Franklin Balls for release, new alignment and tone
by Lesley Powell, Director of Movements Afoot This is a series that I learned when I was doing the Franklin Method training. Eric Franklin’s Books Rolling on the balls is like giving yourself a massage. Tight muscles are poorly functioning muscles. Tight muscles hold the bones in positions that are not always the design of … Read more
The Wrong Fork in the Road…some more thoughts
by Kimberly Fielding, teacher at Movements Afoot Some thoughts…in reponse to my first blog Obesity: The Connection of BodyMind Spirit and Pilates I first wanted to thank everyone for their support. I was so surprised and deeply touched with all the outpouring of sweet, compassionate, loving messages. It means so much to me. After I … Read more
Mat I- Deceptively Simple, Deceptively Hard
by Lesley Powell, Director of Movements Afoot How do you teach a Mat class for a multi-level enrollment of students? One of the biggest mistakes of a beginner teacher is to rush into advanced material. Level I Pilates repertory is the foundation for all the advanced work. Without the foundations, clients will throw themselves into … Read more
Pregnancy & Pilates
by Lesley Powell, Director of Movements Afoot Our clients, who did Pilates through their pregnancy, believed it help with a more comfortable pregnancy and the childbirth. The workout should be supportive of the changes that happen to the body in pregnancy. The goals of the workout should not be progressive in making new gains in … Read more
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