The Doorway to Spontaneity
Do you ever catch yourself “checking out” during your movement practice or workout routine? Maybe your body moves, but your mind drifts. Presence lifts us out of the ho-hum and invites creativity, awareness, and…
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We Live in a Gladiator Culture
At the heart of the Academy lives a strong commitment to cherish the precious human body. Our first standard, Non-Violence: Keeping the Body Safe & Healthy, emphasizes creating practices and environments in which…
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Awaken to your body’s wisdom in motion
You’ve been on our minds. Since we opened the Academy in 2021, we’ve been waiting and waiting to invite you to Hawai’i to train with us IN PERSON…
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Beyond the Hype to Safe Practice
The two instructors stood at the front of the room. One was a very fit middle-aged man modeling the movements we were to make, and the other was a…
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Wanna make a difference in somebody’s life?
I created the Academy of Mindful Movement to support teachers and coaches around the world who want to lead movement in a way that’s intelligent, safe, and deeply human. Do we share that desire? Our Academy training focuses not just on your technique, but on helping movement instructors like you to tune into the real people in front of us: our students, our clients…
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The Aha! of Play
At the Academy of Mindful Movement, we train instructors and coaches to do something revolutionary: Shift from teaching movement as a fixed form – and start guiding it as a process of discovery. In our most recent PlayLab, we focused on a core…
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How Your Most Spontaneous Sessions Could Be the Best!
The more spontaneous I allow myself to be as an experienced movement instructor, the more the magic happens. Why is that? If I’m in my…
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Play Your Way into the Move
Some coaches gear their approach for their most hardcore, competitive clients/players/ participants. That high-pressure approach wasn’t the most successful for me as a…
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Joy & Your Parasympathetic Nervous System!
Did you realize that a shot of fun injected into the movement session you’re leading can seriously upgrade your movers’ experience physiologically as well as mentally?
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Why play?
Learning to play again was a pivotal moment in my life. And it came from mindful movement. My life as an instructor and coach has never been the same since I learned how to play again in my 50s. I remember the workshop in “Floor Play” with the Co-Founder of…
