A reflection on how many movement traditions return to the same place: the spine. From Cat–Cow in yoga to the C-curve in Pilates and contraction and release in modern dance, different disciplines are exploring the same fundamental patterns of flexion and extension.

Practising and teaching are not the same thing. This essay explores the gap many movement teachers experience after qualification, and why working with real bodies requires translation, restraint, and responsibility, not performance.

The story behind the Bessie Refalo Method and how lived experience, yoga, Pilates and clinical movement came together to form a grounded, holistic approach to living well in the body.