Embodied Anatomy Reformer: Hippiness to the Knee w. Lesley Powell

With both knees having ACL tears, keeping the physicality of my legs is essential.  I find that I need to slowly wake up the coordination of my legs and spine.  Closed chain movements are important.  How you organize your legs in standing is very different than open...

Feet talks to the Legs to the Core w. Lesley A. Powell

Understanding the grounding of your foot affects the coordination of the leg and the spine.  Irmagard Bartenieff’s Fundamentals: Pelvic Shift Forward and Lateral is about how the legs transfers the body in space.  It is an intricate dance of the muscles of the feet,...

Knee Me- Reformer workshop 3/27 w. Lesley Powell NYC

With having ACL tears in both knees, I have had to change my practice in keeping support for my knees.  I didn’t realize how I was compensating to deal with the extra mobility of the knee.  Doing close chain exercises is extremely important for simple actions of...