In 2018, I began Moving Fascia training with Ana Barretxeguren. Her approach has been transformative. I completed the Moving Fascia Foundation, Embodied Anatomy Diploma, and am currently finishing the Moving Fascia Teacher Training.

Pilates did help. It gave me a practice, structure, informed my posture and improved my strength, and gave me time to reconnect with myself. It eased the tension of carrying, feeding, and nurturing a new baby. Movement has always helped me feel better in my skin.

July is International Diastasis Recti Awareness Month, making it important to share this story now. Even if only a few people stumble across this blog and it helps them find a pathway to healing, then the years I’ve spent learning, developing my skillset, creating my OnDemand Library and writing these words will have purpose. That alone makes this story worth telling.

When I first imagined building an On-Demand platform, it wasn’t just about making classes available online. It was about accessibility, continuity, and encouragement. It was about supporting people in ways that go beyond what’s possible in a once-a-week session and reaching those I might never meet in the studio.

It’s April and spring has sprung, which means a few things to me. Firstly, it’s my birthday month, so there’s always some reflection and adjustment as I let go of one defining number and settle into rhythm with the next. This year is particularly interesting as I’ve turned 49 — and somehow, everywhere around me, I’m told that something major is going to shift when I turn 50 next year.

I’ve just returned from a fleeting trip to Western Australia to visit my sister and her growing family, offering support in the final days of her pregnancy. Being with her during her 38th and 39th weeks triggered some reflections on the profound impact that movement practice can have during pregnancy—and why this has become an area of expertise for me in the first place.

I am a movement teacher, and throughout my extensive career, I have expanded my skill set to help people not just perform movements but truly understand and refine them. My roots are in Pilates, but I have incorporated other modalities in pursuit of a comprehensive approach to movement education. Let me explain why Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization has become an integral part of my practice.