Testimony on HB81 — Donna S. Lilley, Feldenkrais Practitioner

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Testimony on HB81 from Donna S. Lilley, a Feldenkrais practitioner/teacher who says that as a physical therapist in the State of Ohio the license allows legal touch of the people served. The testimony states support for the intentions of HB81 and asks for an exclusion, saying that if the bill goes through without an exclusion the author would be faced with the decision of giving up life work or practicing illegally. It states training in the Feldenkrais Method from 1991 through 1994 and that the work involves infants and young children with cerebral palsy. It asks that the bill not make it harder for others certified in the method to do this work.

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I appreciate the important of HB81 and support its intentions.

I wish I knew how to explain to you what I do as a Feldenkrais practitioner/teacher. If you
understood it, it would be so much easier for you to know why we are asking for an exclusion in
HB81.

I am fortunate, that as a physical therapist in the State of Ohio, I have a license that allows me
to legally touch the people I serve. If I didn’t and the bill goes through without an exclusion, I
would be faced with the difficult decision of giving up my life work or practicing illegally.

I have had many different kinds of training, none as helpful as the Feldenkrais Method.

My Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy degree (1971) did not give me what I hoped for,
especially to help the infants and young children with cerebral palsy, which is my specialty.

I was trained in the Feldenkrais Method from 1991 through 1994.

With my Feldenkrais Method training, I learned a more gentle touch and many more options for
what to do with the children I worked with. Even better is that the results were phenomenally
more effective. Also, my work became so much easier on my physical body. If I continued
working just as a PT, I would have been much more limited due to the increasing pain that I was
experiencing from my arthritis.

I was an administrator for a Feldenkrais Training Program (1997-2001). The students are very
well trained and very professional when they graduate.

For myself and for so many of the children I have worked with, I am so grateful for the
Feldenkrais Method. Please don’t make it harder for others certified in this method to do this
wonderful work.

Sincerely,
Donna S. Lilley


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