AND ALLISON IS JOINING US RIGHT
NOW ALISON GOOD TO HAVE YOU
HERE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US. SO WHEN DID YOU
REALIZE YOU WANTED TO START A
PLATFORM LIKE MOVEMENT GENIUS.
>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING
ME. YES AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE PANDEMIC I WAS LEADING
MINDFUL MOVEMENT CLASSES ON MY
SOCIAL PLATFORMS AND OVER THE
COURSE OF
14 DAYS, MORE THAN A 150,000
PEOPLE TUNED IN.
AND THESE MOMENT CLASSES WERE
DESIGNED USING SOMATIC
SUPPLES SO THINGS THAT HELP YOU
RECONNECT WITH YOURSELF IMPROVE
YOUR MOOD
REDUCE STRESS. AND IT WAS SO
EVIDENT THAT THE NEED WAS
SIGNIFICANT INCH SHARED SO I
STARTED WORKING WITH CLINICIANS
AND EXPERTS ACROSS SECTORS TO
DESIGN
MOVEMENT PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY
TO HELP PEOPLE IN PROVE THEIR
MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL WELL-BEING
AND OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL
MONTHS WE REALIZED THIS NEEDS
TO BE ITS OWN PLATFORM
AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE HAVING
PEOPLE TEST DIFFERENT
CATEGORIES OF MOVEMENT AND
REALLY REDEFINING AND
BROADENING THE A P
PARENTS OF WHAT WELLNESS
TYPICALLY LOOKS LIKE WHICH IS
SOMETHING
THAT'S THEN SHAPE FOR A VERY
NARROW SET OF BODIES AND
IDENTITIES AND PREFERENCES SO
WE JUST WANT TO EXPAND THAT
HAVE A REALLY WIDE VARIETY OF
INSTRUCTORS ACROSS CULTURES
IDENTITIES TRADITIONS AND MAKE
MOVEMENT SOMETHING THAT IS A
PORTAL TO YOU TO RECONNECT WITH
YOURSELF INSIDE
BEING INTIMIDATING.
>> ABSOLUTELY AND I'M SO GLAD
YOU'VE DONE THIS BECAUSE WE
KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE
STRUGGLED WITH THEIR MENTAL
HEALTH DURING THIS PANDEMIC IN
PARTICULAR SO ALISON WHAT DOES
MOVEMENT MEAN TO YOU.
>> WOW THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION
OF COURSE FROM THE OUTSIDE
LOOKING IN I GREW UP
PROFESSIONALLY DANCING. SO
THERE MAY BE AN
ASSUMPTION THAT I AM USED TO
BEING VERY EMBODIED AN
EXPRESSIVE IN REALITY I
ACTUALLY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A
CONDITION CALLED ALEXA THANK
YOU MIA WHERE I WASN'T ABLE TO
NAME OR EXPERIENCE EMOTIONS AND
SENSATIONS IN
MY BODY. SO THIS WORK IS VERY
NEAR AND DEAR TO MY HEART
BECAUSE I HAD TO GO THROUGH MY
OWN JOURNEY OF RECONNECTING MY
MIND AND BODY AND FOR
ME MOVEMENT IS AN IMPORTANT WAY
OF US EXPRESSING ALL OF THE
THINGS THAT TALKS THERAPY OR
VERBAL COMMUNICATION CANNOT
ARTICULATE AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT
THE SCIENCE
OF IT. YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT
DEVELOPMENTALLY SPEAKING.
WE WERE GROWING ACCUSTOMED TO
OUR ENVIRONMENT AND
CREATING A BASIC SENSE OF
SAFETY AND RELATIONAL
ATTACHMENT AT 3 VERBAL AND
NON-VERBAL STAGES SO THINGS
LIKE MOVEMENT CAN ACTUALLY
HELP YOU PROCESS EXPRESS IN
DIFFERENT NEEDS OF THAT BEYOND
JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION AND
YOU MENTIONED EARLIER THAT.
>> NOT A LOT OF TREATMENTS ARE
DESIGNED FOR EVERYBODY THERE
KIND OF ONCE IT'S ALL KIND OF
SORT OF MENTALITY AND A LOT OF
THE CITY DOESN'T REALLY COVER
THE BROAD STROKE THAT STROKES
OF DIFFERENT PEOPLE OUT THERE.
SO FOR PEOPLE ALLISON THAT
MIGHT HEAR THIS AND THEY MIGHT
FEEL AWKWARD ABOUT THIS OR THEY
STILL NEED TO LEARN HOW TO
TRUST A SITUATION
LIKE THIS. WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE
TO THEM IN TERMS OF LEARNING
AND THIS PROCESS AND FINDING
SOMETHING THAT'S RIGHT FOR
THEM.
>> ABSOLUTELY LOVE
THE QUESTION. OUR GOAL WITH
MOVEMENT GENIUS AND IN GENERAL
IS TO MEET YOU WHERE YOU ARE TO
KNOW THAT YOU CAN COME AS YOU
ARE THAT MIND BODY WELLNESS
SHOULD NOT
HAVE SOME LARGE BARRIER TO
ENTRY THAT IS A HIGH PRICE TAG
OR EXPENSIVE EQUIPMENT OR
EXCLUSIVE ELITE RETREATS THOSE
ARE WONDERFUL THAT BODY AND
MIND CAN BE UP
PLACE THAT FEELS LIKE HOME, YOU
DESERVE TO FEEL SAFE AND
COMFORTABLE AND CONFIDENT IN
YOUR SKIN AND IT TAKES
REBUILDING THAT RELATIONSHIP.
BUT WE WANT TO MEET YOU EXACTLY
WHERE YOU ARE AND WORK AT YOUR
PACE ALWAYS HONOR
YOUR NEEDS ON KNOW YOUR LIMITS
AND IT'S REALLY REFRAMING THE
WAY THE DIET AND FITNESS
INDUSTRY TYPICALLY SEES OUR
BODIES AS OBJECTS TO COMPLETE
OR PROJECTS. TO TO FIX AN AND
PERFECT REALLY WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT SEEING OUR BODY AND MIND
AS A SOURCE OF INTELLIGENCE
AS A AS THE CENTER POINT OF WHO
WE ARE SO WE CAN OUR GREATEST
LIVES AND EXPRESS OURSELVES AND
FEEL CONFIDENT IN WHO ARE.
>> AND WE HAVE ABOUT ANOTHER 40
SECONDS OR SO LEFT WITH YOU
WHEN THE PANDEMIC IS OVER ARE
YOU EXPECTING TO GO BACK IN
TEACHING THIS IN PERSON.
>> ABSOLUTELY SO I HAVE BEEN
GETTING SOME OF MY OWN
CERTIFICATIONS AND OF COURSE WE
WORK WITH OTHER INSTRUCTORS.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING
THE
WORKSHOPS LIVE WE'VE DONE THAT
PRE PANDEMIC AND THEY'RE REALLY
TRANSFORMATIVE MOMENTS
AND MY MOST EXCITING ELEMENT TO
IT TO THIS PROCESS IS KNOWING
WE WANT TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO
HAVE
THESE TOOLS SO THEY CAN BE AT
HOME ALONE AND STILL FEEL
EQUIPPED TO TAP INTO THIS KIND
OF EXPERIENCE WHETHER WE'RE