. She has also had the pleasure of studying with Dr. Jeff Haller, and graduated from Dr. Haller’s first IOPS Academy Graduate Training in May 2017. Fritha received her EFT Certification in 2020 and has also taken additional courses Tapping out of Trauma 1.0, Tapping out of Trauma 2.0, and a foundational course in Meta Health. Fritha Pengelly has over 30 years of dance and movement experience, and completed her Pilates Certification in 2002. She spent seven years (1994-2001) performing and teaching nationally and internationally as a member of the New York City-based Doug Elkins Dance Company, serving as co-rehearsal director from 2000-2001. In addition to her work with the Elkins Company, Fritha has performed with The Chamber Dance Company, David Neumann, and Wire Monkey Dance. Her dances have been performed at several venues in New York City, The Five Colleges in Massachusetts, Northampton, Darien Arts Center (CT), Seattle (WA), Omaha (NE), and at the Inside/Out Series at Jacob’s Pillow. Fritha received her M.F.A. in dance with a focus on anatomy and physiology from the University of Washington. She has taught as a visiting artist at Hampshire College, Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, the University of Massachusetts/Amherst, Bennington College, North Carolina School of the Arts, Wake Forest University, the Hartt School, and Springfield College. Fritha teaches Awareness Through Movement® classes, Functional Integration® lessons, a variety of Feldenkrais® workshops, as well as Dance for Parkinson’s classes in Northampton, MA and Online, and is currently offering individual EFT Sessions online. Contact Fritha for more information about her classes and private lessons.