Posted by Lesley Powell on January 8, 2012 · Leave a Comment
How Yoga Can Wreck your Body in New York Times There is a wonderful article this week in the New York Times about yoga. There is also a bigger issue to address. A lot of students think pushing hard to almost an injury is a hard workout. Many new students trying Pilates for the first … Read more
Category abdominals, accidents, Conditioning, core strengthening, fitness, Holistic fitness, injuries, low back pain, Uncategorized, Yoga · Tagged with Balanced Body, Chelsea Pilates, Gramercy Pilates, injuries, joseph pilates, Midtown Pilates, Movements Afoot, New York Times, Pilates, Pilates 10001, pilates Equipment, Pilates NYC, pilates reformer, pilatesLesley Powell, yoga injuries
Posted by Lesley Powell on April 26, 2011 · Leave a Comment
My New Year’s resolution was to get back to me. I returned to my past teachers, Christine Wright-ballet and Shelley Studdenberg-Pilates. My body feels great even with some injuries. I do not understand how people can workout alone without guidance of a teacher. Even being a teacher, taking classes/sessions pushes me beyond my own discipline. … Read more
Posted by Lesley Powell on October 30, 2009 · Leave a Comment
by Lesley Powell Two weeks ago I fell off a chair in my apartment trying to hang a picture on a wall. I landed on my back hard. I could feel with the fall that I whacked my sacrum out. My usual techniques of release with constructive rest and rolling on Franklin balls were too … Read more
Category A-linkPilates, accidents, back pain, back pain relief, Conditioning, fitness, For Wellness, hip pain, Holistic fitness, injuries, low back pain, Post-rehabilitation, Professional Teacher tips, Uncategorized · Tagged with A-linkPilates, back pain, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), For Wellness, hanna somatics, hip pain, injuries, joseph pilates, pilates mat, Post-rehabilitation
Posted by Lesley Powell on September 27, 2009 · Leave a Comment
by Lesley Powell Press about Lesley Powell’s Physioball Workouts This fall I have come back to teaching on balance props: the foam rolls and the physioball. First I taught to teachers Balanced Body’s Mat & Foam roll. In preparation I practiced on myself and in my sessions w. Clients. Amazing deeper connections happened for all. … Read more
Category accidents, Conditioning, core strengthening, fitness, Professional Teacher tips, realpeoplepilates · Tagged with A-linkPilates, abdominals, alignment, balance, fitball, fitness, foam rolls, physioball, posture
Posted by Lesley Powell on June 29, 2009 · 2 Comments
Is Your Ab Workout Hurting Your Back? by Lesley Powell A very interesting article was in the NY Times last week. Core training needs to be 3-dimensional. Just training the abdominals is not enough. Especially with our culture being in so much flexion due to computers, cars, tv and the lack of exercise, people are … Read more
Category accidents, back pain, back pain exercises, core strengthening, For Wellness, low back pain, multifidus, Post-rehabilitation, posture, Professional Teacher tips, Uncategorized · Tagged with A-linkPilates, abdominals, alignment, BalancedBody University, core support, fitness, For Wellness, New York Times, Post-rehabilitation, posture
Posted by Lesley Powell on May 21, 2009 · Leave a Comment
by Lesley Powell With all that is going on in the world today’s health, Movements Afoot wants everyone to take care of themselves and others. It is important for all of us in public spaces and sharing equipment: Clean hands thoroughly before sessions Wear socks. The new toesox are great with rubber texture on the … Read more
Posted by Lesley Powell on August 23, 2007 · 1 Comment
by Judith Zimmer, Senior Pilates Teacher at Movements Afoot Without being dramatic, I can honestly say that Pilates has changed my life, both literally and figuratively. Nine years ago I had a very serious accident. As a result, I incurred three injuries to my cervical spine, four injuries to my lumbar spin, carpal tunnel, cubical … Read more
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