Welcome to All women, all abilities and All bodies
Comprehensive movement education For women who want to redefine how We can flourish at any age.
Movement Educator Heather Dennis guides mid-life women towards a healing practice of movement to mobilize, strengthen, and balance mind and body.
Where all bodies can find their capacity to live life to the fullest!
Whether you have stiff hips, an achy back or feel freaked out about losing your mobility, here you’ll discover practical and effective movement education, skills, knowledge and experience to support you in developing body sustainability for life!
Heather Dennis is a modern movement visionary. She supports mid-life women to uncover their confidence in feeling younger while growing older.
So you can get on with your life, walk confidently, swim, play golf and make a difference in whatever sphere you choose!
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What’s the best exercise for women over 50?
PSSSST…I’m 66!
Movement experiences that work for you instead of against you. Here you’ll get high-quality coaching to improve how you move. Based on my personal expertise gleaned from over 35 years of study and practice of Yoga, Pilates, Somatics, and Bodywork.
My programs will inspire you to think about how you want to feel instead of being told how you are supposed to feel.
Isn’t that refreshing?
In a community of women over 50 who come together to claim their wisdom, celebrate their unique bodies, and defy the cultural definition of what ageing is supposed to look and feel like.
Does this feel like a place you could belong?
Upcoming events.
Don’t miss out on a class that your body would be excited to attend. Live classes, and a vast library of recordings, are available through my online studio at https://heatherdennisonline.heymarvelous.com.
You see there is no one type of exercise that will deliver the benefits you need in order to assure your longevity.
You need a variety of physical challenges.
You’ll get them here.
Every body needs more than one type of exercise. Here you’ll get core strengthening, yoga, somatics and posture correction. All in one place.
Comprehensive fitness for longevity includes:
breathing to mobilise your rib cage
learning to relax
moving your spine with awareness
connecting to your core
waking up your feet
building bone and muscle strength
practising better balance
Joan Backman writes:
I just came home from a 4-day wilderness kayak trip with my daughter In Desolation Sound. There were two days of 16 to 17 km paddling to and from the Eco Resort, and while I was a bit intimidated managed it very well. I was very conscious of my collarbones and the position of my shoulders as I was paddling and whenever I felt a twinge I was able to problem-solve ways to move more efficiently and with better core integrity.
I also managed to sit in the rather awkward position in the kayaks for several hours in a row between breaks. I thought about my sit bones and my ribs! The shoreline was very rocky and unstable and tested my agility and balance.
For those of us who have "drunk the Heather Dennis Kool-Aid", and are regular participants in your classes, I can tell you the results are really quite remarkable. Subtle, but remarkable.
I don't know if I would have been able to do this trip a few years ago without injuring myself. Among the other participants was a three-generation family from the states.
The grandparents were in their early 70s, and they were so much more limited in what they were able to do than I was. I feel so fortunate to have the physical abilities I have, to do what I love to do.
I look forward to further gains and insights moving forward! It is wonderful to be 68 and feel I am getting stronger and more agile. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you.
PS I did a personal practice this morning and really like them!
Joan Backman
Recover Your health
Just after the start of the pandemic I noticed a small lump sitting in the notch of my collarbones. Three doctors said it was likely a cyst, but further investigation revealed it was a fast moving, stage 3, rare sarcoma that had to come out immediately.
A second surgery was required which removed not only my healthy thyroid, but clavicle joints, part of my sternum and 1st rib in a 4” circumference.
I couldn’t put any weight on my arms for 5 weeks. I couldn’t lift a cup of tea. My strength was sapped.
A private session with Heather helped me learn to gently move my arm and shoulder. Over the next few months I returned to regular classes with Heather.
I can now lift my arms over my head. The functional strength coaching has helped me regain my strength and function. Restoring my confidence and ability to get back to playing with my precious grandchildren.
Val Hearder
You’ll feel better than ever.
Consistently feel improvements in coordination and strength which will boost your confidence in growing bolder as you grow older.
Without the aches and pains and injuries often associated with many fitness regimes.
The secret sauce of The Heather Dennis Method is the focus on fundamental skills of movement.
Most of us never learned them, and yet they underlie all movement patterns, all poses, all asana and all activities of daily living. Whether you are doing Pilates, rocking a downward dog in yoga class, dancing on the beach or picking up a heavy bag of groceries learning to move the way your body was designed is key to living an active healthspan..
“Heather’s lessons guide me to notice subtle differences in my body. At 58 years old the focused and isolated movements Heather teaches are helping me connect with myself at a deeper level. This gentle somatic approach offers gradual, long-term gain.”
Krista Fletcher
“I need very refined and evolved exercise technique. Heather’s Method is a brilliant study of human movement. Based on her 35 years of studying numerous exercise methodologies. I recently started her online Smart Strength and Myofascial Yoga classes. I’m already experiencing a significant and positive shift in my body position on my horse! My hips are looser and my shoulders are more organized.”
~ Heather Marchman
Heather Marchman and her horse Allie
Sixty Year young Heather Marchman knows the importance of proper conditioning.
She knows it is important to keep her own body strong and functional.
So she can successfully compete with her horse Allie. In the three disciplines of dressage, equitation and eventing.
We do that by waking up the body’s innate ability to sense itself.
All classes whether Yoga stretching, Pilates Core or Smart Strength focus on helping you feel the exercise in your body.
Perhaps you never understood why you were doing a certain exercise or what you were supposed to feel.
That changes now!
We break down exercises into easily learned parts and then put them together in more complex movements.
So you can do one variation one day and a more complex variation when you feel the confidence that comes from understanding your body.