BODYMIND FITNESS
Fitness Forward was a wonderful coming together of leading teachers in the field of bodymind with knowledgeable participants. Each session had dozens of people engaged in listening, moving, leading and questioning. From the detailed anatomy of how the fascia interfaces with the bones, organs, glands, vessels, nerves, brain and muscles we explored how to move … Read more
Cancer and my movement practice: Pilates and Poledancing
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
Dealing with Breast Cancer
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
Movement for Women after Surgeries of Breast and Torso
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
Moving On Aerobics for Cancer Survivors
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
Pilates has changed my life.
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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