"When Bruce teaches, he is the embodiment of his work. He becomes living, supportive substance – attentive, sensitive, beautiful, coordinated, ready, calm, and unified.
His pace, and patience, his quiet confidence, allows people to unfold and open, layer by layer. He is a profoundly human man, completely real. In Bruce’s class, you feel as if you are sitting by a deep, soft lake.
He works devotedly with his hands, like a loving sculptor. The superfluous falls away, leaving only life’s inner vitality, effortlessly expressing itself through you."
M. Tueshaus - Equestrian, Tango Teacher, Germany
"Bruce's workshop and his philosophy intrigued and delighted me. The first thirty minutes, even before he began working with us physically, was profoundly powerful. His voice, his sense of unity touched me deeply. The effort I make, just to be, was released. I felt this through and through."
Carol O'Laughlin
"When studying with Bruce, incorrect assumptions suddenly drop away. New knowledge prevails. Prior actions become inappropriate. Old restraints are discarded. Perspective changes. New freedoms are found. Life shifts."
J. Schaffer - Yoga Teacher - Baltimore, Maryland
"Bruce Fertman's joy and passion for the work, his keen intellect, his amazing ability to help the artist open completely to his or her imagination and creativity must be seen – no, it must be experienced. Bruce is quietly astounding."
J. Maddux - Voice Teacher - New York and California, USA
"With Bruce I feel like I am with a friend who cares about me, who is
interested in my development. He doesn't tell me what he knows, even though
he possesses much knowledge and experience. He gives me suggestions in
the spirit of not knowing. Bruce watches with a child's mind."
Kantorin Meike Pape
Kantorin der Ev.-luth. Kirchengemeinde Hemer
"Bruce Fertman seems particularly resistant to routinizing his knowledge. All along, he enthusiastically experiments. No teacher I have ever had has struck me as intensely possessed with 'beginners mind'."
M. Speyer-Ofenberg - Vancouver, Canada – Environmentalist
"Thanks to you, I feel easier with people, braver, less jostled by life. You gave me permission to be strong and sensual, poetic. You deepened my love for humanity, taught me reverence and gratitude. You inspired in me a spirit of experimentation and boldness. I can now enter the world and give to it my gifts."
E. Thompson - Modern Dancer - Minneapolis, Minnesota
"It was truly one of the most deep and powerful classes I've ever been a part of. As the ongoing teacher of these people, I am very grateful to Bruce for his insight into each of them, and for his help in bringing them into who they truly are. Everyone made leaps ahead in their brief time with him."
Sakina von Briesen, Teacher of Uresenke Chanoyu (Japanese Tea Ceremony), Santa Fe, New Mexico
"The hand movement you taught us, specific to babies, helped me to be clearer with a client who had a stroke and who has lost the use of her left arm. She felt more at rest than she has in many years, and her arm lay flat, palm down on the table beside her for a long while. I got to observe my clients learning things we have worked with together, and through the way you talked about it, they had their "aha" experience. Thank you for all of it."
Prisca Winslow Bradely, Feldenkrais Teacher, Taos, NM
"I love that you bring so much more to the Alexander Technique. My body and my mind are responding beautifully. I feel myself moving differently, much lighter – typing, writing – everything."
I'm remembering to speak from that grounded place much more. I find myself in the store marveling at how little effort it requires to maneuver a shopping cart. I'm fascinated by my hands. This new understanding of the thumb joint is a source of delight. Driving my car is a whole new experience. I am very grateful to be benefiting from your many years of dedicated learning and practice."
Marilyn Newman
"Bruce taught me how to organize myself so that the quality of my motion and/or stillness is fluid and flexible, conscious and clear, effortless and easy."
Sally Ahner - Soprano, Voice Teacher