Embodied Anatomy: Training the Calves to Improve Posture

Embodied Anatomy: Training the Calves to Improve Posture

Calves We don’t always think about our calf muscles in improving posture.  Where your shins stand in relationship to your foot influences your entire structure.  Balancing the muscles of the calves help with our function . With having ACL tears in both knees,  my...
Embodied Anatomy Pilates Mat w. Lesley A. Powell Zoom

Embodied Anatomy Pilates Mat w. Lesley A. Powell Zoom

Embodied Anatomy Pilates Mat makes you think differently about your practice and body. Every system; yoga, pilates, ballet, etc., has a repertory of how to warm up the body and create new connections.   When your mind becomes too routine, your practice deadens. ...

Tuckeroonie vs Posterior Tilt by Lesley A. Powell

June 3 at 2:15 PM we are going to explore Tuckeroonie vs Posterior Tilt in my online Embodied Anatomy Pilates Mat class.   A lot of clients mistakenly initiate abdominal work of posterior tilt with their legs.  You can see the muscles over engaged at the femoral fold...
Posterior Sling – Symphony of Coordination

Posterior Sling – Symphony of Coordination

Anyone with a forward head and/or kyphotic posture, waking up the posterior sling is important.  The posterior sling is important especially in walking.   The phrasing of the posterior sling has a different quality from a prone swan to standing up.  The coordination...