Posted by Lesley Powell on October 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment
One of my friends had this picture on Facebook. At Movements Afoot we jokingly talk about mooning. Why? It gets you to learn how to use your hip joints which is needed in most activities. A lot of people locked their hips. The hip joints is a much stronger mobile joint to hinge at then … Read more
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Posted by Lesley Powell on July 11, 2011 · 1 Comment
Sit Up Straight. Your Back Thanks You. Click on above link for a great article in NY Times When you sit, do you know where the sacrum is. The sacrum is the triangular bone in the back of the pelvis. Tilt the top of the sacrum backwards. Feel how this curves and flexes your upper … Read more
Posted by Lesley Powell on May 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Sitting All Day: Worse For You Than You Might Think There was a great radio show this week, how sitting all day can be bad for your health. ‘Our Body Just Kind Of Goes Into Shutdown “We just aren’t really structured to be sitting for such long periods of time, and when we do that, … Read more
Posted by Lesley Powell on February 8, 2011 · 1 Comment
What is Core? This weekend we ran BodyMind fitness: Core. I shared the teaching with Dr. Martha Eddy, Doris Pasteleur Hall and Kim fielding. Core is more than your abdominals. It is the torso that houses important organs for breath, circulation and digestion. Giving 3D support is not only important for backcare; it gives the … Read more
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Posted by Lesley Powell on December 18, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Dr. Valdimir Janda has made the world look different at the body. Prior history about back pain and posture was to treat the specific part. Janda opened our eyes that pain is reflective of a full body pattern. As faculty on Balanced Body’s Pilates teacher program, I teach a little a bit about this. There … Read more
Category back pain, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), gait, hip pain, Pilates, Post-rehabilitation, posture, Professional Teacher tips, Rehabilitation fitness, Uncategorized · Tagged with Dr. Vladimir Janda, Lesley Powell, lower cross syndrome, Movements Afoot, Pilates, Pilates Chelsea, Pilates NYC, upper cross symdrome
Posted by Lesley Powell on November 23, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Dr. Vladimir Janda was a leader in changing how we looked at the body and treatment of physical ailments. He was a Czech neurologist and physiatrist. He also had suffered with polio. Though his own body and research, he came to look at the body’s organization instead of prior look at a specific body part. … Read more
Category back pain, body image issues, Conditioning, core strengthening, Holistic fitness, Medical fitness, Post-rehabilitation, posture, Professional Teacher tips, Rehabilitation fitness, Uncategorized · Tagged with Dianne Woodruff, Dr. Vladimir Janda, Lesley Powell, lower cross syndrome, Movements Afoot, pain relief, Pilates NYC, upper cross syndrome, wellness
Posted by Lesley Powell on November 4, 2010 · Leave a Comment
How you use your feet can affect your alignment, foot and back pain and how you move. Learn simple exercises to enhance your foot fitness and the fitness of your entire body.
Category back pain, foot pain, posture, Professional Teacher tips, realpeoplepilates, Uncategorized · Tagged with alignment, back pain, hip pain, Movements Afoot, posture, walking
Posted by Lesley Powell on September 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
A lot of people want to come up with a rigid recipe to solve a problem. To me, Pilates is more than core. It is about connection, quality of movement, balance and sound biomechanics. When someone comes in with Back issues, I look how they walk, how they lift their legs and what is mobile … Read more
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Posted by Lesley Powell on September 2, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Lesley, First, as always, how are you? I hope wonderful is the answer! I am confused about osteoporosis. I have a client who is 61 years old. She loves yoga. She loves to garden. She has low back pain (muscular), piriformis syndrome and a tightness in her IT Band on her left side. She also … Read more
Category back pain, back pain exercises, Professional Teacher tips, standing, Uncategorized · Tagged with back pain, joseph pilates, Lesley Powell, Movements Afoot, osteopenia, osteoporsis, Pilates Chelsea, Pilates NYC, Pilates Standing, Pilates Upright, Sherri Betz, standing, Therapilates
Posted by Lesley Powell on June 13, 2010 · 1 Comment
Karen Wells gave me an introduction to the M.E.L.T. System. It was a remarkable experience. I could feel my alignment change after each exercise. The footwork is very different from the Yamuna system. The balls are smaller. The rolling of the balls on the feet had definite connections to reflexology. It is a very intelligent … Read more
Category abdominals, back pain, back pain exercises, back pain relief, core strengthening, foot pain, Holistic fitness, Professional Teacher tips, Uncategorized · Tagged with core support, fitness, karen Wells, M.E.L.T., Movements Afoot, Pilates NYC, posture
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