Using imagery in movement is not something new, nor is it unique to one practice or teaching method. Long before I began teaching movement, imagery was already woven into dance, yoga, somatic practices, athletics, and storytelling traditions across cultures. When I taught children’s ballet, imagination was often the bridge that created engagement. Children instinctively understand imagery. Ask them to become wind, water, or birds, and suddenly the movement comes alive. There

Over the past month, I’ve felt a deeper need to connect with my body before I begin moving. Instead of jumping straight into exercise, I find myself drawn to gentle, resting positions and simple breathwork. Practices like Gyrotonic® and Yoga Narada® have inspired breathing sequences and have become a kind of entry point, a way of arriving in my body, rather than pushing into it. From a physiological perspective, this makes sense. The quality of movement is shaped by the state

Twice a year the clocks change. An hour forward, an hour back. It’s a small adjustment on paper, but the body often feels it in subtle ways. You might wake up earlier than usual. Or find yourself wide awake at night wondering why sleep isn’t arriving when it normally does. Maybe you’re hungry at odd times, or your energy feels slightly off, like the timing of things isn’t quite lining up. Even Monty (my dog) notices. He lives entirely by his internal rhythm, meal times, walks

As far as the eyes can see , whether we’re looking out towards horizon or simply staring at our computer screens, do you ever pause and wonder how you’re actually seeing what’s in front of you? We have so many expressions about the eyes and gaze. “Don’t look at me like that.” “They couldn’t meet my eyes.” The eyes are said to be the gateway to the soul and a silent narrator of our body language, whether we like it or not. But what I’m really interested in is how we use our e