Through years of dancing and using my body, I’ve had my share of foot injuries. After suffering a dropped metatarsal, I saw Dr. Novella in New York City. He helped me avoid surgery with preventative foot strengthening exercise. I now incorporate these as well as others from Irene Dowd and Deborah Lessen into my daily life and Pilates classes at Mind Your Body NYC. Here are a few for your review. I hope you find these Pilates foot exercises helpful!
What is your favorite Pilates footwork/ foot strengthening exercise?
Thai Massage Workshop
with Al Turner II, LMT, NMT, RTT
Share the gift of massage with your friend, or loved one!
SAT FEB 4, 2012
6:30 PM – 9 PM
Mind Your Body
1413 Lexington Ave (bet. 92nd & 93rd St)
(212) 426-7960
info@mindyourbodyfitness.com
Register online as partners or singles. Solo participants will be paired w/partner.
$75 Solo; $120 for Partners
Sign up online now!
Al Turner II is an internationally recognized teacher of Traditional Thai Massage on faculty at the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine and Dance New Amsterdam. Al is a licensed massage therapist, trained in both Eastern and Western massage therapeutics.
Pilates is endless. The more I do and learn, the more I realize how much more there is to learn. In a workshop that I didn’t have high expectations for, I learned the late Kathy Grant’s ideas and bold movement style and this exceeded them with A+ honors! I took away so much from the five hour intensive and cannot wait to share the work with you. I will focus on arm balance, inversions, breath, feet and teaching you to use the equipment to find your own body resistance! Did you know that Mat Pilates was only performed if equipment was not available to practice at home or do 5-10mins in the studio if there wasnt a free machine!
See you in class!
Gratefully,
Gail
Gail feels fortunate to have begun teaching before Pilates became the trend. Many Pilates greats are not with us anymore and she is happy to pass this effective technique down to you! Gail’s style was ultimately passed down to her from Deborah Lessen and Julie Sorrentino, who was trained directly by Carola Triar. Carola took Joe’s work and deepened the concepts.
Who was Carola?
Carola Trier was a professional dancer and an acrobatic contortionist who performed an act onroller skates. A severe accident while she was performing brought her to Joe and Clara Pilates who helped rehabilitate a back injury that would have debilitated her for life. She studied and taught with Joe and Clara and, in 1958, they helped her open her own studio, where a number of the other first generation teachers taught. Carola studied anatomy and worked in conjunction with Dr. Jordan at Lennox Hill Hospital rehabilitating patients. She also identified and developed many Pilates-based exercises to correct common problems found in dancers. Carola taught and trained other Pilate’s teachers into the mid 1980s and passed away in October of 2000, at the age of 87.
