Thinking Pilates Podcast

We are many voices. Thousands more than can be heard here, but we've opened the door for some of those voices to come through. The Curiosity Mashup is YOU. It's what and who inspires you. Like you find yourself in our voices, we've found ourselves in yours. This is literally short and very, very sweet. And we're grateful to those who contributed. Listen. Smile. See yourself. Share."I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious." -- Albert Einstein More About Our ContributorsBrooke Fricke - Re:Form Pilates, Richmond, VAI teach Pilates because I believe it will make the world a better place, one person at a time. If we can feel better in our bodies, move with more ease and resiliency, we can discover a gateway into a much richer experience of life. It is my passion to teach others that we can absolutely, without question, get better with age. That we can thrive, build unbelievable strength and agility into our 50's, 60's, 70's and beyond.I have a profound respect for the work of Joe Pilates, he really was a genius in his own right. I believe Pilates is one of the best, most effective ways to undo the effects of modern day life. I also just love movement and am constantly experimenting and learning different ways to bring more joy and independence to the lives of the people I have the fortune to support.reformrichmond.com​Bonnie Lafave - ReAlign Pilates, Carson City, NVI’ve been teaching Pilates for the past 18 years and am a certified Pilates Method Alliance Teacher. I am a graduate of the Fletcher Pilates Comprehensive Program, the Kathy Grant Heritage Training Program, and the PhysicalMind Institute program as well as hold numerous other training certificates. I am also involved in an ongoing mentoring program.To her students: Pilates is a practice and my passion. It is my commitment to you that I will continue to practice Pilates and attend trainings and workshops. If I stop learning and practicing then I should not be teaching Pilates. This is important for you, as the consumer, to know about my commitment!With patience and persistence your potential is endless! Respect where you are today and come on a journey with me to see how Pilates and movement can transform your mind, body and spirit!realigncc.comPauline Caswell - Love Pilates, Hoylake, Wirral, UKI have over 15 years experience as a teacher and will never stop learning. My school Biology teacher was my first inspiration for learning about the human body. Aged 13, I thought our bodies were truly amazing machines... 24 years later ....I was that Biology teacher! In 2016 I swapped the science lab for the community centre. I wanted to share Pilates in my local community. It's now a complete joy for me to be able to share these amazing benefits of moving with everyone I meet.One of my favourite thoughts: "Everything is connected!"lovepilates4all.co.ukRegan Zubak - Village Pilates, Forest Park, ILRegan is the owner, operator and master instructor of Village Pilates Studio. She opened VPS in 2005 and loves working with her clients every day, collaborating with the vps staff, leading the Teacher Training Program, and hosting Continuing Education Workshops for students and professionals.In light of the Village Pilates Studio mission, Regan Zubak is consciously creating a ‘village’ atmosphere, with high educational and professional standards, for people to feel welcome and motivated to practice Pilates. She is dedicated in being a trustworthy Pilate's teacher, one who is thorough, caring and careful, and keeps abreast on the ever growing information in the field.villagepilatesstudio.comConnect with UsChantill - chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951James - j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.comEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.What We're Up ToCome learn with Chantill in 2019:Feb - Body Mind and Core and the Indianapolis area (workshops and anatomy)March - Village Pilates, Chicago (Mentoring Salon and workshops)April - Kalijo Pilates, Sunshine Coast, BC (4-day retreat with Debora Kolwey)May - Virginia/DC studio crawlJoin Chantill and James at Momentum Fest this coming June. Early bird deadline, Dec. 15thLearn more and get your tickets HEREOur Episode SponsorThe Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's ProgramExplore A Whole New Universe of TeachingDive in to critical areas of teaching NEVER before directly addressed in a full-length certification program: brain science + education, humanistic psychology, motivation science, Polyvagal Theory + more.FINALLY! Bring Something BIG to LifeAs a project-based program we’ll help you create the curriculum, workshop or research project you’ve been dreaming of; take the larger stage, make a bigger impact + experience a more rewarding and lucrative career. This is not just another teacher training! Intimate, Interactive, Challenging + RewardingThe Master’s Program is a HIGHLY INTERACTIVE process of learning + implementation that supports you every step of the way to immediately integrate what you learn. Get 1:1 coaching, LIVE group discussions, daily feedback and guidance + fantastic LIVE EVENT in California! Learn more HERE and get signed up for an upcoming Q + A Call and be eligible for tuition discounts not available any other time.Momentum FestDenver, CO June 21-23Momentum Fest™ is a three day Pilates and movement celebration. Feed your body, mind and soul with empowering fitness classes, motivating conversations and uplifting connections. Momentum Fest 2019 will be held June 21-23 in Denver, CO. Join us as we laugh, breathe and move together.FOR ANYONE WANTING TO FIND THEIR TRUE STRENGTHStudents, teachers, young, old, beginners, professionals – Momentum Fest is holding a place for you. All you need is a love of movement and a desire to live inspired.momentumfest.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Grown Women Dance Collective creates cross-cultural, intergenerational, and cross-class connections, encouraging dialogue, empowering thought and action, and building cross-racial alliances through concert dance and wellness programs. Mature dancers challenge the stereotypes of aging and create artistic work that is relevant, accessible and inspiring to diverse and financially challenged audiences. We promote mind and body healing through health and fitness programs and create economic opportunities for young people.It is my pleasure and honor to be able to end our sweet podcast after five years with a series of three episodes dedicated to highlighting and elevating some of the visionary warriors in our movement community. In this episode I'm talking to a long time colleague and friend, Tonya Marie Amos, one of the fiercest, most dedicated, and driven people I've ever met.Tonya is a force and her vision to positively impact and change her community from the inside out through Pilates teacher training education, art and fiscal education, and more is stunning and powerful.I'm so happy to lift up her voice and her vision and CALL YOU TO ACTION in support of social justice and change!Enjoy. Act. Share. Create change.More About Grown Women Dance CollectiveFounded in 2009, Grown Women Dance Collective inspires and empowers social impact through dance and wellness. Founded by former professional New York dancers of color, GWDC is based in Oakland and Contra Costa County, California. GWDC offers a space for internationally respected, retired dancers in their 40s and 50s to share over 400 years of collective experience, hold space in our historical lineage, and celebrate African American history. It’s a space for the residents of Alameda and Contra Costa County to learn, explore creativity, find connections, and heal.WHAT DO WE DOOur annual Juneteenth celebration performance creates cross-cultural and inter-generational connections, encourages dialogue, provokes thought, strengthens self-identity, and advances racial harmony—all while challenging stereotypes of what a dancer should be. Our performances are a celebration of African American culture that incorporates a self-empowered view on U.S. history.Our wellness programs consist of teaching mind and body healing through health and fitness classes. These lessons both heal the individual and heal our society. Our arts and wellness programs are relevant and accessible to diverse and under-resourced audiences who traditionally have had barriers to access. grownwomendance.orgDONATEMore About Tonya Marie AmosTONYA MARIE AMOS (Founder & Artistic Executive Director of Grown Women Dance Collective) Tonya received a BA in Cultural Anthropology from U.C. Berkeley & trained four years on full scholarship at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center. A member of Actors Equity Association, she has appeared with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater & Donald Byrd, was a member of Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Footprints & Amy Pivar Dances, performed in the International Tour of West Side Story, the National Tour of Sesame St. Live, Sacramento Music Circus’ The King and I, and has been featured in numerous print ads and TV commercials.She is the owner of Aspire Pilates Center, for which she was awarded Pleasant Hill Chamber of Commerce’s “100 Women of Influence” in 2010, Women’s Initiative’s Concord Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011, Concord’s Small Business of the Year 2013, Community Focus’ Reader’s Choice Best Pilates Studio in 2015, and Concord’s Best Woman-Owned Business of the Year in 2016.The former author of a monthly Health & Wellness column for the Community Focus newspaper, Tonya is currently proofreading her Foot Pain prevention and recovery book, running Pilates retreats internationally, and developing Pilates education programs to help make this impactful work accessible to diverse communities. Shifting Aspire’s operating model in 2018 has allowed her to work full time on bridging health, wellness and the arts within under-resourced communities. She’s proud to help build cross cultural