Ilana Rubenfeld, has been called "the Great Mother of the body-oriented therapy movement". She is a world-recognized pioneer in integrating intuition and bodywork and directs bodymind energy as if she was conducting a symphony — and well she should. The founder of the Rubenfeld Synergy Method^® she graduated from the Juilliard School of Music and enjoyed a career in music conducting until debilitating back spasms re-orchestrated her life journey. For the past 35 years she has been an influential teacher, healer and inspirational workshop leader introducing thousands to the power and peace of RSM.

A well-known, international keynote speaker and workshop leader, she has authored many pivotal works in the fields of healing by touch, psychotherapy and Gestalt Therapy; including; The Listening Hand: Self-Healing Through the Rubenfeld Synergy Method of Talk and Touch. She is a faculty member of the Omega and Esalen Institutes and the New York Open Center.

The creator of the Rubenfeld Method Professional Training Program, Ilana has overseen the certification of over 400 synergists.