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Michelle Mark- movement

Together we will explore your potential to move naturally, efficiently, and functionally.

Personalized movement sessions crafted to connect, coordinate, and build confidence in mind + body
-Kinesiology
-Anat Baniel Method Neuromovement (adults+children)
-Pre+ Postpartum Fitness specialist
-Hypopressives I have years of experience as a Kinesiologist, ABM Neuromovement practitioner, Nurse, pilates teacher, and mother.

09/24/2026

What transpired next was as topographical as the Finlayson course on a clear day. Beautiful views, demanding climbs, and descents that make your quads feel like they are snapping with each gingerly step.

I had entered a stage of transformation quite familiar to many a mothers who have delicately, deliberately, or maybe even unwilling placed their “self” on the side for a season of life.

I questioned everything, primarily myself. I explored and withdrew from many things during this time. I learned a lot about my own way of making decisions (experiential learner over here!), what I could tolerate, what topics caused me anguish, and conversely what opened the flood gates for excitement to rush through my veins.

I took a stroll down various avenues. Not making mistakes but instead recognizing my passions even better by mistakingly moving further away from them. Delicately balancing the balance of process based living while searching for clarity in direction.

…TBC

09/22/2026

I’d like to share a bit of a multi part story…. Inspired by the time of year, “finlayson arm”season ;)

5 years ago I tackled the feat of training for and running the Finlayson 50k.

As you can imagine the training occupied a great deal of physical and mental time.

When I crossed the finish line I expected to feel glorious. But I didn’t.

I felt as if I had just walked out of the grocery store. A meaningless task checked off my list.

I even felt a touch annoyed with myself, I had fallen into the trap of using running to fill a void that it could not.

I looked at the joy on other runners’ face, the satisfied smirks as they lounged in utter bliss. I was envious….

Running 50k is no small feat, but racing and physical fitness weren’t the values I deeply yearned for greater alignment in.

What I yearned for couldn’t be found on that course.

More tomorrow.

07/04/2026

White trail shoes should not be a thing

06/17/2026

Just 2 Wasian/Hapa mamas doing west coast things with our shockingly blonde children.

Lately I’ve been reflecting deeply on how culture impacts how we show up, our preferences, our values, our authenticity as individuals and in relationships. Culture is so much deeper than what colour your hair is.

You have your own story, unlike any other.

PS. I’m not a fan of “Wasian” it sounds whiney to me. What about you?

06/15/2026

My latest movement obsession- pickleball!

Last year I ran a trail race with a group of friends and I felt flat and unenthused. One friend was soooo pumped before the race and even more excited after! I was jealous of the high she was riding as I sat hunched over in the rain watching her finish the 50k!

I later asked her about her enthusiasm, she told me that she was new to running and every race was so exciting. She got a “runner’s high” after every run and even finished craving the next one. To me running has become a habitual practice that I maintain for other reasons, but it does not bring me joy or pleasure.

“Novelty is the great parent of pleasure” (Robert South)

With this in mind, I sought out something new, exciting and accessible in my current season of life- pickleball! So much to learn, new people, new courts, and constant improvement (as is the case with most new things that we stick to consistently!)

Last year I was pretty humbled by the McDonald classic, since then I’ve played much more consistently and even taken a few lessons so I was pumped to podium, and am riding the high of that novelty still today.

How are you keeping things fresh movement-related or not?

05/29/2026

Are you putting bandaids on your injuries? Only to have them rear their ugly heads over and over again?

Holistic Kinesiology considers the whole YOU, not just the obvious anatomy, physiology and biomechanics but the psycho-social, cultural, spiritual and emotional self that inhabits your body.

True healing involves more than treatment or manipulation, it involves reconnecting with yourself through awareness, nervous system regulation, learning and changing your habitual patterns of not just movement, but how you think about movement.

🚫Stop putting bandaids on tightly wound knots.
🏃‍♀️Instead let’s begin the process of untangling and find spaciousness and freedom.

05/25/2026

Walking with my 13 year old the other evening, I glanced over with wonder at why she seemed so much “free-er” than I felt. Attentive, present, and deeply absorbed in the moment.

Meanwhile I felt hurried, distracted and weighed down. Finishing texts, thinking of future appointments, overdue invoices and emails that needed to be sent.

Then I noticed it, her hands were free. I couldn’t remember the last time I had walked hands free: no watch, no phone, no wallet, no keys, no dog leash, no poo bags, no library books, no AirPods, no groceries, no snack bag, no water bottle, no camera!

So I’m starting a new practice, a regular hands free walk. An easy and accessible way to practice mindfulness, insert more pleasure, more attention, and more joy into my life that is essential and fits within the cracks of this busy season.

So, when is the last time you have been hands free??

05/22/2026

Fridays in my favourite spot.

Guiding clients to unlock rigid patterns and compulsive habits that are make movement harder than it needs to be.

Together let’s find easier, smoother, and more graceful ways to move through life.

I have a few spaces in June for Neuromovement lessons or Kinesiology sessions at drawHeart studio in Victoria.

PM me to book.

05/15/2026

Life these days

Between sessions. Between shifts.

Blending beauty between the lines that separate work and play.

Forever on the journey of seeking alignment

04/23/2026

Bring a bike. Always.

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