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Franklin Method® Workshops

I am a Level 4 Franklin Method® Educator and offer workshops that provide an introduction to using imagery and give students an experience in their bodies. I teach the Franklin Method® principles and then we apply these principles to movement.

These workshops cover all areas of the body and teach you healthy movement patterns for daily life and exercise. These include the following:

• Be present in your body

• Learn about the design and function of your anatomy

• Embody this design and feel how the bones and joints move (their bone rhythms)

• Use different types of imagery (bone, muscle, fascia, organ, senses) to improve your movement

• Apply healthy function to all forms of exercise

The benefits include:

• Better posture

• Improved breathing

• Better balance and stability

• Improved flexibility

• Reduced tension

• Feel calmer and less distracted by your thoughts

• Start using these tools in daily life right away

This is very different than a group fitness class where you are exercising in your current patterns and habitual movements. In the Franklin Method®, we sense and feel, use visualization, hand modeling, and self-touch to understand and embody. We practice in a circle in community so that we can share and learn from one another. It is through this process that we become more aware of what we are doing and can change our patterns. We apply what we are learning to all forms of exercise and daily movement to get the maximum benefit out of what we are doing. We notice changes in our body, sensations, shifts in mood, and the ability to be present.

Complete Core: The Workout

I offer a unique strengthening class for women of all stages of life.

• Connect to the pelvic floor and deep core muscles

• Strengthen key postural areas often neglected in group fitness

• Tone your body through full body dynamic movement and a full range of motion

• Restore healthy movement patterns for your body.

• Correct muscle imbalances in your body.

The workout targets postural muscles and functional strengthening. In each class I help participants understand the specific needs for their body and find the right cue for their body to move well. As a result of this class women are able to feel their abdominals again, understand their pelvic floor, move better, breathe more freely and exercise feels right for their body and enjoyable.

I teach in a way that helps women reconnect with their deep core muscles and I integrate this into a full body workout. We do targeted exercises and full body, dynamic work that mirrors daily function. Women need this strengthening after they have a baby, to stay strong as the mom of a newborn, then with a toddler and to prevent common core related issues that occur with aging.