Movement science, wellness and cultural travel, and real tips and stories behind both.
I write about what 40 years of teaching bodies and one decade of leading international retreats have actually taught me, and I skip the fluff.
Whether you're here because your back hurts, because Morocco is calling, or because someone in class told you to check this out — welcome.
Small shifts, consistently practiced, change your life.
Three Seated Stretches for Back Pain Relief (There's Really a Fourth One)
These four stretches target four of the areas that take the most abuse from prolonged sitting: the thoracic spine, the shoulder girdle, the spinal rotators, and the piriformis.
Imprinting vs. Neutral Spine: What We’re Actually Doing in Class (And Why)
Every week, someone in class asks me some version of this question: “Should my lower back be flat on the mat or not?”
It’s a great question — and the answer isn’t as simple as most Pilates instructors make it sound. Because the real answer is: it depends on what we’re trying to accomplish and where you are in your practice.
Why Your Back Hurts (And Why Crunches Won't Fix It)
Fifteen years into my dance career, I was sitting in an orthopedic surgeon’s office listening to him tell me—with the casual certainty doctors sometimes have—that he’d see me back for surgery after I tried physical therapy. My back injury had stopped me cold, and according to him, the knife was pretty much inevitable.