Wanna make a difference in somebody’s life?
I created the Academy of Mindful Movement to support teachers and coaches around the world who want to lead movement in a way that’s intelligent, safe, and deeply human. Do we share that desire? Our Academy training focuses not just on your technique, but on helping movement instructors like you to tune into the real people in front of us: our students, our clients…
The Aha! of Play
At the Academy of Mindful Movement, we train instructors and coaches to do something revolutionary: Shift from teaching movement as a fixed form – and start guiding it as a process of discovery. In our most recent PlayLab, we focused on a core…
How Your Most Spontaneous Sessions Could Be the Best!
The more spontaneous I allow myself to be as an experienced movement instructor, the more the magic happens. Why is that? If I'm in my…
Play Your Way into the Move
Some coaches gear their approach for their most hardcore, competitive clients/players/ participants. That high-pressure approach wasn’t the most successful for me as a…
Joy & Your Parasympathetic Nervous System!
Did you realize that a shot of fun injected into the movement session you’re leading can seriously upgrade your movers’ experience physiologically as well as mentally?
When it comes to your body, you are the ultimate expert!
Have you ever gotten injured in the effort to get fit? I have. Two decades ago, I sustained a twist, turn and reach injury that has haunted me ever since. That injury happened in a class with an instructor who is very tuned into his body. I just wasn't taking the class mindfully as a student. If he started class telling us we didn’t have to follow his…
Getting the Message
As I moved through my days, I kept asking my body, “Where is the “Ahh” in this movement? Where can I find comfort and ease?” As my body responded, I made adjustments to the way I stand, the way I sleep, the way I work on my laptop. Slowly, my “Ahhs…” began to show up…
Our bodies talk to us if we listen
As I stood waiting for my hiking group at the head of a six-mile trail, I sensed a twinge in my lower back. Panic erupted, a fear that my malingering back injury would stop me from enjoying the tropical forest of the Aiea Loop Trail. I decided to sit, calm myself, and have a real dialogue with my body to see…
Observing Ourselves from Within
My father is a very fit 82-year-old. He moves a lot and tries to eat healthily. One day we were talking over the phone about my work with the Academy and he said, “Oh that reminds me. My Fitbit says I have 2,000 more steps to take today…