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Thinking Pilates Podcast

Chantill Lopez, Debora Kolwey + James Crader

A Different Way To THINK About Pilates and Movement.

  • 46 minutes 41 seconds
    Ep 75: Tonya Marie Amos
    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 Collective


    Founded 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 DO


    Our 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.org

    DONATE




    More About Tonya Marie Amos



    TONYA 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.




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    Momentum Fest

    Look for dates for 2021


    Momentum Fest™ is a three day Pilates and movement celebration that will now be held virtually and be no less wonderful.


    momentumfest.com



    The Master's Program


    Explore 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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    8 September 2020, 1:23 pm
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    Ep 74: Rupture, Repair + Listening to Your Nervous System
    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 Dana



    I'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 Dana


    My 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: Rhythmofregulation


    Learn more about her books:


    • Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection
    • The Polyvagal Theory in Therapy
    • Clinical Applications of the Polyvagal Theory
    • Polyvagal Flip Chart


    Learn more about workshops and opportunities.




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    What We're Up To


    Chantill



    James




    Our Episode Sponsor



    Momentum Fest

    Zoom Live Event: June 26-28


    Momentum Fest™ is a three day Pilates and movement celebration that will now be held virtually and be no less wonderful.


    A note from MF


    We 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.com



    The Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's Program


    Explore 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 Life


    As 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 + Rewarding


    The 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.

    23 June 2020, 9:19 pm
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    Ep 73: The Spark of Human Movement
    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 Tanabe



    This 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 Tanabe


    Mariko 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.com


    Mariko is also the director of Esprit En Mouvement, the Body Mind Centering program in Montreal





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    What We're Up To


    Chantill


    • The Science + Psychology of TEaching Master's Program! Enrollment begins Monday, March 23rd!
    • Learn more about the program
    • Join our Facebook group: Bold, Brave + Boredom-free Teaching Roadmap
    • Lots of Online curriculum right now!
    • Enter the Vagus (12-hours of video, audio, reading, discussion, exercises and more)

    James





    Our Episode Sponsor



    Momentum Fest

    Denver, CO June 26-28


    Momentum 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 STRENGTH


    Students, 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





    The Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's Program


    Explore 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 Life


    As 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 + Rewarding


    The 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.

    25 May 2020, 8:09 pm
  • 59 minutes 57 seconds
    Ep 72: Bringing Every Cell To Life

    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 Aposhyan


    Susan 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 spirituality


    Q: What inspires you about the future of your profession / field?

    A: Unification


    Q: What worries or concerns you about the future of your profession / field?

    A: Rigidification


    Susan's webiste: Body Mind Psychotherapy


    Explore Susan's books: here



    Find out where Susan is teaching: here





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    What We're Up To


    Chantill


    James





    Our Episode Sponsor



    Momentum Fest

    Denver, CO June 26-28


    Momentum 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 STRENGTH


    Students, 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





    The Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's Program


    Explore 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 Life


    As 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 + Rewarding


    The 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.

    20 January 2020, 1:43 am
  • 1 hour 35 minutes
    Ep 71: Jill Miller

    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 Miller


    Yoga Tune Up + Tune Up Fitness


    Find her on Instagram:

    • @yogatuneup
    • @tuneupfitness


    Facebook:

    • @jillmillerfaust
    • @TuneUpFitness


    Other interesting and relevant links:


    Dr. Michael Gershon on The Enteric Nervous System: A Second Brain

    Korean Natural Farming




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    What We're Up To



    • Join Chantill and James at Momentum Fest this coming June.
    • Learn more and get your tickets HERE




    Our Episode Sponsor



    Momentum Fest

    Denver, CO June 21-23


    Momentum 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 STRENGTH


    Students, 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



    The Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's Program


    Explore 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 Life


    As 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 + Rewarding


    The 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.

    13 June 2019, 10:47 pm
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    Ep 70: Anna Hartman - The Best of Us

    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 Hartman



    Anna 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. 



