Some goals that can be accomplished through exercise/movement therapy

1. Achieve better postural alignment: learn how to stand straight and tall.
   
   
2. Lessen back pain and stiffness.
   
   
3. Increase your energy level: lose that sluggish feeling.
   
   
4. Get in condition before taking on a new sport or activity.
   
   
5. Learn to move in a way that will prevent injury, both while exercising as well as while performing daily activities.
   
   
6. Reduce tension, both physical and emotional, through flexibility (stretching) exercises.
   
   
7. Build self-esteem by strengthening and re-shaping your body. (Feeling comfortable with the way you look and move is important whether you are 17 or 75.)
   
   
8. Move with more grace, co-ordination and ease.
   
   
9. Improve your balance: even if it has been severely diminished, balance is a skill that can be strengthened with appropriate training and practice.
   
   
10. Stand up from a chair and climb stairs with ease instead of groans.
    
    
11. Support and enhance your efforts to deal with alcohol, drug, or food addiction. (This was the focus of my work as a dance/movement therapist in rehabilitation hospitals and clinics)
    
    
12. Reduce depression and anxiety.
    
    Important note: Be sure to get a thorough physical check up before doing this, or any other exercise/movement program. It is important to have your doctor’s OK before we begin. I will accommodate your medical condition and conscientiously follow your doctor’s advice, but am not myself a medical authority or physical therapist.