Janine Holenstein (1959 – 2026)

Janine has worked in many different professions, including leather goods vendor, alpine cheese maker, socio-medical assistant, and wilderness tour guide, among others. She loved combining her past experiences with new ones, which led her to the Feldenkrais Method. She has been an enthusiastic independent Feldenkrais practitioner since 1998.

When she met Michael Krugman and the SOUNDER SLEEP SYSTEM in 2004 yet another interest got sparked, partly also because of her own long history with troubled sleep.

She soon assisted him in teacher trainings and together they lectured on the SOUNDER SLEEP SYSTEM for doctors and therapists, Michael presenting the theory, Janine the practices. He said about her: ‘As the creator of this system, it makes me happy to see she has become a trainer who surpasses me in teaching it’.

Since 2020 Janine trained Feldenkrais Practitioners wanting to become professional Sounder Sleep After countless public seminars on the SOUNDER SLEEP SYSTEM, Janine began training new teachers in Saillans (France), Winterthur (Switzerland), and Königs Wusterhausen (Germany) in 2020. In doing so, she developed her own personal style, which led to the continuous refinement of the SOUNDER SLEEP SYSTEM.

Until her passing on January 24, 2026, she resided in the expansive wilderness of the Danube Delta on the Black Sea in Romania. When she was not traveling, she enjoyed wonderfully peaceful days and nights there, and her life was primarily spent outdoors in the garden or in nature. 

Janine passed away after a short illness. It was important to her to arrange her own succession.

Paris Kern is a singer, communicator, community builder and teacher. She has been a Sounder Sleep System® Teacher since 1999 when it’s creator, Michael Krugman, completed his first teacher training . She has also been Feldenkrais Practitioner since 1992, and has attained the highest professional certification as a designated Feldenkrais Teacher Trainer.

Over the years Paris has taught the Sounder Sleep System and the Feldenkrais Method traveling around North America and Europe.

In 2019 it became obvious that many more people were in need of stress reduction, anxiety relief and a method to bring themselves to better sleep. After a few public live online workshops many of her students expressed a desire to progress to become teachers of the Sounder Sleep System and she recreated Michael’s teacher training curriculum and textbook to suit this new paradigm.

Paris’ trainings have reached people in Asia, Australia, South and North America, Great Britain, Europe and the Near East. This growing number of new SSS teachers around the globe inspires more and more people to learn this wonderful system.

Paris is a steady and inspiring presence, who brings a compassionate and light hearted manner to her work. She has the ability to simplify complex theories and principles of the Sounder Sleep System® and the Feldenkrais Method®. Through stories and demonstrations, she de-mystifies challenging concepts and brings a common sense approach to her work.

In her work, Brigitte uses movement to promote long-term health, enhance development, boost the unity of body and mind, and balance the nervous system. She has a rich and varied wealth of experience and works with both children and adults.

Her professional path began in childhood. Due to poor gross motor skills, she attended music and movement classes. Surprisingly, this intervention awakened her love of dance, and she began training in classical ballet. Right after graduating from high school with a focus on mathematics and science, she studied contemporary dance.
Over time, she gained a wide range of movement experience and, in addition to the technical disciplines (classical ballet, modern, jazz), she became increasingly interested in improvisation, contact improvisation, Butō, the Feldenkrais Method®, and the Japanese martial arts Aikidō and Aikitaisō. In 2007, she completed her Feldenkrais training in Paris and in 2008 achieved her first dan in aikido.
Brigitte began teaching the Feldenkrais Method while still in training (2006). The more she immersed herself in the Feldenkrais Method, as well as aikido and aikitaisō, the more her interest in external forms waned. However, her penchant for science remained, and in 2021 she completed the CAS Dance Science: Motor Learning & Training at the ISPW, University of Bern, with a module thesis focusing on proprioception.