and intergenerational bridges with Grown Women Dance Collective.Connect with UsChantill - chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951Debora - dkolwey@gmail.com James - j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.comEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.Our Episode SponsorMomentum FestLook for dates for 2021Momentum Fest™ is a three day Pilates and movement celebration that will now be held virtually and be no less wonderful.momentumfest.comThe Master's ProgramExplore A Whole New Universe of Teaching (Rolling enrollment with cohorts beginning monthly)In 90 days, we teach you — the overworked and undervalued Pilates teacher — how to build a dynamic, scalable and flexible online offering so you no longer have to play the Zoom-hustle game while achieving financial, location, and time freedom.Who this program is for?The Master’s Program is for body-whisperers and movement rebels who want to stand in their strengths, develop greater unwavering confidence in their teaching — not just their subject matter, and are tired of busting their butts with very low rate of return.This program is for Pilates, yoga and movement teachers, OTs and PTs, and other body geeks who understand that teaching is more than a technical endeavor and requires a fuller understanding of the body, brain and how to work with the whole person in front of them (whether in person or through a screen because it just doesn’t matter). Schedule a Teaching Strategy Session to explore the program in more detail.Join the conversation on Facebook by joining the Bold, Brave + Boredom-free Teaching Roadmap. 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If the right way is not my nervous system’s way in this moment then I’m going to override what my nervous system is telling me and I’m going to suffer both physically -- physical injury -- but my psychology also suffers because I’ve now disconnected and thought what my system is telling me is not okay.My work was always with complex trauma survivors and so isn’t that what they bring? They’ve been told that what's happening in here either really isn’t happening, because what you see out here is not going on, or what’s happening in here is not okay, you need to disavow it. -- Deb DanaI'm always amazed at how synchronistic life is. When I'm feeling anxious, pushing, worrying that I haven't done something in the "right" time, I'm rewarded by relaxing and simply being present with what is. That's how this interview manifested. Talking with Deb Dana couldn't be better timed although for a long time I'd wished we'd have gotten to it sooner.After listening to the interview again, I'm confident that it will be eye-opening, insightful, infinitely informative, and transformative for the way you relate not only to your teaching but all that's happening in the world -- your personal and professional spheres and in your relationships to the larger world.If you are interested in finding something that will support you in attending to all that the world is beggin you to attend to, but more importantly, what your own nervous system is asking you to contend with, this will go a long way to do that.And, as always, we're funny and thoughtful and it's just a damn good conversation. ;)Listen. Really listen. Take it in. Notice where it applies to you and your life. Smile. Rewind. Smile some more. Pass it on.More About Deb DanaMy passion for Polyvagal Theory guides my work, my writing, and my teaching. Polyvagal Theory, developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, offers a way to understand the human autonomic nervous system and directly engage with habitual patterns of response. Through a polyvagal lens we can learn to listen to our embodied stories. Using a polyvagal perspective, we can let go of self criticism and bring an open heart to exploring our daily experience. Out of Stephen Porges's brilliant work developing Polyvagal Theory, a world-wide community of Polyvagal-informed people and systems is developing as we better understand the power of the autonomic nervous system to guide our movements and shape our stories. My work as a clinician, consultant, andlecturer is focused on using the lens of Polyvagal Theory to understand and resolve the impact of trauma and create ways of working that honor the role of the autonomic nervous system as we move through states of protection and connection in an ongoing quest for safety.  Deb Dana's website: RhythmofregulationLearn more about her books: Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and ConnectionThe Polyvagal Theory in TherapyClinical Applications of the Polyvagal TheoryPolyvagal Flip ChartLearn more about workshops and opportunities.Connect with UsChantill - chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951Debora - dkolwey@gmail.com James - j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.comEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.What We're Up ToChantillThe Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's Program! Learn more about the programJoin our Facebook group: Bold, Brave + Boredom-free Teaching RoadmapLots of Online curriculum right now!The 28-Day Course - Writing For Resilience, Safety + Positive Change - Starts July 19thObservation Empathy and Intuition in Teaching - Zoom Workshop, Friday, June 26th 11 am - 1 pm PSTEnter the Vagus (12-hours of video, audio, reading, discussion, exercises and more) Name Your Own PriceJamesCheck out James' new website - JamesCrader.comLearn more about SOSOur Episode SponsorMomentum FestZoom Live Event: June 26-28Momentum Fest™ is a three day Pilates and movement celebration that will now be held virtually and be no less wonderful.A note from MFWe are excited to be able to bring Momentum Fest to you in 2020! Our Virtual Experience will be held June 26-28, 2020, and will include our amazing line up of 2020 presenters, vendors and sponsors, as well as some surprise guest presenters from previous years!momentumfest.comThe Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's ProgramExplore A Whole New Universe of Teaching (Enroll now with a customized start date and project cohort)Dive in to critical areas of teaching NEVER before directly addressed in a full-length certification program: brain science + education, humanistic psychology, motivation science, Polyvagal Theory + more.FINALLY! Bring Something BIG to LifeAs a project-based program we’ll help you create the curriculum, workshop or research project you’ve been dreaming of; take the larger stage, make a bigger impact + experience a more rewarding and lucrative career. This is not just another teacher training!Intimate, Interactive, Challenging + RewardingThe Master’s Program is a HIGHLY INTERACTIVE process of learning + implementation that supports you every step of the way to immediately integrate what you learn. Get 1:1 coaching, LIVE group discussions, daily feedback and guidance + fantastic LIVE EVENT in California! Learn more HERE about the program. Join the conversation on Facebook by joining the Bold, Brave + Boredom-free Teaching Roadmap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Movement is life. If we go to all life forms, there's movement even breathing in the cells of our bodies -- or in multi-celled creatures -- there’s always movement and vibration and the movement of fluid. It’s through movement that we meet the world and the world meets us, and we have a chance to interact and grow. -- Mariko TanabeThis conversation has been a long time in coming with Mariko Tanabe, Body Mind Centering Faculty and Program Director of Esprit en Mouvement in Montreal. James and I recorded this interview many months ago and because of the world being on its ear, we've simply been delayed in giving it to you. You're really going to enjoy this conversation about the "spark of human movement" and the journey to connect to it with Mariko. James and I had the pleasure of working with Mariko last March (2019) at a BMC workshop.Listen. Move. Breathe in. Breathe out. You. Are. Alive.More About Mariko TanabeMariko Tanabe is inspired by the healing powers of human movement and expression. She has been performing and presenting her choreographic works during the past 25 years in Asia, Europe, and North America. Mariko teaches workshops to dance companies and at universities, art centers and schools throughout the world. She mentors artists and maintains a private practice working with individuals of all backgrounds. For 12 years she worked with American dance master Erick Hawkins in NYC as a principal dancer, teacher and rehearsal director. She is a Certified Teacher and Practitioner of Body-Mind Centering®, as well as an Infant Developmental Movement Educator, Yoga teacher and Registered Somatic Therapist.Mariko's website: MarikoTanabe.comMariko is also the director of Esprit En Mouvement, the Body Mind Centering program in MontrealConnect with UsChantill - chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951Debora - dkolwey@gmail.com James - j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.comEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.What We're Up ToChantillThe Science + Psychology of TEaching Master's Program! Enrollment begins Monday, March 23rd!Learn more about the programJoin our Facebook group: Bold, Brave + Boredom-free Teaching RoadmapLots of Online curriculum right now!Enter the Vagus (12-hours of video, audio, reading, discussion, exercises and more)JamesCheck out James' new website - JamesCrader.comLearn more about SOSOur Episode SponsorMomentum FestDenver, CO June 26-28Momentum Fest™ is a three day Pilates and movement celebration. Feed your body, mind and soul with empowering fitness classes, motivating conversations and uplifting connections. Momentum Fest 2019 will be held June 26-28 in Denver, CO. Join us as we laugh, breathe and move together.FOR ANYONE WANTING TO FIND THEIR TRUE STRENGTHStudents, teachers, young, old, beginners, professionals – Momentum Fest is holding a place for you. All you need is a love of movement and a desire to live