Posted by Lesley Powell on September 30, 2007 · Leave a Comment
by Michelle Cohen Martha Eddy’s SMTT program truly reflects her movement experience, in depth knowledge of the body, and responsiveness to connecting to community. Using her creativity, compassion, and intellect she weaves a dynamic system that is accessible for learning and provides a strong foundation from which practitioners can then layer their own movement perspective. … Read more
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Posted by Lesley Powell on September 28, 2007 · Leave a Comment
by Marcy Schafler, a Pilates teacher in New Jersey In December of 2006, I had a hysterectomy and subsequently found out I had uterine cancer. As I was finishing up my treatment, a routine mammogram unfortunately led to the discovery that I had breast cancer. I went through my training at Movements Afoot to become … Read more
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Posted by Lesley Powell on September 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment
(212-904-1399 Dr. Martha Eddy and Lesley Powell’s mission is to help teachers to the next level of teaching. The next level of teaching is understanding the body, how people learn and having tools to motivate your clients in new ways. Movements Afoot brings together workshops for trainers to have a deeper understanding of the body, … Read more
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Posted by Lesley Powell on September 27, 2007 · Leave a Comment
(212) 904-1399 By Dr. Martha Eddy, CMA and Lesley Powell, CMA Movements Afoot brings together workshops for trainers to have a deeper understanding of the body, introduction to unique body therapies/systems such as Bartenieff Fundamentals, BodyMind Centering and Laban Movement Analysis. Become a leader in the greatest approach to fitness – the whole person,intelligent fitness … Read more
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Posted by Lesley Powell on September 23, 2007 · Leave a Comment
by Doris Pasteleur Hall Master Pilates Teacher at Movements Afoot When one is dealing with Breast Cancer on a personal level, I found many stages of healing. The first part of the healing is realizing that one has the disease and how one finds the support system that helps them. The next stage is dealing … Read more
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Posted by Lesley Powell on September 23, 2007 · 1 Comment
by Lesley Powell, Director of Movements Afoot One of my top teachers, Doris Pasteleur Hall, had gone through many surgeries for her breast cancer. Doris is very articulate about how her body changed and the process of getting back to shape. I had a woman client with similar surgeries, to the breast and abdominals. She … Read more
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Posted by Lesley Powell on September 22, 2007 · Leave a Comment
The bennies of 2x’s per/week over one. “Two times per week is more than twice the benefit. Your nervous system gets the opportunity to learn an develop at a much deeper level. This will have greater carry over in all areas of your daily activities and you will be able to progress into more challenging … Read more
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Posted by Lesley Powell on September 17, 2007 · 1 Comment
by Lesley Powell, Director of Movements Afoot
Filed under A-linkPilates, abdominals, back pain, back pain exercises, back pain relief, Conditioning, core strengthening, For Wellness, Holistic fitness, injuries, knee injuries, low back pain, multifidus, pelvic floor, Personal training Certification, posture, Professional Teacher tips, Uncategorized · Tagged with A-linkPilates, Ace, Balancedbody, BalancedBody University, cadillac, certificate, core support, pilates mat, reformer, wunda chair
Posted by Lesley Powell on September 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment
by Dr. Martha Eddy, Director of Center for Kinesthetic Education Did you know that its Ovarian Cancer Awareness month? Next month is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Using our body-mind (somatic) approach to fitness we have helped hundreds of survivors to feel better, have more energy and to be stronger physically. In particular I designed Moving … Read more
Posted by Lesley Powell on September 10, 2007 · Leave a Comment
by Lesley Powell, Director of Movements Afoot This weekend I did a lot of traveling on planes and cars. We also did a lot of sitting. Sitting is really hard on the back. The seats of planes and cars are the worse. It put the spine in flexion. When the body is in one position … Read more
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