Movements Afoot
 
 
               BodyMind Think Tank Newsletter
December 2007
Happy Holidays
 
Greetings!

Let's celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanza, New Years and more! The Holiday Season is a great time to keep your health and fitness life in mind. While you splurge a little with the big meals and tasty sweets, also treat yourself or a friend to your favorite workout, Pilates!

PS. Try our new Pilates Mat & Arc class for FREE. Scroll down for your coupon.  

denise dancing

Movements Afoot invites you for
Free Pilates and Holiday Cheer
Friday ,
December 7th at 6:30 PM. Yes we'll put some red on your cheeks with a great Pilates workout, dancing and a little wine and cheese to keep you jolly.

We want to make sure we have enough for everyone
so please RSVP.

Come dress to move, laugh and celebrate the holidays with us Friday, December 7th at 6:30 PM at Movements Afoot.

RSVPing is easy.
Call  Movements Afoot at 212-904-1399

HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS
available until December 15

Option 1:  Private Pilates Package $150 
                3 Privates  (Total Value $291)
                Note: Gift card cannot be applied to buyer.

Option 2:  Pilates Group Classes $30*
                 3 Group Classes (Total Value $51)
                 Note: Gift card cannot be applied to the buyer.

*Pilates Group Classes offer discounted to $25 per card when you purchase 5 or more cards.
Note: Gift card cannot be applied to the buyer.

Give a gift(s) of minimum $150 and receive a gift of
2 Afoot Classes.
                                                                    
                                     

Real People, Real Pilates
The Wrong Fork in the Road by Kim Fielding

I was your everyday girl struggling to stay within that ever-daunting 5 pounds, more or less. Although in retrospect I never felt average, cute or petite. I wish all I had to struggle with was my 5 pounds weight loss goal and achieving my big plans...Read more
Psst! Two great workshops coming up


John Chanik and Lisa Love return to teach at Movements Afoot in December.

 

Lisa Love's workshop Shaping Observational Skills: Where do I Start? on December 8th from 2pm-5pm will focus on building observational and assessment skills, then developing individual programs based on these discoveries. Participants will be "detectives", problem solving to improve specificity and effectiveness.  

Early Registation Discount: $80. After December 7th $110

John Chanik's workshop Integrating the Spine on December 16th from  10am-6pm will look at how to integrate the upper spine in movement.

Understanding the biomechanics of the spine will give the teacher clearer guidelines how to train. You will look how the bones move and how the muscles initiate specific movements.
Early Registation Discount: $175. After December 15th $200


New from BodyMind Think Tank
Teaching Clients with hip replacements
by Lesley Powell
When teaching clients with hip replacements, it is important to find out what kind of hip replacement did they have... I highly recommend that you and the client talk with their Doctor about their surgery and contraindications for training. With new advances in hip replacement, things are changing...Read more
HANNA SOMATICS
A REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO PAIN RELIEF
with Laura Gates Saturdays, 3:00-5:00 PM

Dec 1: "The Cat Stretch" Come learn a daily maintenance sequence that prepares the body for more intelligent motion and comfort by re-patterning the major core muscles of the torso.

Dec 8: "Improve your Breathing" offers Thomas Hanna's techniques for increasing the capacity for oxygen intake and the control muscles used in breathing. This workshop may be of particular interest to singers, actors, dancers, athletes.

Dec 15: "Anti stress/anti aging workshop" This class addresses postural issues like sunken chest, rounded shoulders, slouching habits, that stem from accumulated


INTRODUCTION ANATOMY with Joy Puleo
1/26 - 1/27 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM





In This Issue
Holiday Gift Ideas
Real People, Real Pilates
Upcoming Workshops
BalancedBody University
New Classes
Movements Afoot T-Shirts $22
BalancedBody Univesity
will rock
PILATES

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Bridge to BalancedBody University - Pilates Education Supreme
By Lesley Powell


Balanced Body University offers an opportunity for those dissatisfied with their Pilates education to easily bridge over to their program...

...This material goes beyond simple anatomical principles in most Pilates Certificate programs...
Read more

Pilates Teacher Training Certificate
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SHAPING OBSERVATIONAL SKILLS: WHERE DO I START?                                    with Lisa Love
Saturday 12/8   
2:00 PM-5:00PM


BALANCEDBODY UNIVERSITY
PILATES MAT CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Mat I 1/5-6/2007
Mat I 3/29-30/2008
Mat I 8/9-10/2008

Mat II 1/12-13/2008
Mat II 4/26-27/2008
Mat II 10/18-19/2008


PILATES REFORMER CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Reformer I       2/2-3
Reformer I  5/31-6/1
Reformer III     4/5-6
Reformer III 6/14-15


PILATES APPARATUS CERTIFICATION PROGRAM
Apparatus I  7/12-13
Apparatus II 7/26-27
Apparatus III   8/2-3
The Magic Circle!
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Try it for yourself in your favorite Pilates mat class.

         Pilates Kickbox
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    Mondays 5:30-6:45pm
 
Movements Afoot T-shirts
MA t-shirts
Cost: $22
Color: Black and Red
Size: S, M and L

Available at the front desk.

Job Opportunity
We are looking for great instructors to teach at Pilates Central  in Nyack, NY an easy commute from NYC, Jersey and other points of interest.  We also pay well.

Contact Scott Cantor nyywc@verizon.net

  FREE
CLASS

Try our new Pilates Mat & Arc

The Pilates Arc will take your Pilates workout to new levels. Joseph Pilates created the step barrel to intensify the workout as well as increase mobility.

Evening Classes                            Afternoon Classes

Monday & Tuesday     6:30 pm        Tuesday & Thursday  12  noon

Wednesday                 5:00 pm        Friday                        12:30 pm

Friday                          6:00 pm


SPECIAL OFFER: Purchase a group class card when you come to take your free class and receive another group class for Free.

Offer Expires: December 31, 2007