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    What We're Up To



    • Join Chantill and James at Momentum Fest this coming June.
    • Learn more and get your tickets HERE







    Our Episode Sponsor





    The Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's Program


    Explore 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 Life


    As 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 + Rewarding


    The 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 Fest

    Denver, CO June 21-23


    Momentum 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 STRENGTH


    Students, 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


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    21 May 2019, 1:09 am
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    Ep 69: Sun, Skin and Soul

    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 Artemis


    Founder of:


    Author of:




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    What We're Up To



    • Join Chantill and James at Momentum Fest this coming June.
    • Learn more and get your tickets HERE






    Our Episode Sponsor




    The Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's Program


    Explore 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 Life


    As 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 + Rewarding


    The 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 Fest

    Denver, CO June 21-23


    Momentum 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 STRENGTH


    Students, 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.

    12 April 2019, 7:26 pm
  • 1 hour 24 seconds
    Ep 68: Debora Kolwey Returns!
    The point about curiosity is to be able to be okay with not knowing. If we cultivate the capacity for this -- and this comes from the listening -- we can actually be experiencing and appreciate our present moment reality, vs. the insistence on strategizing, fixing, etc. Then there is openness and even wonder and delight in our curiosity. -- Debora Kolwey




    Curiosity can mean more than one thing?

    Curiosity can influence different states of being...free or stuck?

    What does it mean to listen?

    WHAT HAPPENS IN THE SPACE WE LEAVE WHEN WE STOP TALKING?


    Mmmm....this was such a heartfelt, thoughtful, and deeply rich conversation with our podcast mama, Debora Kolwey. I'm so glad we got to have her back on the show and even gladder ;) to be able to share her beautiful insights with all of you.


    If you like our vibe, don't miss the upcoming opportunity to be with us both in Vancouver (ish) BC this April (April 27th - 29th). Get the details below on this wonderful retreat: Pilates Beyond Boundaries.

    But for now...


    Listen. Soak it up. Get curious. And love the love that is Debora Kolwey!




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    Momentum Fest

    Denver, CO June 21-23


    EARLY REGISTRATION ENDS APRIL 15TH!


    Momentum 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 STRENGTH


    Students, 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

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    27 March 2019, 3:58 pm
  • 45 minutes 24 seconds
    Ep 67: Growing Young - A Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen Experience

    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." 1988


    Be drawn into...yourself. Rest. Allow. Listen. Be...still. Smile.



    More About Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen


    There's just too much to say. So, here ya go:





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    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 Life


    As 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 + Rewarding


    The 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 Fest

    Denver, CO June 21-23


    Momentum 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 STRENGTH


    Students, 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


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    7 March 2019, 8:48 pm
  • 55 minutes 6 seconds
    Ep 66: To Make Music of What Remains

    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 feel
    • 3 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 Martin







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    • Join Chantill and James at Momentum Fest this coming June.
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    The Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's Program


    Explore A Whole New Universe of Teaching


    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 Life


    As 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 + Rewarding


    The 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 Fest

    Denver, CO June 21-23


    Momentum 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 STRENGTH


    Students, 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


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    14 February 2019, 6:39 pm
  • 35 minutes 1 second
    Ep 65: Curiosity Mashup

    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 Contributors



    Brooke Fricke - Re:Form Pilates, Richmond, VA


    I 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, NV


    I’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.com



    Pauline Caswell - Love Pilates, Hoylake, Wirral, UK


    I 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.uk



    Regan Zubak - Village Pilates, Forest Park, IL


    Regan 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.com




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    • Come 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 crawl


    • Join Chantill and James at Momentum Fest this coming June. Early bird deadline, Dec. 15th
    • Learn more and get your tickets HERE




    Our Episode Sponsor


    The Science + Psychology of Teaching Master's Program


    Explore A Whole New Universe of Teaching


    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 Life


    As 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 + Rewarding


    The 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 Fest

    Denver, CO June 21-23


    Momentum 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 STRENGTH


    Students, 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



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    24 January 2019, 6:57 pm
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