The Smart Body empowers groups and individuals to make intelligent choices regarding optimum mind/body health, fitness, and well-being. Through Somatic Movement Education and Therapy, The Smart Body integrates the modalities of touch, talk, and movement by using many unique and effective methods of somatic embodiment such as Pilates Mat & Apparatus, BoneSmart® Pilates, structural bodywork, Bodymind Centering™, Holistic Life Coaching, Laban/Bartenief Movement System, Franklin Method®, Moving For Life™, Hakomi Method, Authentic Movement, Alexander Technique, and Experiential Anatomy. The Smart Body specializes in working with people wishing to achieve new lifestyle goals, as well as those recovering from illness, injury, childbirth, and surgery.
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Moving For Life™
Moving For Life uses the joy of movement to help those affected by cancer to improve their health and gain a renewed sense of self and community. Moving For Life welcomes people with all types of cancer who wish to restore their ease of motion, overall well-being, and return to fully active lives.
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Mat & Apparatus Pilates
If practiced with consistency, Pilates improves flexibility, builds strength and develops control and endurance in the whole human body. It puts emphasis on alignment, breathing, developing a strong powerhouse, and improving coordination and balance.
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Franklin Method
The Franklin Method® uses dynamic imagery, anatomical embodiment and reconditioning movement exercises to harness the transforming power of the mind. This method is at the forefront of practical neuro-plasticity, showing you how to use your brain to improve your body’s function.
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