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 November 11, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Anthony Lett has written a brilliant book, Innovations in Pilates. Innovations in Pilates is a landmark work expanding the Pilates Method in an entirely new direction. The Pilates community is genuinely excited by this new development with programs and workshops now running to teach this additional focus to students and teachers of the Pilates method. We are now selling … Read more
Category back pain relief, core strengthening, Holistic fitness, injuries, Post-rehabilitation, Professional Teacher tips, Uncategorized · Tagged with Anthony Lett, Fitzroy Pilates Studio, joseph pilates, Movements Afoot, Pilates, pilates reformer, pilates teacher training
Posted by Lesley Powell on January 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Dianne Woodruff returned to Movements Afoot for two workshops on Janda’s Upper/lower cross Syndrome. She used Bartenieff Fundamentals to make positive change in our connections and in relationship to changing the neurological movement patterns away from poor patterns. Wow! Did my body feel fantastic after this weekend! It was so great to plunge back into … Read more
Category back pain relief, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), Holistic fitness, injuries, Professional Teacher tips, Uncategorized · Tagged with Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), Dianne Woodruff, Dr. Vladimir Janda, Irmgard Bartenieff, Lesley Powell, lower cross syndrome, Movements Afoot, upper cross symdrome
Posted by Lesley Powell on April 28, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Dr. Oz promotes Pilates by Lesley Powell I have had the great fortune to start my Pilates career in a physical therapy practice. We had clients with Repetitive Stress Injuries (reporters injured from the work on the computer), back, knee and shoulder injuries. Pilates works on the entire body, not just the injured place on … Read more
Category abdominals, back pain, back pain exercises, core strengthening, injuries, low back pain, Medical fitness, Pilates, Post-rehabilitation, posture, realpeoplepilates, shoulders, standing, Uncategorized · Tagged with about.com, core support, Dr. Oz, injuries, joseph pilates, Lesley Powell, Movements Afoot, Pilates Chelsea, pilates mat, Pilates Mid-town, Pilates NYC, Post-rehabilitation, posture
Posted by Lesley Powell on March 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment
I recently circulated information on the article“The Myth of Core Stability,” by British osteopathic physician, Eyal Lederman.It is my view that core instability is not in weak abdominal or back musclesbut in the stabilizers of the pelvis (gluteus medius). Faulty patterning ofthese muscles is endemic in our culture. Learn how to recognize and restore good … Read more
Category back pain relief, core strengthening, hip pain, Holistic fitness, injuries, low back pain, Post-rehabilitation, posture, Professional Teacher tips, realpeoplepilates, scoliosis, standing, Uncategorized · Tagged with alignment, back pain, Body-In-Motion, core support, Dianne Woodruff, fitness, gait, hip pain, injuries, Lesley Powell, Movements Afoot, Pilates Chelsea, Pilates Mid-town, Pilates NYC
Posted by Lesley Powell on March 22, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Dianne L. Woodruff, CMA, PhD, has been teaching for 35 years and has been in private practice for 20 working with people who have movement difficulties and unresolved myofascial pain. Her newest video, 3-D WORKOUT™, vol II, an integrated approach to fitness, was released in 2006. A Certified Movement Analyst with a doctorate in Somatic … Read more
Category abdominals, back pain exercises, back pain relief, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), Conditioning, core strengthening, fitness, hip pain, Holistic fitness, injuries, Post-rehabilitation, posture, Professional Teacher tips, realpeoplepilates, Uncategorized, walking · Tagged with 3-D, 3D Workout, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), Body-In-Motion, core support, Dianne Woodruff, fitness, hip pain, Lesley Powell, Pilates NYC, Post-rehabilitation, rehabilitation, Rudolph Laban.
Posted by Lesley Powell on March 10, 2010 · Leave a Comment
POSTURAL ANALYSIS WORKSHOP at Movements Afoot Taught by Doris Pasteleur Hall and Nicola Wiener, Physical Therapist This workshop is open to all Pilates, yoga, and dance teachers; personal trainers; bodyworkers and health care providers. Date: Sun 3/21/2010 Time: 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM $120.00 Posture reflects our most fundamental organization and has the most profound … Read more
Category back pain, body image issues, injuries, Professional Teacher tips, scoliosis symptoms, Uncategorized · Tagged with alignment, back pain, core support, Doris Pasteleur Hall, joseph pilates, kendall, Movements Afoot, Nicola Weiner, Pilates Chelsea, pilates mat, Pilates Mid-town, Pilates NYC, Post-rehabilitation, posture
Posted by Lesley Powell on January 30, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Hi Lesley, “I have a client with hamstring tendinitis and hip bursitis. Are there restrictions within the pilates realm of exercises she should avoid. Extension of the leg or rotation of the hip are just a few I have questions on. Would love your input. Thanks.” Pilates Teacher My first motto: Movement should be painfree. … Read more
Category hip pain, injuries, Pilates, Post-rehabilitation, Professional Teacher tips, Uncategorized · Tagged with hip pain, injuries, joseph pilates, Lesley Powell, Movements Afoot, Post-rehabilitation
Posted by Lesley Powell on January 6, 2010 · Leave a Comment
Dianne Woodruff, CMA, PHD founder of Body-in-Motion I am so excited to have Dianne Woodruff teaching this April at Movements Afoot. I have studied withher at a few conferences. She always deepens my knowledge as a teacher and my practice.In the fall of 2008, I took an hour workshop about the abductors. It was amazing … Read more
Category abdominals, back pain, back pain exercises, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), Conditioning, core strengthening, fitness, hip pain, Holistic fitness, injuries, Post-rehabilitation, posture, Professional Teacher tips, standing, Uncategorized, walking · Tagged with 3D Workout, abdominals, alignment, back pain, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), Body-In-Motion, Certified Laban Movement Anaylst, Dianne Woodruff, fitness, For Wellness, gait, hip pain, injuries, Laban Institute of Movement Studies, Movements Afoot, Post-rehabilitation, posture, rehabilitation
Posted by Lesley Powell on December 29, 2009 · 3 Comments
Our classes combine: Pilates Bartenieff Fundamentals Franklin Method BodyMind techniques for better movement & relaxation Restorative yoga Finding a movement/fitness practice is hard for all. It is especially more difficult for those suffering from an injury or neurological disease. Traditional exercise does not always address how to create a fitness practice when the body is … Read more
Category back pain, back pain exercises, back pain relief, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), BodyMind Centering, Conditioning, For Wellness, hip pain, Holistic fitness, injuries, low back pain, Post-rehabilitation, Professional Teacher tips, Rehabilitation fitness, Uncategorized · Tagged with alignment, anatomy, back pain, Bartenieff Fundamentals (BF), BodyMind Centering, constructive rest, For Wellness, Franklin Method, hanna somatics, Irene Dowd, joseph pilates, rehabilitation
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