Integrated Movement,LLC, Ann Arbor, MI (2026)

At Integrated Movement, I use the Feldenkrais Method ®️, and other brain based/nervous system practices to help people ease chronic pain, improve balance, and feel more resilient.

09/02/2026

Full Circle 🐴

Thirty-six years ago, I picked up a book by Linda Tellington-Jones and had my first introduction to the Feldenkrais Method.

Years later, I was fortunate to meet Mary Debono Debono Moves and dive into her work applying Feldenkrais principles to horses. I became one of her certified practitioners, and it changed how I saw movement, and function — for our equine partners. Instead of seeing the problems, she always saw the possibilities.

Today, that journey has come full circle: I graduated from a four-year training program to become a certified Feldenkrais Practitioner. It has been an incredible experience. I have a lot to say, but while my heart is full my mind is tired.

There’s a line often attributed to T.S. Eliot about how the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time. That’s exactly how this feels — I’m back where it all began, but seeing it with completely new eyes.

I am so excited to now offer Functional Integration lessons for both riders and their horses — helping the whole partnership move, feel, and perform better.

To celebrate, I’ll be offering specials on sessions through the end of the year, and I have a ton of ideas for the future. But for now I'm going to take a couple days to rest and relax, and celebrate my 30 year wedding anniversary with my amazing husband. 🎉❤️

08/14/2026

As I am currently deeply entrenched in my final weeks of my Feldenkrais training, I am reading more of Moshes writings. I am deeply struck by how much they coincide with high quality horsemanship. Feldenkrais and horsemanship and an amazing combination. ❤️

“There is no one correct seat. The seat is dependent on the age and level of training of the horse
and also on the situation at the moment… The seat is not static or mechanical, but dynamic and
must be very flexible.” — Anja Beran, The Dressage Seat

"Posture is related to action and not to the maintenance of any given position. Acture would perhaps be a better word for it." - Moshe Feldenkrais, The Potent Self

08/05/2026

Lots going on the next few weeks and months. I'm excited to be heading back to Tennessee in November! Friday the 6th I will be teaching the introductory Foundations workshop. We have a few spots still available. If you're interested in details, message me. 🐴

07/23/2026

What the heck are we doing in these pictures!? We always get up to something new and fun at Concinnity Farm. ( huge thank you to Terra Bortels for always being a good sport with pictures)

We are training upper cervical proprioception. Why does that matter? The upper cervical region is a proprioceptively rich area. It integrates with the visual and vestibular systems, for balance and spatial awareness. It can also play a role in chronic neck pain.
For riders freeness with neck, and training the balance systems is incredibly important. There are so many tools and ways to train these areas off the horses, so that in the saddle these systems are working for you, not against you.

07/22/2026

One of the hardest parts of what I’ve learned over the last six years is that, some of the most important systems we work with are ones most people aren’t even aware we have.

The vestibular system. The visual system. The deeper, non-conscious layer of proprioception, your body schema, not just body awareness.

I hear this all the time:

“My vision is great, I’m 20/20.” Then we try a simple convergence drill, ( eyes tracking an object in towards the nose) and both eyes don't work together.

“My balance is fine.” Then we close the eyes, or just turn the head, and it’s gone.

“I’ve worked hard on body awareness.” Then we do a simple movement lesson and one side of the body is nowhere near as connected as the other.

None of these people were wrong. They were describing what they could feel. But so much of how we move, balance, and stay oriented in space runs underneath what we are consciously aware that we can feel. You don’t need some type of diagnosis for these systems to be working against you instead of for you.

This is why “just relax” or “just pay attention to your body” often isn’t enough. You can’t consciously fix what was never conscious to begin with.

07/09/2026

Driving back from a clinic in Tennessee recently, I found myself doing something I’ve actually done on long highway drives for years – looking at the rock faces along the road cuts and wondering about the plants growing out of them. My whole life I’ve noticed these towering walls of stone blas...

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http://www.integratedmovementllc.com/

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