A movement exploration- Pilates and more! discovering the pelvic floor and more that encompasses working from core.
Starting with micromovement , moving on to elements of Pilates, chi-gung and yoga traveling on to world dance, martial arts and elements of jazz, modern and latin.
- Moving from center.
- From the smallest small to the largest leap.
- Moving with breath, balance and ease from center.
About Moana
Moana started as a modern dancer at age 5 in a barn in Connecticut “ dancing like a tree, like fire , like the wind”.She graduated at age 7 to Olatunji’s African dance center in Harlem and later as a teen to Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey schools in NYC.As a Pilates instructor she received certification from Physical Mind Body and then again from ITT Pilates.
Later as a theater performer, dancing singing and acting her injuries started her on an exploration of healing through study of therapeutic movement including Pilates. Moana has taught pilates and dance for over 10 years at Nautilus of Marin and has lead workshops in Marin County , Maui, Kaui and Oahu. Most recently she taught in the Ecstatic Dance program at Mystic Garden Party.
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Moana Diamond of San Rafael, center, talks with Isis Pierce of Missoula, Mont., right, and Cierra Dornfeld of Billings, Mont., Thursday at the Mystic Garden Party at Waterwheel Park in Manton. Diamond is leading a Core Play workshop at the event which teaches Pilates and breath work. Diamond said she was talking to Pierce about the massage possibilities at the event and how they could help her with her migraines.
