Since I first tip-toed in a yoga class in 2008, my interest has gradually moved from postural alignment into how to explore the many dimension of movement and stillness
My work finds nourishment and energy in my life experiences as well as year studying, practicing, researching and learning about various forms of yoga, exercise, movement, anatomy, meditation and nutrition
I have always found it hard to describe what it is as I do and although I am not a weight-lifting trainer, or a nutritionist, or a neurologist, a scientist and even a yoga teacher, all of these disciplines weave into one another to create the work I offer
What drives me is curiosity, exploration and experiment, asking questions to understand better and seek out ways that have a personalised approach. I don’t support “one way only” approach as movement health has many dimensions, from structure to environment
The work I do consists in offering movement ideas that invite people to explore their outer and inner landscapes. The invitation is to move the body, globally or individually, in explorative, playful and creative ways in order to cultivate, and refine, self awareness through slow, repetitive, familiar and non familiar, movement
My intention is not to show and teach people how to align body parts into shapes; it isn’t about yoga poses sequences and it isn’t about exercise/working-out either. After years of exploration and studies, these, for me, feel like a supplement to our natural ability to move. Having said that, I do not disqualify the value of any of the above approaches. They all have their place
My intention is to give people movement ideas, or recipes, with which they have permission to play; this means giving them time and space to move in a way that feels explorative, variable, creative, eventually intuitive and personally meaningful
My intention is to get people to feel their bodies, from within, as untapped potential and endless possibilities of exploration and to move away from rigid mindsets that see the body as a broken machine that needs “fixing”. Such mindsets have the potential to cause a variety of problems, such as ranking movement into some sort of hierarchy and repetitive routines that feel like obligation rather than liberation. Resilience, as well as well-rounded fitness, are qualities that develop thanks to play and exploration, rather than rigid, forced “work-outs”
Playful explorations and self inquiry allow us to cultivate the ability to connect to our body wisdom, empower ourselves through experimenting, possibilities and creativity. They bring us close to our senses, emotions and thoughts, helping to release patterns and habits that no longer serve us. The entire nervous system is nourished and reset so that we feel the spark of being alive and well in our body
Movement is far more than a rigid set of exercises that feel like a chore; movement is a form of self expression, a natural behaviour that evolves from the moment we are born and if one wants to get out of pain, they need to play with movement. This will eventually provide a variety of healing and self empowering “to-go-to” tools that will require less and less expertise assistance