Hello and Welcome

I am Sharon Starika, now living in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.  I continue with my daily fitness walking my pup Stella daily, biking three times a week, and swimming still a mile everyday. In addition I have returned to warm yoga three times a week and have added Barre class twice a week to my workout routine. I’m no longer competing, but enjoying  life and all my daily activities  Especially my pup Stella.

I’m turning 62 this month and life has been full of dramatic changes, the unknown, uncertainly, and I have had the gift of approaching change through with the same lens Moshe Feldenkrais brought into my life 42 years ago. Change is LIFE, it is the one thing in life that is consistent. To embrace change with an openness  of one’s self and to live life to the fullest.  To let go of any expectations, an to be open to learn.Learning is the posture to propel yourself forward in life. I LOVE TO LEARN.  These past five years have unfolded my deepest level to learn, grow, adjust, remaining open to the new, different and the unknown.  I’ve been blessed to live a life with the wisdom of Moshe Feldenkrais and the Feldenkrais Method. May you continue to grow and flourish with this Method, and my website. All on line classes are free, easy to access and available to listen to all over the world on your phone or computer. Enjoy and feel free to reach out to me with any questions.

With much Love & Gratitude,

Sharon Starika

Sharon Starika was a runner and triathlete with over 20 years of competitive racing experience. Her involvement with the Certified Feldenkrais Method® of somatic education began in 1984 when she had a debilitating cycling accident resulting in nine surgeries. Her doctors said she would never compete again and probably would not be able to run. Using the Feldenkrais Method®, she not only recovered and returned to competition, she improved her marathon time by an astonishing 20 minutes. As a result of this incredible experience, Sharon became a Guild Feldenkrais Practitioner™ and began to develop her own theory and ideas about optimizing fitness using the Feldenkrais Method®.

Sharon had a private practice in Park City, Utah and teaches classes and clinics around the country.  She  offers instructional online workshops so people interested can practice her methods anywhere.

Originally from La Jolla California, Sharon had her own successful private practice for 38 years and also ran competitively throughout Southern California area competing in 10ks, and half marathons yearly.

Moving to Park City, Sharon has run the Triple Challenge and the Park City half marathon events for the past several consecutive years. Prior to moving to Park City, Sharon had never run a trail event, or even on a trail and now she is leading workshops on trail running as well as competing.

Some of Sharon’s past running results are 1^st place in her age group and the master’s division at last year’s Logan Marathon, 2^nd place in the Steeple Chase and 1^st place in the Park City Marathon in 2010.  She also won the Park City 1/2 Marathon in 2009 and was 3^rd in the Steeple Chase. Sharon’s combined time for all three events at the Triple Challenge- a combination of the Steeplechase, Park City ½ Marathon and Mid-Mountain Marathon- awarded her the honor of 2^nd place woman finisher. She also placed 2nd in the 4th of July 1/2 Marathon Lander, Wyoming, 2010.