About Lesley Powell
49 W. 27th St. Mezzanine B, New York City 212-904-1399
LESLEY POWELL, the founder and director of Movements Afoot, has been a private fitness trainer since 1986. She received her CMA/Certification as a Movement Analyst from the Laban/Bartenieff institute. She shares her knowledge and wisdom in movement therapy with physical therapists, medical practitioners and sports training institutes as an adjunct modality for re-educating patients approach to fitness.
Lesley Powell received a BFA-Dance from Temple University in 1978. She choreographed her own work and presented throughout the tri-state. Lesley was on the faculty of Drew University from 1991-2001, teaching classes in modern dance, dance history and choreography. She has been a teacher at Dr. Bacharach’s Osteopathic Center for Sports and Dance Medicine and JRW, and a physical therapy practice using Pilates for rehabilitation.
Lesley Powell founded Movements Afoot with the philosophy of teaching people the basic concepts of movement theory: proper movement initiation, integrating breath with movement and spinal integrity, by equipping people with the necessary tools for a lifetime of fitness and wellness. Since it’s inception in 1993, the Director of Movements Afoot, Lesley Powell has appeared in many articles about Mind Body Fitness including O Magazine, Self, Time Out Magazine, Elle, Newsday, the Village Voice, Shape Magazine, etc. Lesley also assisted the PhysicalMind Institute in the development of Standing Pilates and the book, “Standing Pilates” .
She received a certificate in the Franklin Method March 2007.
She is now faculty for Balanced Body University, a Pilates Certification program, since 2007. She will be presenting at Pilates on Tour in Chicago October 3, 2009. Lesley continues to teach at Movements Afoot as well as guest lecturer internationally sharing her expertise on the body and fitness.
Movements Afoot
49 West 27th St. Mezzanine B
New York, New York 10001
(212) 904-1399
Hi Lesley,
Thanks again for your gentle guidence and experice. I am looking foward to continuing my education with Balanced Body and Movement Afoot. This weekend was truly a turn around in my fitness career.
Best to you,
-Maria
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Hi Lesley!
We met at the BBU Faculty training in Sacramento. I am so pleased to find your blog. Great content!
Lesley has been my pilates therapist for t he past several months. She has cured me of “slumping over” and put me in contact with my core, a place I had abandoned early in life. I have severe spinal problems and Lesley has helped me to control the pain related to those disabilities. I am a work in progress and continue to see her every week. 12/27/10
Hi Lesley, I got your name from Anneliese Mordhurst at ISMETA. I am looking for pilates teacher training that has a focus on embodiment and sees the body as an alive, conscious process rather than just a fitness teacher training. Your name came to mind for Anneliese. I saw the schedule for the upcoming teacher training courses at Movement Afoot. Wondering how many of those classes you are teaching, if any? Or where else you might be teaching? I currently live in California but am on my way back to the east coast. Was recently laid off which has freed up the time to do the training. I have a long background in improvisational dance, many somatic practices, and psychotherapy.
Thanks,
Sarah
Sarah, Here is my upcoming schedule http://movementsafootblog.com/pilates-teacher-certification/bbu-schedule/. I will be starting a new series next fall.
Two incredible Pilates teachers in California are Tom McCook at Mountain View, Ca. and Marie-jose Blum in Long Beach. Both are combining somatics with Pilates. Any questions, let me know.
Lesley Powell
Dear Ms. Powell,
My name is Jasmine Chiu, I am a dance major studying a course in Laban Movement Analysis at The Boston Conservatory with Leslie Koval. I have a research assignment to connect Laban’s theories to today’s field of physical therapy. Within this research I am encouraged to contact a professional related to physical therapy (and Laban, of course). Therefore, I was wondering, if you wouldn’t mind, sharing with me some personal insight on how Laban has affected you in your work and/or daily life? I would really appreciate any bit of information you would be able to provide with me. You are also welcome to email me back at jasmine_chiu@bostonconservatory.edu if you prefer.
Thank you very much for your time and I hope to hear from you soon!
Most sincerely,
Jasmine Chiu
The Laban work has been profound to my teaching. I get compliments all the time how incredible my observation skills are. With the use of my observation, I see underlying Bartenieff Fundamentals in whatever form that I am teaching pilates, dance and anatomy. Space Harmony is sometimes a tool how to direct people how to move in space. Also understanding Space Harmony is a tool to problem solve what a client needs for their movement loves. I don’t play golf, but Space harmony helps me understand some of the spacial demands of it.