inspired.momentumfest.comThe Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's ProgramExplore A Whole New Universe of Teaching (NEW Cohort March 2, 2020)Dive in to critical areas of teaching NEVER before directly addressed in a full-length certification program: brain science + education, humanistic psychology, motivation science, Polyvagal Theory + more.FINALLY! Bring Something BIG to LifeAs a project-based program we’ll help you create the curriculum, workshop or research project you’ve been dreaming of; take the larger stage, make a bigger impact + experience a more rewarding and lucrative career. This is not just another teacher training!Intimate, Interactive, Challenging + RewardingThe Master’s Program is a HIGHLY INTERACTIVE process of learning + implementation that supports you every step of the way to immediately integrate what you learn. Get 1:1 coaching, LIVE group discussions, daily feedback and guidance + fantastic LIVE EVENT in California! Learn more HERE about the program. Join the conversation on Facebook by joining the Bold, Brave + Boredom-free Teaching Roadmap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why should we care about embryology as movement educators? Why should we care if all of our cells are in a creative mode or not? Is there a history in us from the time of the moment of our making that can inform how we express our bodies today? Join me and Debora Kolwey with Body-Mind Psychotherapy creator, Susan Aposhyan, for this wonderful conversation that kicks off our final season.The way I define embodiment is on a cellular level. Cellularly we can be in a physiologically creative mode or be in more of a routine, somewhat shutdown, minimally functioning mode. It used to be that people were saying a lot of “I was my body, I was out of my body,” and I’d say it’s not that simple, that’s not helpful to reduce embodiment to a binary set of states. But if we think about it on a cellular level…out of our 37 trillion cells how many of those cells are in a creative mode and how many of them are in a habitual mode? That’s how I define embodiment. If you look at every other creature on the planet they’re hovering close to 90 percent to 100 percent of embodiment. In that sense embodiment means that whatever that is coming in to the organism, whether it’s material or immaterial, in the case of thoughts and perceptions, is processed with no holds barred, and then expressed out with no limitations. So there’s a free flow of energy. Stuff comes in and energy, behavior goes out. So for example you don’t see coyotes trying not to fart. It's just input output, input output… .That’s a very concrete way that we stop our embodiment, that we stop our physiological processing. We’re trying not to belch or fart or smell or sweat, but also we’re trying not to laugh or cry or express our pain or jump up and down if we’re in a classroom, or run away if somebody scares us. There’s so many ways we stop our embodied flow. And as adults we’ve learned how to do that. Human adults are unique really in their ability to put cells into a habitually fixed mode and leave them there for decades at a time. Listen. Get quiet. Question what you know. Enjoy and share.More About Susan AposhyanSusan considers her work a convergence of dance, psychology, meditation, Body-Mind Centering.Here are some of Susan's answers to her pre-interview questions...Q: What has been one of the most difficult challenges to overcome in your professional life?A: Division between physicality, psychology, and spiritualityQ: What inspires you about the future of your profession / field?A: UnificationQ: What worries or concerns you about the future of your profession / field?A: RigidificationSusan's webiste: Body Mind PsychotherapyExplore Susan's books: hereBody-Mind PsychotherapyNatural IntelligenceFind out where Susan is teaching: hereConnect with UsChantill - chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951Debora - dkolwey@gmail.com James - j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.comEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.What We're Up ToChantillEnter the Vagus - Friday, Jan. 31 - Monday, Feb. 3rdSanta Barbara @ Aligned Pilates StudioA la carte options available for partial enrollmentWords Matter - Feb. 10th - April 12thOnline Writing + Verbal Cueing WorkshopJamesCheck out James' new website - JamesCrader.comLearn more about SOSOur Episode SponsorMomentum FestDenver, CO June 26-28Momentum Fest™ is a three day Pilates and movement celebration. Feed your body, mind and soul with empowering fitness classes, motivating conversations and uplifting connections. Momentum Fest 2019 will be held June 26-28 in Denver, CO. Join us as we laugh, breathe and move together.FOR ANYONE WANTING TO FIND THEIR TRUE STRENGTHStudents, teachers, young, old, beginners, professionals – Momentum Fest is holding a place for you. All you need is a love of movement and a desire to live inspired.momentumfest.comThe Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's ProgramExplore A Whole New Universe of Teaching (NEW Cohort March 2, 2020)Dive in to critical areas of teaching NEVER before directly addressed in a full-length certification program: brain science + education, humanistic psychology, motivation science, Polyvagal Theory + more.FINALLY! Bring Something BIG to LifeAs a project-based program we’ll help you create the curriculum, workshop or research project you’ve been dreaming of; take the larger stage, make a bigger impact + experience a more rewarding and lucrative career. This is not just another teacher training!Intimate, Interactive, Challenging + RewardingThe Master’s Program is a HIGHLY INTERACTIVE process of learning + implementation that supports you every step of the way to immediately integrate what you learn. Get 1:1 coaching, LIVE group discussions, daily feedback and guidance + fantastic LIVE EVENT in California! Learn more HERE about the program. Join the conversation on Facebook by joining the Bold, Brave + Boredom-free Teaching Roadmap. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The first question I wanted to ask Yoga Tune Up creator, Jill Miller, but didn't was how do you perceive your level of success?I didn't because there wasn't a natural opening that wouldn't have left you all feeling like "Why the hell is Chantill derailing this conversation". However...we DID talk about Korean natural gardening, bulimia, hip replacements, learning to walk, and many more strange and offbeat things that are sure to leave you feeling like you just watched a Wes Anderson movie. (Good thing.)How does someone who's made a life in movement and movement education hold kind and compassionate space for her own pain, dis-ease, recovery, and rehabilitation? It's a story I think will resonate with a lot of you.And in between we GEEK out on connective tissue, the vagus nerve (her starstruck moment with the man himself, Stephen Porges), current research, and being with people. It was a wonderful curiosity exclamation point to wrap our third and final (full) season. Read on. Listen. Enjoy. And be kind to yourself. In my 20s when I was researching my own disease, my bulimia, I came across of the work of the dr Michael Gershon and his findings on the enteric nervous system. That was the first time I ever learned anything about the vagus nerve and that the vagus was exclusively responsible for your digestion. I knew there must be a link for myself with the erraticness that I created with my disease and this relationship to my nervous system; the feedback that my organs must be giving to my brain via the vagus. This is something that was a quest and an inquiry for me a long time ago. More About Jill MillerYoga Tune Up + Tune Up FitnessFind her on Instagram:@yogatuneup @tuneupfitness Facebook:@jillmillerfaust @TuneUpFitnessOther interesting and relevant links:Dr. Michael Gershon on The Enteric Nervous System: A Second BrainKorean Natural FarmingConnect with UsChantill - chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951James - j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.comEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.What We're Up ToJoin Chantill and James at Momentum Fest this coming June.Learn more and get your tickets HEREOur Episode SponsorMomentum FestDenver, CO June 21-23Momentum Fest™ is a three day Pilates and movement celebration. Feed your body, mind and soul with empowering fitness classes, motivating conversations and uplifting connections. Momentum Fest 2019 will be held June 21-23 in Denver, CO. Join us as we laugh, breathe and move together.FOR ANYONE WANTING TO FIND THEIR TRUE STRENGTHStudents, teachers, young, old, beginners, professionals – Momentum Fest is holding a place for you. All you need is a love of movement and a desire to live inspired.momentumfest.comThe Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's ProgramExplore A Whole New Universe of Teaching (NEW Cohort Fall 2019)Dive in to critical areas of teaching NEVER before directly addressed in a full-length certification program: brain science + education, humanistic psychology, motivation science, Polyvagal Theory + more.FINALLY! Bring Something BIG to LifeAs a project-based program we’ll help you create the curriculum, workshop or research project you’ve been dreaming of; take the larger stage, make a bigger impact + experience a more rewarding and lucrative career. This is not just another teacher training! Intimate, Interactive, Challenging + RewardingThe Master’s Program is a HIGHLY INTERACTIVE process of learning + implementation that supports you every step of the way to immediately integrate what you learn. Get 1:1 coaching, LIVE group discussions, daily feedback and guidance + fantastic LIVE EVENT in California! Learn more HERE and get signed up for an upcoming Q + A Call and be eligible for tuition discounts not available any other time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anna Hartman is the best of us. She is deeply intelligent and unfailingly kind. She is generous, curious, willing, open, and creative. She cares about people in a way I've seen few others. This interview is a wonderful opportunity to experience the potential of brilliance infused with a willingness to be wrong.Meet my dear friend and colleague, the tinkerer, Anna Hartman.Listen. Delight. Smile. Feel inspired and alive and renewed. Pass it on. {My work as I see it is to} ultimately, get people to appreciate and love the act of critical thinking and exploring. And actually it’s funny to say it but return to the foundation of the scientific method, which is to have a hypothesis and try to prove it wrong, or prove it right. Not feel like a failure when it doesn’t work the way you thought it would, but feel like that’s just more information and go from there.In teaching people that…often times people watch me practice or watch me work with somebody or explain what I do and will say ‘Oh, it’s very intuitive.’ It is but it’s not.It’s just a curiosity for “Hey, what if I try this, what happens? What if I try this?" And if you boil that down it’s what we first learned in grade school when we were learning about the scientific method -- is that it’s okay to be wrong, in fact you’re probably always going to be wrong, and the beauty in it is proving it, is discovering…In the act of trying to prove it right or prove it wrong you’re going to discover more and more questions. More About Anna HartmanAnna Hartman AT, MS, ATC, CSCS(R), PMA-CPT(R) is an Athletic Trainer with 17 years of experience working with athletes in the NFL, MLB, NBA, USTA, WTA, PGA, LPGA, NHL, MLS, and Olympic sports. Anna is also a PMA Certified Pilates Teacher, comprehensively trained in Polestar Pilates, has completed a 200hr Vinyasa Yoga training, and is a NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Coach. For the past 6 years Anna has been studying and practicing The Barral Institute’s Visceral, Neural, Vascular, and Articular Manipulation techniques for assessment and manual therapy as well as exploring the integration of osteopathic philosophies within her movement, rehabilitation and performance methods. As an athletic training professional, she’s presented at world-class conferences such as the National Athletic Trainers Association Annual Symposium, and has been featured in on big-name fitness sites such as USA Today Sports, Women’s Running and ESPN, just to name a few. Now, Anna is the Founder of MovementREV and utilizes manual therapy and movement working with professional athletes to restore and revitalize their body in order to enhance their performance, decrease their injury potential, and create space in their body and mind. Anna also consults with various professional athletes during their season, traveling on a regular basis to keep them healthy, moving well, and performing at a high level.MovementREV’s 6 month online group mentorship program for sports healthcare providers called: REVitalize offers a new, unique perspective for sports healthcare while providing long term support for assimilation of information into your work, helping you to be more efficient and effective in your practice so you can feel fulfilled, inspired, and successful and ultimately avoid burnout.Previously, Anna was the Director of Performance Physical Therapy at EXOS (formerly Athletes’ Performance) where she worked for 11 years. When she’s not traveling, speaking, healing or teaching, you can find Anna close to the water with a margarita in-hand or taking even more movement and professional education classes. To find out more about Anna, go to www.movementrev.com. Connect with UsChantill - chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951James - j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.comEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.What We're Up ToJoin Chantill and James at Momentum Fest this coming June.Learn more and get your tickets HEREOur Episode SponsorThe Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's ProgramExplore A Whole New Universe of Teaching (NEW Cohort Fall 2019)Dive in to critical areas of teaching NEVER before directly addressed in a full-length certification program: brain science + education, humanistic psychology, motivation science, Polyvagal Theory + more.FINALLY! Bring Something BIG to LifeAs a project-based program we’ll help you create the curriculum, workshop or research project you’ve been dreaming of; take the larger stage, make a bigger impact + experience a more rewarding and lucrative career. This is not just another teacher training! Intimate, Interactive, Challenging + RewardingThe Master’s Program is a HIGHLY INTERACTIVE process of learning + implementation that supports you every step of the way to immediately integrate what you learn. Get 1:1 coaching, LIVE group discussions, daily feedback and guidance + fantastic LIVE EVENT in California! Learn more HERE and get signed up for an upcoming Q + A Call and be eligible for tuition discounts not available any other time.Momentum FestDenver, CO June 21-23Momentum Fest™ is a three day Pilates and movement celebration. Feed your body, mind and soul with empowering fitness classes, motivating conversations and uplifting connections. Momentum Fest 2019 will be held June 21-23 in Denver, CO. Join us as we laugh, breathe and move together.FOR ANYONE WANTING TO FIND THEIR TRUE STRENGTHStudents, teachers, young, old, beginners, professionals – Momentum Fest is holding a place for you. All you need is a love of movement and a desire to live inspired.momentumfest.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Out. Of. The. Box...And into the sun! Nadine Artemis (it's a name made in heaven), author of Renegade Beauty and Holistic Dental Care, and founder of the natural beauty and wellness elixir company Living Libations, joins James and I for a lively and insightful conversation about the sun, our skin, and our souls. It is sweet, eye-opening, fun, and in places startling -- in the "I'm smiling ear-to-ear because I can't quite believe what I'm hearing but I LOVE IT" kinda way.Listen and have your perspective on being more fully human (nurturing yourself and the environment you live in) cracked open just a little bit. Always pushing at the edges...Listen. Enjoy. Share. Get out in the sun without sunscreen for just 10 minutes! More About Nadine ArtemisFounder of: Living LibationsAuthor of: Holistic Dental CareRenegade BeautyConnect with UsChantill - chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951James - j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.comEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.What We're Up ToJoin Chantill and James at Momentum Fest this coming June.Learn more and get your tickets HEREOur Episode SponsorThe Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's ProgramExplore A Whole New Universe of Teaching (NEW Cohort Fall 2019)Dive in to critical areas of teaching NEVER before directly addressed in a full-length certification program: brain science + education, humanistic psychology, motivation science, Polyvagal Theory + more.FINALLY! Bring Something BIG to LifeAs a project-based program we’ll help you create the curriculum, workshop or research project you’ve been dreaming of; take the larger stage, make a bigger impact + experience a more rewarding and lucrative career. This is not just another teacher training! Intimate, Interactive, Challenging + RewardingThe Master’s Program is a HIGHLY INTERACTIVE process of learning + implementation that supports you every step of the way to immediately integrate what you learn. Get 1:1 coaching, LIVE group discussions, daily feedback and guidance + fantastic LIVE EVENT in California! Learn more HERE and get signed up for an upcoming Q + A Call and be eligible for tuition discounts not available any other time.Momentum FestDenver, CO June 21-23Momentum Fest™ is a three day Pilates and movement celebration. Feed your body, mind and soul with empowering fitness classes, motivating conversations and uplifting connections. Momentum Fest 2019 will be held June 21-23 in Denver, CO. Join us as we laugh, breathe and move together.FOR ANYONE WANTING TO FIND THEIR TRUE STRENGTHStudents, teachers, young, old, beginners, professionals – Momentum Fest is holding a place for you. All you need is a love of movement and a desire to live inspired.momentumfest.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There may be words somewhere, at some point, but I'm not quite sure what they are. James and I, along with two of our most beloved colleagues, Claudia Moose and Louise Johns, recently spent 4 days in Berkeley, CA with the soulful Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen. The topic of our time with her: Engaging Self and Other Through Embodiment. Phew. Yes. What? Shaking. My. Head. Head in hands. Tears. Knowing. Not knowing. This is one of our many "download", WTF just happened/is happening, could this be any more strange and amazing, conversations. This...is what happens when you find yourself in the right place at the right time being drawn into yourself, into others, and into the force that is your life NOT separate from everything and everyone else. Listen. Period. Then get your ass in a seat in front of this woman. xo"I don't know. I don't have the answer. Fortunately, I don't need to know." -- March 2019"One of the things I think is essential with sensing, is that we reach a point where we become conscious and then we let it go, so that the sensing itself is not a motivation; that our motivation is action, based on perception." CQ, Winter 1981"Cellular embodiment and awareness is a state in which all cells have equal opportunity for expression and receptivity. The structure is one of an open forum, in which all cells share the power of the group collective (tissue, organ, body) by embodying their present state of being. This does not mean that all cells are the same. It means they are each totally free to state their mind and to support and respond to the experiences and expressions of all the other cells within their present community of cells." 