Clare

First of all studying developmental movement with Amy and Sarah has been fascinating. Their command of anatomy, embryology and developmental movement is enthralling. Their care and respect for the always-changing body of knowledge is reassuring and inspiring. It’s fun to get lost in all their amazing stories, analyses, and fascinating bits of information about the body… about my body, the one I’m otherwise taking for granted everyday. This study gives a richness and pleasure to the experience of being in a body, having a body, being a body. It’s transformative.

It’s hard to put into words the feeling of doing movements I haven’t done for decades, and the feeling of doing movements that I may never have done at all. When I first tried belly-crawling in one of Amy’s developmental movement weekends, it felt completely impossible and I had flashbacks to a humiliating episode on an elementary school trip that included a climbing wall. But after Amy gave me a helpful tip, I got it, and soon I could fly across the floor. I know it’s a bit odd to brag about crawling, but it felt fantastic and I felt like a superhero!

Over the course of studying with Amy and Sarah, I’ve developed a different relationship to my own movement. I feel more aware of the feelings in my body when I’m moving. I believe that this consciousness is helping me move in a more intelligent way, in a way that is more in line with how my body wants to move. What I’ve learned studying anatomy with Amy and Sarah has helped me heal my body and get out of the way, letting my body heal itself.