Part 2

My focus at the April 23^rd Annual Society for the Neural Control of Movement (NCM) Conference in Puerto Rico was on ways in which movement teachers like myself could collaborate with researchers, graduate students and postdoctoral students … more

Part 1 

In April my intern, Jeanne Masterson, and I traveled to San Juan, Puerto Rico to attend the 23^rd Annual Society for the Neural Control of Movement (NCM) Conference. I was the only movement educator at the NCM … more

The Role of Emotion, Vision & Touch in Movement Learning.

Body Brain Connect intern, Jeanne Masterson supplied a look at the hard data for her research project “The Role of Emotion, Vision and Touch in Movement Learning.”  Statistical significance was … more

In February and early March 2013, my studio, Pilates with Anne was a hive of activity in the evenings as the arena of a new research study. The lead researcher was Jeanne Masterson, an undergraduate student at Dominican University of … more

Over years of teaching Pilates classes, sessions and certifications, I have noticed that some cues are more effective than others. The feedback that works best, I’ve found, encourages students to pay attention to what their bodies are doing.   I’m reminded … more

How to Sort Out if New Brain-based Approaches can Improve Yoga and Pilates

These are exciting times, as Pilates and yoga studios and other mind-body instructors begin to incorporate the findings from new brain research into their work to improve … more

 
Who can take Body Brain Connect Workshops?

Body Brain Connect workshops are designed for anyone with a body and a brain, however practitioners and teachers of Yoga, Pilates, other mind-body modalities will find it interesting as the information is … more

 Pilates & Yoga Brain Health Workshop

Improve Brain Health with Mind-Body & Fitness Techniques

Morning Session

Learn how aerobic exercise, strength training and meditation can enhance brain function, learning, memory, and creativity and how to implement these activities into Yoga … more

Postdoctoral Yoga Research Position Opening at Brigham and Women’s Hospital

We are recruiting a postdoctoral research fellow to conduct research projects evaluating the benefits of yoga practices in adolescents and children in school settings.  The Harvard medical area has a strong research… more

 In a Wall Street Journal article, “Robot Puts Mind Over Matter”  May 17^th, 2012 explains the company, BrainGate2′s new technology allowing paralyzed individuals Cathy Hutchinson and Robert Veillette to move through brain machine interface or BMI.  Despite being … more