1988Be drawn into...yourself. Rest. Allow. Listen. Be...still. Smile.More About Bonnie Bainbridge CohenThere's just too much to say. So, here ya go:About BonnieAbout BMCBody-Mind CenteringBooks and VideosConnect with UsChantill - chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951James - j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.comEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.What We're Up ToCome learn with Chantill in 2019:March - Village Pilates, Chicago (Mentoring Salon and workshops)April - Humani Pilates, Sacramento, CA April 6th 12 - 6 pm, A New Path to Shoulder Health Kalijo Pilates, Sunshine Coast, BC (4-day retreat with Debora Kolwey)Pilates Beyond Boundaries, April 26-29May - Virginia/DC studio crawlMichigan - Details TBDJoin Chantill and James at Momentum Fest this coming June.Learn more and get your tickets HEREOur Episode SponsorThe Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's ProgramExplore A Whole New Universe of Teaching (NEW Cohort #2 2019 Begins in May)Dive in to critical areas of teaching NEVER before directly addressed in a full-length certification program: brain science + education, humanistic psychology, motivation science, Polyvagal Theory + more.FINALLY! Bring Something BIG to LifeAs a project-based program we’ll help you create the curriculum, workshop or research project you’ve been dreaming of; take the larger stage, make a bigger impact + experience a more rewarding and lucrative career. This is not just another teacher training! Intimate, Interactive, Challenging + RewardingThe Master’s Program is a HIGHLY INTERACTIVE process of learning + implementation that supports you every step of the way to immediately integrate what you learn. Get 1:1 coaching, LIVE group discussions, daily feedback and guidance + fantastic LIVE EVENT in California! Learn more HERE and get signed up for an upcoming Q + A Call and be eligible for tuition discounts not available any other time.Momentum FestDenver, CO June 21-23Momentum Fest™ is a three day Pilates and movement celebration. Feed your body, mind and soul with empowering fitness classes, motivating conversations and uplifting connections. Momentum Fest 2019 will be held June 21-23 in Denver, CO. Join us as we laugh, breathe and move together.FOR ANYONE WANTING TO FIND THEIR TRUE STRENGTHStudents, teachers, young, old, beginners, professionals – Momentum Fest is holding a place for you. All you need is a love of movement and a desire to live inspired.momentumfest.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What happens when we don't strive for perfection but for finding the perfection in what is imperfect? Dr. Suzanne Martin shares with us her journey with scoliosis and how it's manifested in her new book "Spinal Asymmetry and Scoliosis – Movement and Function Solutions for the Spine, Ribcage and Pelvis." It's a clear, expressive, multidimensional, and expansive approach to working with asymmetries in the body especially those caused by scoliosis. The most refreshing thing about her new book is that it's not just another protocol to follow (although there are plenty of guidelines), but a way of seeing asymmetry and making space for creating harmony in the body as it is. Balancing the body and the person within a well-designed and thoughtful framework of: 3 E strategy: ergonomics, exercise and emotion Movement acquisition strategy for teaching: imagine, think and feel3 elements/stages of exercise: somatic, corrective and conditioning  And then there's a little about Keith Richards too!It's a lovely and unexpected journey.Listen. Ponder. Smile. Nod your head. Hmmmmm? down the road hither and yon. Enjoy. Share. Embrace your perfect imperfection.Itzhak Perlman is an Israeli-American violinist. Perlman said, “This has been my vocation, my life-long mission- to make music out of what remains.” This is the mission of working with asymmetries, no matter from what situation.I felt compelled to make a contribution where traditional PT and/or medicine is not enough. My personal and family physical journey found that medicine is not enough. I was exposed early on to the enormous task of healing, surviving, and thriving past catastrophic illness, through exposure to a variety of family members. In myself, there was no one to help early on in my physical journey.As a result I became determined to become more knowledgeable in order to be a light to show others that life can be perfect in its imperfections. I am constantly inspired by the resilience of others.In the past 5 years, I've had friends and colleagues in my age group, who were fit and leaders in their fields, die suddenly without warning. If I wanted to speak out, this was the time.More About Suzanne MartinFounder of Pilates Therapeutics - pilatestherapeutics.comAuthor of Spinal Asymmetry and ScoliosisFind her on Instagram @ptherapeuticsFacebook - facebook.com/pilatestherapeutics and facebook.com/suzanneclementsmartinTwitter - ptherapeuticsConnect with UsChantill - chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951James - j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.comEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.What We're Up ToCome learn with Chantill in 2019:March - Village Pilates, Chicago (Mentoring Salon and workshops)April - Humani Pilates, Sacramento, CA April 6th 12 - 6 pm, A New Path to Shoulder Health Kalijo Pilates, Sunshine Coast, BC (4-day retreat with Debora Kolwey)Pilates Beyond Boundaries, April 26-29May - Virginia/DC studio crawlMichigan - Details TBDJoin Chantill and James at Momentum Fest this coming June.Learn more and get your tickets HEREOur Episode SponsorThe Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's ProgramExplore A Whole New Universe of TeachingDive in to critical areas of teaching NEVER before directly addressed in a full-length certification program: brain science + education, humanistic psychology, motivation science, Polyvagal Theory + more.FINALLY! Bring Something BIG to LifeAs a project-based program we’ll help you create the curriculum, workshop or research project you’ve been dreaming of; take the larger stage, make a bigger impact + experience a more rewarding and lucrative career. This is not just another teacher training! Intimate, Interactive, Challenging + RewardingThe Master’s Program is a HIGHLY INTERACTIVE process of learning + implementation that supports you every step of the way to immediately integrate what you learn. Get 1:1 coaching, LIVE group discussions, daily feedback and guidance + fantastic LIVE EVENT in California! Learn more HERE and get signed up for an upcoming Q + A Call and be eligible for tuition discounts not available any other time.Momentum FestDenver, CO June 21-23Momentum Fest™ is a three day Pilates and movement celebration. Feed your body, mind and soul with empowering fitness classes, motivating conversations and uplifting connections. Momentum Fest 2019 will be held June 21-23 in Denver, CO. Join us as we laugh, breathe and move together.FOR ANYONE WANTING TO FIND THEIR TRUE STRENGTHStudents, teachers, young, old, beginners, professionals – Momentum Fest is holding a place for you. All you need is a love of movement and a desire to live inspired.momentumfest.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wild woman. Wisdom body. The tube. Nervous system neutral. The sacred and powerful minute and a half.Meet Augusta Moore. Movement pioneer, Feldenkrais teacher, survivor, ballet dancer/educator, somatics cosmonaut, your guide to meeting yourself. This episode of the podcast is like reading a chapter from a wonderful and strange novel. It's a peek into the life and teaching of someone called to do the work of the body with arms thrown wide, eyes open and bright, and heart aflame. All of this and ZERO hesitation in pushing the edges of somatic exploration in the realm professional ballet. Why not?!Listen. Giggle. Shake your head. Raise an eyebrow. LAUGH OUT LOUD. Embrace and enjoy. Share."I’m really talking about a nervous system neutral.I’m asking the students: 'Let’s see if we can feel the pain for a minute and a half. I'm going to time us. Go to that place. And if you don’t want to feel the pain let’s spend a minute and a half contemplating that one day we might feel the pain.' Because it’s kinda crappy to ask people to feel their pain. But a lot of times most of us can only stand it for about 15 seconds and then we escape. I time it and I tell people 'Oh, we’re at about 20 seconds. Now continue.' Then I ask them: Are you starting to get into the story. Can we leave the story and can we go back to just to the sensation.' The story will take you out of neutral. So it’s that kind of thing I’m working on. And it almost always dissipates for people..." (@ 43 mins)Connect with UsChantill - chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951James - j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.comEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.What We're Up ToCome learn with Chantill in 2019:Feb - Body Mind and Core and the Indianapolis area (workshops and anatomy)March - Village Pilates, Chicago (Mentoring Salon and workshops)April - Kalijo Pilates, Sunshine Coast, BC (4-day retreat with Debora Kolwey)May - Virginia/DC studio crawlJoin Chantill and James at Momentum Fest this coming June. Early bird deadline, Dec. 15thLearn more and get your tickets HEREOur Episode SponsorThe Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's ProgramExplore A Whole New Universe of TeachingDive in to critical areas of teaching NEVER before directly addressed in a full-length certification program: brain science + education, humanistic psychology, motivation science, polyvagal theory + more. FINALLY! Bring Something BIG to LifeAs a project-based program we’ll help you create the curriculum, workshop or research project you’ve been dreaming of; take the larger stage, make a bigger impact + experience a more rewarding and lucrative career. This is not just another teacher training! Intimate, Interactive, Challenging + RewardingThe Master’s Program is a HIGHLY INTERACTIVE process