Embodied Anatomy Reformer Series: Muscular Slings w. Lesley Powell

Embodied Anatomy Reformer Series: Muscular Slings w. Lesley Powell

Muscular slings is a concept to describe the interconnected network of muscles and fascia in the body.  These slings work together to produce movement and maintain stability. Muscular slings shifts our thinking about the body as parts, but to a new interconnectedness...

Hand It to Me w. Lesley Powell

We are all prone to overuse injuries. My Pilates teaching career started at a physical therapy practice in 1990.  Majority of our clients were journalists suffering with Repetitive Stress Injuries due to overuse injuries on computers.  The typewriter offered some...

Embodied Anatomy Reformer: Core is Six Limbs w. Lesley Powell

Embodied Anatomy Reformer:  Core is Six Limbs w. Lesley Powell Online Fridays May 6-20, 2022. 3:30 – 4:30 PM $120.    Sign Up The core is more than the abdominals.  The best connections to phenomenal support of the body includes the limbs.  When the body loses a...

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...