Pausing Class

In the last few years, I’ve dreamt of creating a class and not knowing what it was about or who it was for exactly. I soon realized I wanted to support women's biology and so began creating a class to focus on perimenopausal and menopausal women. I reached out to my closest friends and students in their 40s and 50s and launched Pausing in Feb. of 2025. We know these stages are ambiguous in terms of ages and timelines and this was a fine place to start.

Pausing is a class scored from: Pilates and other weight bearing/resistance training methods, breath practices, nervous system work and reframing how we think about these stages of aging and our bodies. No one is required to have any experience in any of these realms. There's that great idea in Zen Buddhism of a beginner's mind, where we can stay open and eager to do a lot more without the barrier of preconceptions. We will move, breathe and find our awareness in a way that slows down the habitual rush in our physiology. There’s a lot of information wrapped up in these ideas of movement, breath and the nervous system. My desire is to arrange them in a cohesive way physically while understanding the whys of them. How do these practices connect to improving and supporting the experience of hormonal changes during perimenopause and menopause? 

Pausing is a 75 minute virtual class that happens every other week through zoom. The class is recorded so that every participant gets that video for the off week. I'm determined to tailor it over time so students receive the benefits of a private session, within a group, at a reasonably less expensive price than a 1 on 1 session. 

I have had the great pleasure of teaching this class since February and in November of ‘25 was able to teach in-person. The Pilates Garage in Brooklyn, NY was gracious enough to host and support Pausing as a workshop. Many fabulous in-person bodies came out for it! I’m looking forward to more live workshop opportunities and currently in conversation with different movement studios, hotels and wellness centers.

Please reach out if you have questions and are interested!

“Our culture’s assumption about getting older is that posture will deteriorate and the body will become a burden. If this is our belief, it is no wonder that we’d rather not think about caring for our bodies. Aging happens to us all and knowing how to use your body well will make a huge difference in how you experience the process.” -Mary Bond, postural educator