of learning + implementation that supports you every step of the way to immediately integrate what you learn. Get 1:1 coaching, LIVE group discussions, daily feedback and guidance + fantastic LIVE EVENT in California! Learn more HERE and get signed up for an upcoming Q + A Call and be eligible for tuition discounts not available any other time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What'd I miss? And what does soap have to do with it? Nothing. But it makes for a fun backdrop for some potentially juicy stuff: labels, identity, growth and learning, becoming discerning and losing our way, finding it again and discovering as if for the first time what it is we do. This is what James and I are up to in this episode. It's a refreshing and honest conversation about asking the WHAT and the WHY of what we do both on paper and in real-life in the studio everyday.We're mashing up the past three episodes and unraveling some of the ideas and mining them for all they're worth.Join us. Jump in. Question. Smile. Laugh. Enjoy! Share :)What's soap got to do with it?"I'm gonna make soap. The first one was like a soap volcano in my kitchen. There was a naivety there, an optimism of I have a little bit of training here, here are all of the components, I'm just going to do this, and the outcome was not as anticipated. So I did more research and I practiced again. And the second batch came out better. So I decided to make a third one. The third one I got a little ahead of myself. I did the research, I did the basic thing. Then it was a little watery and I realized I hadn't put in the beeswax. I realized that I'd gotten ahead of myself. It was the perfect example of the learning process..." -- j"In the beginning of doing something, there is a lovely naivety and clarity in what we're doing. And that's appropriate and that's exciting and it allows for plenty of space for taking in new information. But it takes time and you do you go out there and you learn a lot and you practice a lot and you refine a lot. That's also exciting and rich. It's where we're just getting to know ourselves in relationship to the thing and we're learning the language and adding our own language and we're creating and deepening. To then...like, make soap. To be able to have a thing, that we know...that we can call it something. But unlike making soap, we get confused along the way and that also feels appropriate, like a part of what has to happen. And also, it doesn't have to happen if we're asking ourselves the right questions early on like: What's guiding me, what's guiding my choices?" -- cConnect with UsChantill - chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951James - j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.comEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.What We're Up ToCome learn with Chantill in 2019:Feb - Body Mind and Core and the Indianapolis area (workshops and anatomy)March - Village Pilates, Chicago (Mentoring Salon and workshops)April - Kalijo Pilates, Sunshine Coast, BC (4-day retreat with Debora Kolwey)May - Virginia/DC studio crawlJoin Chantill and James at Momentum Fest this coming June. Early bird deadline, Dec. 15thLearn more and get your tickets HEREOur Episode SponsorThe Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's ProgramExplore A Whole New Universe of TeachingDive in to critical areas of teaching NEVER before directly addressed in a full-length certification program: brain science + education, humanistic psychology, motivation science, polyvagal theory + more. FINALLY! Bring Something BIG to LifeAs a project-based program we’ll help you create the curriculum, workshop or research project you’ve been dreaming of; take the larger stage, make a bigger impact + experience a more rewarding and lucrative career. This is not just another teacher training! Intimate, Interactive, Challenging + RewardingThe Master’s Program is a HIGHLY INTERACTIVE process of learning + implementation that supports you every step of the way to immediately integrate what you learn. Get 1:1 coaching, LIVE group discussions, daily feedback and guidance + fantastic LIVE EVENT in California! Learn more HERE and get signed up for an upcoming Q + A Call and be eligible for tuition discounts not available any other time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Heather Vaughan-Southard, an intuitive, expansive, creative, thoughtful, and powerful teacher touching people across many realms, professions, cultures and in deep and wonderful ways. If you've ever felt like your work is on the "fringe" or that you want to walk the line and push the edges a bit more but you think it'll never work or you have no idea how to get there this is your episode. Where the spark lies is not necessarily where you think.A little bit about the BIG things we dive into:Approaching social justice through movementWhat is movement design?Blending skills and converging fields + flexibility in moving throughWhere are the interesting questions being asked? Higher education or not?How is movement holding you back and where is it inviting more possibility?What does it mean to define "your work"?How we're being compelled to emerge into a different way of teaching movementReturning permission to people to experience themselvesMovement-based Mindfulness ™ + Creative Self-CareWhat is diversity in movementRemoving judgement and experiencing the honesty of life through movementA different look at the power of assessmentListen. Ponder. Let yourself go. Take it in and listen for YOURSELF in the words...You're in there. Take a deep breath and share.Note From Heather: Near the end of the episode, I mention assessment and give context to my experience. I want to correct my statement. The MI law has been *interpreted* by some school districts as having a portion of student growth in educator evaluation determined by state test scores, no matter the content area. While for the pilates professional, this detail in a brief comment may not be important, for those who may listen and come from outside the pilates world, I want to clarify. Technical Note: Unfortunately, we had some technical difficulty with the audio in this episode. Hopefully you will be able to listen past it (it is not throughout or constant) to all of the rich and wonderful conversation. We're sure you will!More About HeatherHVS Movement Studies - websiteMovement-based Mindfulness ™The Spiral - Deepening Your Teaching PracticeWritings:Breath and SubstanceSelf-made ArmorA Life of QualityGet in touch with Heather - HERE"When I was teaching in public schools, working with at-risk kids giving them as much of a solid and integrity-filled dance experience that could allow them to a path of in movement and in dance if they wanted that but also knowing that for the majority of them this was just a means for them to experience themselves in a movement based way that would help them function with other people, to function in school. For me that really started to address some social justice themes and what is the movement about, what kind of expression is allow and who gets to explore it. Where in the body does the movement, where is that allowed to exist, and where in the community doest that exist and what does it all matter. and ultimately it brought me to a place where it has been about developing a quality of life, but it’s also really about developing a life of quality.”Connect with UsChantill - chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951James - j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.comEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.What We're Up ToCome learn with Chantill in 2019:Feb - Body Mind and Core and the Indianapolis area (workshops and anatomy)March - Village Pilates, Chicago (Mentoring Salon and workshops)April - Kalijo Pilates, Sunshine Coast, BC (4-day retreat with Debora Kolwey)May - Virginia/DC studio crawlJoin Chantill and James at Momentum Fest this coming June. Early bird deadline, Dec. 15thLearn more and get your tickets HEREOur Episode SponsorThe Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's ProgramExplore A Whole New Universe of TeachingDive in to critical areas of teaching NEVER before directly addressed in a full-length certification program: brain science + education, humanistic psychology, motivation science, polyvagal theory + more. FINALLY! Bring Something BIG to LifeAs a project-based program we’ll help you create the curriculum, workshop or research project you’ve been dreaming of; take the larger stage, make a bigger impact + experience a more rewarding and lucrative career. This is not just another teacher training! Intimate, Interactive, Challenging + RewardingThe Master’s Program is a HIGHLY INTERACTIVE process of learning + implementation that supports you every step of the way to immediately integrate what you learn. Get 1:1 coaching, LIVE group discussions, daily feedback and guidance + fantastic LIVE EVENT in California! Learn more HERE and get signed up for an upcoming Q + A Call and be eligible for tuition discounts not available any other time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pushing the edges of how we view our human form and human existence in an ever morphing world. Meet Frank Forencich. Founder/creator of Exuberant Animal, health and human adaptation expert, author, and international speaker. Are we really separate from our environment or is nature just an external organ? Why isn't sapience a word we know and endeavor to achieve? How is the "short body" view keeping us held hostage to a diminishing return both physically, intellectually, and emotionally.Interested? Here are some of the questions we dive into:What is ancestral health?What is the "long body" view and what are the implications?What is sapience and why the hell don't we know about it/use it?!Movement v. exercise, physicality v. fitnessThe power of UmbuntuDescartes and non-dualismWhat is the resonance circuit?And so, so much more...Listen. Be wide-eyed, forced to take a deep breath, and inspired. Smile. Share."Exuberant Animal