Iron Gump describes an epiphany: “you get strong from doing the thing.” Not from progressive overload protocols or adding plates to the bar, but from holding a low horse stance while moving through 64 Tai Chi movements with shoulders aligned over hips and head floating like a balloon. According to Gump, if you calibrate these… more →

Stany Foucher keeps circling back to the same question: How do you transmit Art du Déplacement culture when it’s not about movement techniques? He identifies the problem clearly—”those elements of culture are kind of hard to pass on, only on a class or only through movements”—but the mechanism that makes culture stick remains elusive throughout… more →

When asked for three words to describe her practice, Julie Angel doesn’t hesitate: “Emotional, interesting, and joyful.” Then she immediately defends her first choice, pointing out that most movement talk centers on “muscles and tendons and range of motion” while her focus is elsewhere: “moving’s really emotional and it’s all connected.” This frames an entire… more →

“Perseverance, empowerment, and silliness.” Nina Ballantyne hesitates slightly when listing her three words. She acknowledges they don’t all fit neatly into the same grammatical category—”they’re not all quite neat”—but she lands on them anyway. Perseverance makes sense for a physical practice. Empowerment tracks with overcoming barriers and building capability. But silliness? That third word sits… more →