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Practicing Pilates at MOVE
MOVE | the studio is about fostering and facilitating optimum mobility, coordination, balance, proprioception, respiration, ambulation, power, and control in relationship to the design of the human body with respect to the capabilties or limitations to any individual body.
MOVE approaches the Pilates methodology with respectful regard for its founder and the originating repertoire along with the benefit of our ever-evolving knowledge and understanding of anatomy, biomechanics, kinesiology, and musculoskeletal health and the impact it has on every aspect of our lived experiences.
Practice sessions and classes are formatted around the intended position, direction, shape, mobility, and stability of the spine with regard to the design on the exercise to flex, extend, rotate, laterally flex, or maintain a neutral spine while the limbs and the breath perform another assigned task (or tasks!).
From the beginning position to set the body up for success to the sequencing of the exercise in alignment with its identified objective, MOVE approaches the body's physical capabilities and limitations in equal and opposite ways: either via existing access to movement or creating access where restrictions exist.
Whether letter or spirit of the methodology, a Pilates practice is all-at-once the prevention of capability loss, the protection of existing capabilities, and the progression
of the body's inventory of capabilities in both quantity and quality.
I look forward to you becoming a part of the MOVE community. ~ ellen
STAFF
Ellen Shadle,
Comprehensively Certified; Insured
▸1998-2002 Instructor certification in Stott system of Pilates
▸2006 Teacher-trainer certification in Pilates Academy International system.
▸ Commercial gyms (Equinox Fitness Clubs), boutique and dance studios (ID Pilates, Kinected), academic institutions (Barnard College, Ethical Culture Fieldston School), to name a few of the environments in which I've led students and clients.
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Ellen Shadle, Owner/Director
My earliest movement memories begin at around age 5 with a gynmastics program at the local Y that progressed over 10 years to competetive gymnastics when I pivoted to dance. I trained and performed in jazz, tap, ballet, and modern through college and made the pilgrimage to New York City to pursue a professional dance career. I was introduced to Pilates when overtraining was taking its toll and I needed a way to cross-train in a way that supported and enhanced my techincal dance practices. From my first mat class in 1996, I knew I had found the path to staying as healthy as possible given the rigors and demands of the dance form.
After being a student practioner for two years, I was presented with opportunities to earn my Pilates certification and teach and took them. Since I began practicing, from training to injury, performance, to teaching, to retirement from dance, professional pivots, and the good ole' aging process, the constant has been Pilates.
OK, let's move!