offers a uniquely integrative perspective on the human predicament, a new old way of living in the modern world."More About FrankExuberant Animal - websiteBooksCore ConceptsInteresting articles and presentations:Be Strong to be RelevantIn Vivo VeritasAncestral Health SymposiumGet in touch with Frank - HERE“The constant drumbeat to “see your doctor” doesn’t just steer people towards expert advice; it simultaneously steers us away from our own native capabilities. It suggests that the medical industry is the sole authority in matters of our health. And when we internalize this belief, we lose faith in our own powers of adaptability. ” -- First, Do No MedicineConnect with UsChantill - chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951James - j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.comEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.What We're Up ToCome learn with Chantill in 2019:Feb - Body Mind and Core and the Indianapolis area (workshops and anatomy)March - Village Pilates, Chicago (Mentoring Salon and workshops)April - Kalijo Pilates, Sunshine Coast, BC (4-day retreat with Debora Kolwey)May - Virginia, DC studio crawlJoin Chantill and James at Momentum Fest this coming June. Early bird deadline, Dec. 15thLearn more and get your tickets HERE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a wonderful and rich conversation that if you call yourself a Pilates teacher you DON'T WANT TO MISS. It's an iconic and critical dialogue with one of the teachers who has not only been trail blazing within the industry for 30 years, but is and has been deeply invested in understanding the Pilates system in all of it's power and uniqueness.If you're not a Pilates teacher but a movement teacher of ANY KIND -- or a Pilates enthusiast -- this is one of those conversations that will give you perspective on both how to go deeper into the method or modality you do teach, how to stay curious and committed to a personal path in movement, and give you lots of wonderful perspectives on movement and teaching in and of themselves.It's long and it's WORTH IT.Listen. Explore. Get quiet. Take deep breaths and GET CURIOUS...And SHARE.James: "When you read my piece, what did you read? Can you talk to me abut how that piece land with you?"Amy: "I just got very inspired and then I read the article and I thought here's how I've always seen it, or not always seen it, I think. The first few years of my career I didn't even know there was this conversation...You know. You're educated the way you're educated. You come into, in this case, Pilates in whatever door you've entered. I've always just felt exceedingly grateful and sheer lucky that I started with Romana. And I knew nothing else until many years later when I was like, oh, there's all of these other people doing Pilates and it doesn't look like what Romana taught me necessarily.'So over the many years I've been trying to, because it's just my way, define what it is that's so unique about the system of Pilates versus a lot of exercises done on Pilates equipment, many of which are also very good.But what's the distinction of the system: the order, the sequence, the equipment being correct, the fact that all of the exercises are whole body. There's a uniqueness to the full design of the system and I think for so many years we've been standing for THAT out in kind of the more contemporary world; being the only classical people to attend the PMA until very recently.So many years ago I knew I was going to have to figure out for myself what is this thing?!Because I could speak my truth at a PMA but there were lots of people who had very different truths. So i had to get to a place where I was very clear for myself, for me personally, what this thing was and how I'd be able to stand with deep roots when I spoke about it in the face of so many other opinions and perspectives and even the knowledge that people had about what was good and what wasn't good to do in movement.I long ago started this conversation with myself, and it was just another opportunity when I read your article to try to put it into words again."About AmyAmy with her sister Rachel opened the Pilates Center in Boulder, CO, more than 25 years ago and have been leaders in the industry for nearly as long. Amy studied Pilates at the Pilates Studio in NYC and was trained by Romana Kryzanowska.Learn more about Amy and The Pilates Center HERE.WE ASKED:If you were a superhero in your field what would your superhero name be?Mind/Body ReaderWhat inspired you to take the leap into the work you're currently doing? Having to figure our how "classical" Pilates was healthy despite what seemed to be tremendous opposition to that idea. I had to take a long, deep journey to be able to understand it for myself and not just spout jargon, etc. How would you describe your teaching self?Inquisitive and unafraid to speak up when inspired and sure about your ideas, but not necessarily a risk taker.Get-in-touch with Amy: The Pilates CenterOn Twitter - Amy Taylor AlpersOn Facebook - @pilatesboulderConnect with UsEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunesFollow us on SpotifyChantill – chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951James – j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I feel very grateful for the podcast. I'm very appreciative because I teach in Indianapolis and don’t always feel camaraderie. Sometimes I feel I'm kind of isolated with my ideas or my thoughts or even with an every day things like, "Hmmmm, how could I teach that better?" Just simple things too. So then when I listen to the podcast I feel like I’m suddenly united with my people. And I have a community of people that I didn’t even know were thinking about things far beyond what I had imagined. It makes my world so much bigger. It makes my world so much better. I feel connected. And I’m so grateful! -- MJ Gregory, Owner Pilates 317, Indianapolis, INAll of these episodes, for me, leave me with a sense of hope and that’s a beautiful thing to be left with. Whether that’s because I’ve heard somebody’s story of incredible resilience and triumph. Whether we’re talking about body intuition and agency or empathy and connection and community. I feel like each of these episodes, in some way shape or form, underscores the importance of hope. -- Leslie Bayer, Emerging Pilates Teacher (and Teacher of Teachers), Lodi, CAAbout the ShowWe are officially wrapped! Season two comes to a close with a heartfelt and very tender conversation with three wonderful teachers from across the U.S.Here's what we're up to in this, our grand finale, finale, finale (because clearly one is just not enough):Overlapping past knowledge with teachingConvergence of skills and interests and passionShowing up for teaching and being able to be with other humans, sharing the human experienceAddressing + working through limiting beliefs and how we address it within our scope of practice. How? How? HOW?Body agency, stewardship + the NOT FIXING mentalityDe-shaming the body + waking people up to their own potentialEmbracing discomfortWhen shit gets realTake a deep breath. It's time to let it settle. We'll be back soon so you have some time to catch up before Season 3 rockets you into outer space...all over again (at least we hope.)Listen. Feed yourself. Feed your community. Nurture your movement soul. And SHARE the love!About our TeachersErin Johnson, PMA CPT - Owner, Pilates Artistry, Denver, COLeslie Bayers, Emerging Pilates Teacher and Teacher of Teachers, Lodi, CAMJ Gregory, Pilates Teacher - Owner, Pilates 317, Indianapolis, INConnect with UsEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.Chantill – chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951Debora – dkolwey@gmail.comJames – j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I find this very empowering. (Something Jessica said) It's very simple, complex in practice, but so simple to tell somebody…to empower other people; to tell them “You have to learn the rules and then open your box. Allow that lid to open and experiment and try things on and become the teacher you are, not the teacher I am or the teacher someone else is. I think that is such a beautiful way to approach learning.Yael Japha Trainer, PMA®-CPT, Owner of Terrafly Pilates, Denver, COAbout the ShowDeep inhale. Slow exhale...These next two episodes are like the season's big, deep sigh.They're an opportunity to see and feel what seeds were planted in the last seven months. It has, at times, felt a bit self-indulgent to take soooooo much time to rehash what happened in the podcast this season, yet as we allowed the conversations to flow -- and in the re-listening during production -- it became obvious that standing in all that was shared was and is important.Standing still, looking out to survey what has shaped, inspired, pushed and challenged us is one of the most lacking and most critical acts we can allow ourselves. To just be still. To practice listening; listen for and listen well. To feel into the spaces between what's up front and sharply outlined to what lies beneath.Here are some of our nuggets:Shared sentiment of community and coming togetherTenderness and loving on our students (Brooke Thomas)Listening to our studentsTeach the teachers the rules and then give them the power to open the lid of the box (Jessica Valant)What is your own light and your own dark: seeing your weaknesses (Pete Hamill)Teaching from the place of attending to where students are in their “light and dark” not just pushing our own agendaBeing responsive to people’s trauma and history (Heather Crosby)The parallels between leadership and teaching - leading our students out of themselvesTake a deep breath. Close your eyes. Let it sink in. Being still is worth it.About Our TeachersYael Japha Trainer, PMA®-CPT, Owner of Terrafly Pilates, Denver, COAlison Crouch, Owner of Boomerang Pilates, Toronto, Ontario Canada and Founder of MoveSMARTConnect with UsEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.Chantill – chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951Debora – dkolwey@gmail.comJames – j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Getting to the end and looking back and going: We have absolutely created a season of podcast shows that reflects our vision. Maybe that doesn't feel like a big deal, but to me it just feels like we are totally doing it. We are absolutely100% totally doing the thing we said we were going to do. -- CLWhen you're within the episode, in the conversation, then sort of on to the next it seems like little islands. To look back on it and be like that told a cohesive story, there was a thing that happened there and that season fits into the greater story and the story yet untold but it also lives on it's own. If you just kind of follow that season, all the way from Brooke to Chandler, there's a story that makes sense. -- JC What We're All About in This EpisodeIt's a wrap!Well, almost...This is a reflective and sweet episode looking back on what we put out into the world this past season. Here's a look at the shinanegans:Making lemonadeNot only tackling the shift but BEING the shiftMaking shit happen: New website, new software, new/better production, Spotify, fucking awesome content!Fulfilling our visionHonoring the next generation and what it means to pass on knowledge and experience: Where are we now, how do we define ourselves at different stages, what do we have to offer?Building relationships in the digital realm and turning those into real-life loveNone of it matters if they (your student/audience) can’t understand what we're sayingCelebrating the humanity of direction, intrigued, inspired, let down, and re-directingWhat it is to grow up — changing direction (having encouragement and support)Special thoughts about Blossom, John Sharkey, and Chandler Stevens: They showed up as people, laughed, and made jokes, fostered a beautiful human quality to the conversationWorking THROUGH the body: Thank you Pete HamilDebora says a sweet goodbye and launches a new projectThe value of a 5-pack of legal padsConnect with UsEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.Chantill – chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951Debora – dkolwey@gmail.comJames – j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chandler is: A true champion of being human, in a human body, in a natural world.Q: What does coming home to your body look like?What I’ve been clicking with more and more lately is something like -- I just call it a practice of sensory stories. It’s like "Hey, think about your favorite smell. Now tell me a story about your favorite smell."Oh, my gosh, I think back to... I was in this bog in Vermont for a field project and we were walking around on this carpet of moss and all around we could smell these pines and these firs. Wow! Relating this story I get in to my body in some fundamental way. That seems to be nice kind of bridge to take to say: "I notice that I feel better when I talk about my favorite sensory experience."Huh? I wonder why that might be. Maybe because your sensory experience is actually how you make sense of the world. It’s a fundamentally physical thing. There are visceral sensations when we get into this juicy sensory stuff. Ummm...I think “come home to your body” is even an interesting phrase because it’s like…you just have to give yourself permission to make your way back.I look at my job as basically let’s create the context in which you feel open to find areas within yourself where you feel particularly comfortable and supported, to bring awareness to and to reconcile and reintegrate those place where you don’t feel comfortable, you don’t feel supported.Maybe there’s been some traumatic experiences in the past. How do we hold in mind the entirety of this person that we’re working with and create some physical experience for them to reconcile that even thought that’s uncomfortable it’s a part of me that’s not something foreign. Even though that’s uncomfortable that’s something I could get to know. And that maybe in that getting to know it becomes more comfortable. About the ShowWhat is the intersection of body, being, and environment? How do we move ourselves and our students into the places that are uncomfortable but inevitably a part of the beautiful whole?Being fully present with your students. Drawing them back into themselves. This was a large part of what James and I chatted with Chandler Stevens about and although the conversation was a collision of a lot of topics we've ruminated on in past shows, it's completely NEW and fresh and inspiring.Oh, and...There's something in his voice that gives you a sense of his steadiness, his curiosity, his dedication to self-knowing, exploration, and being of service. It will draw you in and keep you. This is one of those episodes that leaves you with a deep sense of calm and makes you want to pause. You're going to love it!Listen. Ponder. Question. Meditate on all the juiciness...And SHARE.About the ChandlerChandler Stevens is a somatic coach. He’s developing and organizing a body of work known as Ecosomatics, which revolves around the connections between body, mind, and environment. In his private coaching practice he focuses on helping environmentally-conscious entrepreneurs get out of chronic pain and restore deep connection of body/mind so that they can tackle our world's biggest problems. Get-in-touch with Chandler: Chandlerstevens.comchandler@chandlerstevens.com@chandlerthemoverChandler Stevens (on Facebook) Connect with UsEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.Chantill – chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951Debora – dkolwey@gmail.comJames – j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We now have incredible electron microscopes. We have light technology. We have nano technology. We can illuminate cells and tissue in the way we couldn’t say 20 or even 10, 15 years ago. We have computer technology to integrate into all of those. And that’s fantastic!The downside to that is that we have been specializing and by specializing we’ve been separating and separating, and separating…We’ve so many specialist area now…and I’m not getting out of that for a moment, I saying that’s absolutely fantastic, but what needs to happen is that we all need to take a cleansing breath and stop for a moment. And in that stillness just remind ourselves that there is continuity in the human body. Embryology is a wonderful witness to that because when you think about the developing fetus, the developing embryo, at no stage did any mother ask for somebody to velcro on an upper limb, or have an operation to instal a liver.You grew the upper limb, you grew the liver, you grew the spleen, you self-developed, you self-emerged. Because of that everything is continuous and everything is connected. It could not be simpler. And yet people struggle with that idea. It can be useful at times to talk about parts, as long as we bring ourselves back and remind ourselves that there are no parts in the human body, there are no layers.That is a language of convenience. There are no layers in the human body. Everything from the skin, which is the surface right down to the sandy shores of your bones. Your body is continuous from superficial to deep. There are no truer words spoken.About the ShowThe are good people in this world. There are brilliant, kind, and generous people. There are people who make the world a different place, a better place, and who willingly invite others along.This, my friends, is John Sharkey. A meticulous observer of the minute with a breathtaking view the whole. Clinical anatomist, Exercise Physiologist and founding member of the BioTensegrity Interest Group, John is part of a pioneering group of movement specialists and scientists changing the way we understand and talk about the body.In this episode you will laugh (as always), be deeply moved by John's kindness, and maybe even go cross-eyed as we way down the rabbit hole of nerdy awesomeness.Here are some of the highlights:"The norm in human anatomy is individuality. The norm is not that we are all the same. The norm is that we are all different."The body as a continuum; a continuity of tissue formed from three primary components: fats, carbohydrates, and proteinsMini-me cells that eat brussel sprouts (or not)The power of languageHow are we misinforming our teaching with a misunderstanding of termsThe language of "dynamic tension" and the value of whole-body connected/kinetic chain movementBioTensegrity and how we relate to movement and othersSoft-matter physics and the body in 4-dimensionsAnd Phineas Taylor Barnum + Bernarr MacfaddenListen. Soak it in. Revel. Enjoy. Enjoy. Enjoy...And SHARE.About John SharkeyClinical Anatomist John Sharkey is a world renowned presenter and authority in the areas of anatomy, bodywork and movement therapies.John Sharkey + BioTensegrity: Anatomy for the 21st CenturyBioTensegrity BlogJohn Sharkey at the Pilates Center of Austin (September 7-9, 2018)Other upcoming eventsJohn on Liberated Body with Brooke ThomasJohn on BioTensegrity (a brief video)What’s Coming UpChantillPilates Rules and Why (How) to Break Them with Fusion Pilates EDU.Go there NOW.Developing Your Teacher’s Sixth Sense – A workshop for ALL teachersPilates Sonoma, June 3rd 12 – 3 pmContact beverly@pilatessonoma.com to register$97The 28 Day Fulfilled + Successful Pilates Teacher (online inquiry workshop)July 22ndLearn more HERE.JamesShift Happens – Workshops with James Crader + Aula MaibergLearn more about their touring schedule + Register HERENow with an exciting online component!Momentum Fest – June 22nd -24thLearn more and get ticketsDeboraConscious Practice/Conscious Teaching – 2018 PMA conference.CONGRATS on being accepted, D! No surprise!Connect With UsEmail us at thinkingpilatespodcast@gmail.com or use the form below.Like us on Facebook at The Thinking Pilates PodcastLeave us a review on iTunes.Chantill – chantill@skillfulteaching.com + (707) 738-7951Debora – dkolwey@gmail.comJames – j.crader@evolvedbodystudio.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.