Offerings
Laura Ann can offer you a range of options to help anchor your own process of inquiry into understanding your body for purposes of self-healing, movement practice and general wellbeing. These options are used in creative collaboration to support the health, well-being and comfort of the individual rather than to achieve perfection over a particular technique.
Stress Reduction
Rest is a phase of movement and is physiologically essential for man's activities. In order to access the para-sympathetic nervous system, it has been shown that several possible points of entry may be useful in encouraging a state of rest: touch, breath awareness and conscious agility for stepping beneath the stream of consciousness of the mind.
Body/Mind Centering
A personal translation of the Principles inspired by Body Mind Centering and the work of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen.
Acupressure
Based on the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine, this application brings touch to specific points on the body to help release blockages of energy, sensation and restrictions of movement, while encouraging a sense of emotional and physical wellbeing. Not to be confused with Acupuncture, it is not a medical intervention.
Kinesthetic Chi
An original curriculum incorporating basic concepts from Eastern Forms such as Tai Chi, Qi Gong and Acupressure to encourage energetic balance and synchronous flow.
Ideokinesis
A Western model of waking up the mind/body connection through imagery. A research based approach that applies the power of descriptive language to affect noticeable changes in postural and somatic states.
Movement Fundamentals
A repertoire developed by Irmgard Bartenieff using developmental patterns to encourage unrestricted movement.
Embodied/Experiential Anatomy
Enhances body work by providing an underlying awareness of body structure and function.
Body/Mind Conditioning
Uses Therabands and small balls for release, strengthening, and lengthening the body.
Franklin Method
Animated lessons in experiential anatomy and movement using balls and bands.
Dance Based Exercise
Carefully selected movement sequences to support body use and awareness, balance, stamina, strength, coordination, and flexibility.
Yoga
Appropriately selected asanas combined with breath awareness and focused attention.
Dance for Parkinson's Disease
Based on the model established by the Mark Morris Dance Group.