In 2011, she met Janine Holenstein. From then on, they worked closely together in the field of the Feldenkrais Method. Thanks to Janine, she also learned about the SOUNDER SLEEP SYSTEM in 2014. Starting in 2020, she organized a total of five certifying training courses with Janine in Winterthur and participated in two complete training courses herself. Brigitte provided organizational support for all courses and assisted with and taught in the fifth one. In April 2025, Janine appointed her as a senior teacher, and in January 2026, she became a trainer (teacher trainer).

Anne Dumont has a rich background in the field of health. As a psychomotor therapist and physical therapist, she has always been interested in the mind-body relationship that each individual expresses in their own unique way.

The language Anne feels comfortable using in this dialogue with others is the body in motion, the awakening of sensation, sensorimotor skills, touch, and attention to the lived experience. From her early years of study, she explored somatic education practices that allow one to refocus and calm the nervous system (Gerda Alexander's eutony, Michel Sapir's analytical relaxation), in an alliance between listening to the body and thoughts, silence and movement. She has had the opportunity to work with a wide variety of people, from young children to adults, in psychiatric hospitals, functional rehabilitation centers, and disability care facilities.
Certified in the Feldenkrais Method in 1994, she has been enjoying practicing it for over 30 years through classes, workshops, and individual sessions for all audiences, with a particular focus on people with physical disabilities or chronic illnesses. She has also been enthusiastically teaching university students in psychomotor therapy and physical therapy, as well as healthcare professionals in institutions.
She discovered the Sounder Sleep System in 2018, initially to resolve her own sleep difficulties. Having been convinced by this approach, it was only natural that she wanted to share it with as many people as possible.
To do so, she organized Janine Holenstein's visit to France in 2020 and collaborated on the five certifying training courses that followed, held in Saillans in the heart of the Drôme region. She immersed herself with delight in this generous transmission, led with delicacy and passion by Janine.
Trained and certified as a Sounder Sleep System practitioner by Janine Holenstein, she enthusiastically worked alongside her. She was appointed “Senior Teacher” in April 2025, then “Trainer” in January 2026.
She co-facilitated the last training session given by Janine before her death with Franck Armand.
With her field experience and the trust placed in her by Janine Holenstein, she hopes to contribute to the growth of Sounder Sleep System training in France.

Franck Armand has had a very eclectic career.
A scientist by training, he spent 15 years as director of fundamental research in nanotechnology at a public laboratory. During his scientific career, he taught the history and philosophy of science at several prestigious universities (Paris-Saclay, ENS Cachan, etc.).

He left the traditional scientific path because he made a major discovery during his studies: artistic practices of concentration. As a student, he completed his doctoral thesis in Japan, where he was also trained in Japanese arts (calligraphy, tea ceremony, aikido) in traditional settings. For 20 years, he has been teaching the practice of meditation in action, known as the Japanese tea ceremony, in France and Europe. He has continued his own training to this day and has now reached the highest level of teaching in this art.

He has been a Feldenkrais practitioner for nearly 30 years. He trained in Alsace (Strasbourg International Feldenkrais Training) alongside Janine Holenstien, with whom he worked for four years and formed a close friendship. In 2005, he left the conventional scientific community to create Mirokou, an organization through which he supports research teams in difficulty and leads workshops, training courses, and individual coaching sessions using the Feldenkrais Method. He was very active for many years in international Feldenkrais organizations, contributing to the development of the practitioner evaluation system and serving as chairman of EuroTab for four years. His work on the Feldenkrais Method and the Japanese tea ceremony aims to promote concentration and flexibility of mind.

In 2012, together with other experts in concentration practices derived from traditional Asian meditation, he created Ways&Lore, Chemins&Traditions. In this context, he continues to teach practices to leaders in the medical and business worlds. He regularly visits public hospitals to help medical staff manage situations of overload.

A practitioner of the Sounder Sleep System, he was trained by Janine and contributed to several training courses with her. Appointed by her as “Senior Teacher” in April 2025, he co-facilitated the last training course given by Janine before her death. Janine appointed him “Trainer” of the Sounder Sleep System in January 2026.