Schedule changes for August 2007.
No group classes Aug. 16th - Sept. 3rd, excluding equipment classes.

Pilates equipment classes will run with a minimum of 2 persons enrolled.
Reservations required.

Summer Lunch Series August 1-15
Mondays 12:00 - 12:45 PM Pilates Mat Level I
Tuesdays 12:00 - 12:45 PM Pilates Mat Express
Thursdays 12:00 - 12:45 PM Pilates Mat Express

New Equipment Class!
Reformer classes with Ellie
Wednesdays 6:30 - 7:30PM

Ongoing Classes with Tracie Horsley
Body-Mind Techniques for Flexibility, Strength, and Better Posture
Tuesdays 6:00-7:00PM

"...When a client comes to me with back discomfort , I look at their posture and then how they use their legs. When the back is misaligned, most times the legs are not able to do their job. A lot of people use their backs to lift their legs and shift them forward. One client to walk upstairs was leaning her torso forward to propel her forward. The legs and pelvis should shift the body forward up the stairs.

HOW DO YOU MAKE CHANGE IN POSTURE?

Awareness is key. Teaching your client how they to sense their body is very important. Their brain thinks that their poor posture is okay. One needs to retrain how their body thinks and sends messages to their muscles and bones. Posture is dynamic. It is not a fixed position, but a constant organization around gravity..."
Read more

For more information about posture, visit
www.bodymindthinktank.com

Blog Posts for July
POSTURE: A Tall Tale about Fitness, Back Discomfort and Wellness.
POSTURE: A short tale of bad habits
POSTURE: Foundations for a Tall Tale - Part I

First Pilates Class: Freshman in College.

Most influential teacher: Lesley Powell

The Defining moment when you realized you wanted to teach Pilates: When I felt so wonderful mentally and physically after pilates sessions.

Favorite Exercise and Why: Backbend, it feels very open, connected and grounded.

Most Challenging Part of Your Pilates Practice: To help clients break though their own artificial limits so that they can realize their full potential.

Person who has inspired you most: Hello Kitty.
Book you are currently reading: The Architecture of Happiness.

Secret Comfort Foods: Zo-Sui (Japanese Rice Soup)

Cause you feel most passionate about: Make others happy/entertain though teaching, dancing and communicating.

Your local retreat: Hiroko's massage and my husband cooking at home.

An Unfinished Dream: To be able to fly.

WORKSHOPS FOR EVERYONE

Hanna Somatic Education
"Freeing the Body from the Center to the Periphery" When the core is mobilized, the extremities have more freedom of movement.
Date: August 4, 2007
Time: 3-5 PM
Cost: $40

Franklin Method Workshops
with Tracie Horsley
How to have Happy Feet and Better Posture
8/22 Wednesday 6:30-8:00PM $20
Power to the Pelvis
9/19 Wednesday 6:30-8:00PM $20
My Back Feels Fantastic!
10/17 Wednesday 6:30-8:00PM $20

Tracie Horsley, is a Franklin Method Educator-level I, Guild Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and a Certified Bodytalk® Practitioner.

WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS

Ace Accredited Course
Balance Training - Ball and Foam Rolls with Lesley Powell
Date: August 12, 2007
Time: 10:00-5:00PM
Cost: $200

BodyMind Fitness Certification: A Somatic Approach


SOMA I: Pre-requisites for Somatic Fitness Certificate

Functional Anatomy and Physiology (from BMC perspective) September 8-9

Fundamental Fitness (the work of PT Irmgard Bartenieff applied to fitness) September 29-30

Fitness coaching (Observing clients using LMA) October 19-20

Evolution of fitness (Developmental)
November 16-17

Ever want to practice how to best handle sensitive moments in a session?
Wish you understood about the brain more?
Or how the brain is affected by learning new movement coordinations?
Want to move more and spend time with great people?

SOMA I of the Somatic Fitness Certification offered at Movements Afoot provided all that and more.

Soma I is a course you need to experience for yourself!

Fabulous students came from around the country including all corners of the New York tri-state area. We learned to observe movement patterns and postural habits, see how the physiological state of the body affects these habits, relate movement performance to brain development, and speak sensitively with clients and colleagues to support emotional needs and life's challenges.

Be in touch if you want to be on our special mailing list or check our website in the up-coming weeks for all the specifics!

From Dr. Movement
Martha Eddy, CMA, RSMT, Ed.D.