L. Martina Young, Ph.D., Somatics and Pilates Educator teaches a musculoskeletal alignment practice using Joseph Pilates’s fundamental and organisational principles designed for integrative and holistic wellness which she callsThe Swan Practice.
The Swan Practice emphasizes development of a dynamic somatic dialogue with our body’s physical experiences throughout our lifespan, and using our cognitive (mental) processes to acknowledge, identify, and articulate our experiences. In relation to Pilates principles, the result is a heightened presence of mind, capable of accessing and organising appropriate movement concepts that bring body and mind into functional and harmonized action,—a key precept of Joseph Pilates.
Recognized as a teacher of the "second generation" within the Pilates lineage, Ms. Young is an early student of Ron Fletcher (1978-84), Eve Gentry (1985-87), and a Founding Member of the PhysicalMind Institute. Her keen eye is informed by Kinesiology, her studies in Ideokinesis (author Mabel Todd, The Thinking Body), and first generation Pilates teacher and author, Bruce King’s From the Bones.