Welcome to The Art of Mastering Movement!
I created this blog in order to develop a real time continuing conversation with my clients and students about movement.
I have a passion for movement that started as a young child. I was always finding myself fascinated by the way people moved and how they felt inside their bodies. This passion led me to reading lots of anatomy books, as well as various professional/educational degrees in dance with the highlights being the University of London’s Laban Centre, and finishing at California Institute of the Arts.
I have travelled to dance and learn from movement specialists from all over the world, and now I feel I have the expertise to offer to those of you interested enough to read this blog.
I am currently an adjunct professor of Dance and Physical Education at Cabrillo College in Aptos, California. I also own my own Pilates and GYROTONIC® studio called Pacific Movement Center in neighboring Santa Cruz.
At the college I get to teach large groups of people about movement, and at the studio I focus on teacher training’s and private clients as a Master Trainer. A Master Trainer is someone who has reached a level of experience in the work and is willing to share what they know in order to help others along in a similar profession.
So, if you are a beginning movement student wanting to know how to be more efficient in your movement, or a professional mover or instructor, this blog is for you. In the following weeks I plan to cover the following ideas.
- History of Pilates
- Where Joseph Pilates may have gotten his ideas
- Find your neutral joints
- Find your Core or Powerhouse
The first blogs will focus on an introduction to Pilates. This may be a review for some of you. It may also be a great time for you to go over the basics again and refine your movement. Remember, if you have any questions or comments that is why I am here. Welcome and enjoy!
September 1st, 2009 at 10:39 pm
Steph,
Site looks great!! Cannot wait for more postings and more tid-bits from the “Yoda”!
Take care,
Lee
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September 21st, 2009 at 10:59 am
Steph,
So excited that you are blogging your wisdom. It makes such a difference in supporting my mind/body connection. Looking forward to more.
Teri
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Thanks Teri for the encouragement and for making comments on all the blogs. I feel that people are actually reading these. Thanks, Steph
October 6th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Thanks so much for your words of wisdom in many classes of gyrokinesis! After returning from Yosemite it dawned on me that perhaps I might not have made it to the top of Nevada Falls without those inner core strengthening lessons. It had been 30 some years since I’d been backpacking so I thought that for sure I could handle just a 7 mile trip. What I failed to remember was altitude and this hike was a 2000 ft. climb. At one point on the trail, in a moment of utter desperation, with legs that felt like jelly, my inner voice said you have got to rely on your core strength. I took a deep breath and tapped into that fifth line which you always, always, always gently remind us about when finetuning positions. And it worked! I gained the strength I needed to climb the mountain. THANKS
October 7th, 2009 at 3:26 pm
Dear LyNann,
You are so cool getting to the top of the falls. I am glad your core and fifth line helped. Isn’t is an amazing sensation when all of a sudden you are connected and it is so easy to move?!
October 23rd, 2009 at 4:51 am
Hi Steph!
Awesome blog!!
So generous of you to pass along some of that wisdom.
Love you!
xo
Gini
October 23rd, 2009 at 8:11 am
Thanks Gini!