Issue #337 Wednesday June 2, 2021 Sensing, Feeling…and Pilates. Somatics..What’s That? by Patricia Issit Somatics is a “broad brush” term describing many approaches to embodied movement practices. Put briefly, a somatic approach develops perceptual, kinesthetic and proprioceptive sensitivity with the purpose of developing awareness of soma, the felt body self. […]
My Personal “Return to life through Contrology” Post Stroke – by Tacye Lynnette
Issue #299 – Wednesday, April 29, 2020 My Personal “Return to life through Contrology” Post Stroke by Tacye Lynnette [Note from the Editor: This article was written prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.] One year ago, on April 27, 2019, I had a right ACA infarct (ischaemic) stroke. It came seemingly […]
“Embodied” Pilates by Allie Greene
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 “Embodied” Pilates by Allie Greene Embodiment is being internally aware as a body rather than an outside observation of the body. It is a subjectively felt sense of ourselves. It is the “being” rather than the “doing”. It is within the process of embodiment where we can […]
Help Your Clients To Help Themselves – by Stephanie Behrendt PMA-CPT and Theo St. Francis
September 13, 2017 Help Your Clients To Help Themselves Sharing Session Responsibility with Spinal Cord Injury Clients This post is a collaboration by a trainer, Stephanie Behrendt, and a client, Theo St. Francis. In Pilates Intel style, we thought we’d shed some light on an aspect of training that […]