Franklin Method Educators & Trainers

Laura Ann Wolfe is a former professional modern dancer who keeps both her passion for physical movement and her study of the human body alive through active inquiry and practice. Her experience and training embrace both the art and science of human movement. Specifically, her training allows clients to explore how directing one’s awareness serves as an intervention for change in the body.  Intertwining age old traditions and more current research based approaches Laura provides support and guidance for health, wellness, athletic performance and rehabilitation.

Laura Ann offers a multi-faceted approach to movement education and is an innovator in the field of mind-body practice, having created several movement curriculae including Relaxed Ballet and Kinesthetic Chi. She has been teaching in academic settings and private studios for thirty years, holds a BA in Dance and is Certified as a Medical Exercise Specialist through the American Academy of Health Fitness and Rehabilitation Professionals, as a Franklin Method Educator/Level I by Eric Franklin and Advanced Personal Trainer through the American College of Sports Medicine.  In addition, she is the Director of the Dance Program for the San Diego Parkinson’s Association: Dance Practice for Parkinson’s which is based on the model developed by the Mark Morris Dance Group, Dance for PD. Laura Ann maintains a private practice in Del Mar, California: Listening Body.