Embodied Anatomy: Exploring Pilates Mat with new awareness

Online classes with Lesley Powell
Recordings will be made of these classes

Afoot Barre brings together the best of how the ballet barre teaches you about your legs in standing, Pilates Connection of full body action and yoga. A true ballet barre is a wonderful workout for your legs, hips and whole body with flow and fluidity.

Especially with ACL tears in my knees, getting back to the ballet barre and standing poses of yoga have helped my physicality. Being older and with an injury, maintaining my physicality is essential.

Props: Wall, chair and yoga block or books

May 1, 2021
Call to Legs: Distal Relationship to Core

Call to Legs: Distal Relationship to Core is a workshop exploring the connections of the distal: foot and ankle mechanics to the leg and the core. We are addressing balancing the foot and ankle muscles that influences our entire alignment. Our ankles influence our foot, hip and core mechanics. When the Distal relationship is working correctly, the core immediately works deeper.

June 5, 2021
Anatomy Dances : Upper body in Gait
How the spine moves in gait

June 18, 2021
Anatomy Dances : Lower body in Gait
How the legs move in gait

We take walking for granted. When we lose the ability to walk comfortably, we lose our freedom to do things. Poor posture, lack of strength and mobility and diminishing balance skills affect our gait. This workshop is an introduction to how the body moves in gait and how as trainers we can plan a workout that encourages better walking skills.