My Modalities

Pilates:

Mr. Joseph Pilates created a system of exercise for general health and well being. In addition to Matwork (exercise with out equipment) he created various types of equipment all based on spring resistance. The equipment is made to either challenge or aid you as you exercise. Mr. Pilates generally worked in two different ways.

For the average, healthy body he used exercises taught in a series. All of his students learned the same exercise routine and in each session, worked toward focusing the mind, perfecting the form, and controlling the movement. It was a discipline. For a body with an injury or condition, he would he would manipulate his exercises, maybe creating a new one or two, tailoring the work for that individual's needs. The goal was to return them to a level of fitness where they could learn and perform his more established routine.

I structure my work as a Pilates teacher in much the same way. If a client comes in with an injury or condition, I tailor my work to their needs, working towards their goal of health and wellness. If a healthy client comes to me and wants to "workout", I teach them the traditional series of exercises, focusing on movement quality, control, and perfecting form over time. Repeating the routine the same way over time has its advantages, a deep understanding that one gains from repetition overtime, but the reality is that the body will eventually plateau with out new movement. With that in mind, once I feel confident the client has learned the traditional routine I begin to incorporate variety, changing the order, or details about the exercises, even some new exercises all together.

To sum up, I offer 2 way of working in the Pilates modality:
Corrective Pilates
Traditional Pilates


Yamuna Body Rolling:

From www.yamunabodyrolling.com:

"Yamuna Body Rolling™ is a revolutionary approach to health and fitness using balls designed exclusively for this practice. It consists of a series of routines using 6 to 10-inch balls. Unlike other ball exercises, YBR goes far beyond random movement and stretch. It allows you to work specific muscles in detail, to create suppleness in tight areas and optimize range of motion.

Yamuna Body Rolling™ re-educates muscles and stimulates bone, creating positive, permanent changes in the body."

YBR is a fantastic system, that allows you to move and stretch all the spaces in your body while toning your muscles and gaining balanced strength. It can be as gentle as a massage or as challenging as a good Pilates workout. My training in YBR includes the series of routines, and hands on work with the ball. I have also developed a number of my own routines on the Yamuna balls, based on Thomas Myers' work on Anatomy Trains.

Body Therapy:

I have a talent for seeing the body's structure; where the postural mis-alignments are, the locked places in the tissue, the less faulty movement patterns. In a body therapy session I look at what the client's body needs and develop a session around that using my full bag of tricks, from hands on work to targeted exercises. This type of session targets exactly what your body needs and goes straight to the causes of pain, injury, discomfort, tightness, and instability.