About

About Lara

Lara Gillease is a Neuro-
Movementsm Teacher with
the Anat Baniel Method.

Her investment in her work
with others is deeply personal
and she enjoys what has
become her passion.

Below you will find her personal
story and journey to health and
healing of others.

Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement

Lara Gillease is a NeuroMovement Teacher with the Anat Baniel Method since 2000. She works with adults and special needs children in her practice in Asheville, North Carolina.

Lara came to the Anat Baniel Method from the dance world and overcame limitations and pain from an injury. She is also a Feldenkrais practitioner and Pilates teacher. She completed Anat Baniel’s training from 1996-2000.

Lara is a Trainer in the Anat Baniel Method International Training Programs which trains and certifies people to become Anat Baniel Method practitioners and NeuroMovement Teachers for both adults and special needs children.

Additionally, she is on staff as visiting faculty at the Anat Baniel Center located in San Rafael, California as one of the Center’s team of practitioners that works alongside Anat Baniel giving NeuroMovement Lessons to special needs children and infants.

 

Lara GilleaseServing Others

Lara has had a full-time private practice working with children and adults for more than 15 years.

Lara has four-year certifications in the Feldenkrais Method, Anat Baniel Method NeuroMovement and the Anat Baniel Method for Children(sm) with special needs, as well as Craniosacral/Structural Balancing and Pilates.

Lara is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago, the Barbara Brennan School of Healing® and the Internal Family Systems under Dr. Richard Schwartz. She is a member of the Pilates Physicalmind Institute and Feldenkrais Guild of North America.

Doing What Lara Loves With Ease

As a result of the educational movement methods she now teaches, Lara was able to graduate from Boitsov Classical Ballet, an eight-year Russian-style classical ballet school, and pursue her love of dance. She has co-directed, danced and choreographed for Wings Dance Company, a lyrical modern dance troupe, as well as danced with Boitsov Classical Ballet and Asheville Ballet.

Through Lara’s private practice, she loves to help create profound change in the lives of those who struggle with pain or special needs, as well as many others who are looking to live and work with optimal health.