Moving Beyond Core - by Wendy Leblanc-Arbuckle (Paperback)

About the Book

Moving Beyond Core invites readers to meet their Inner Guide and release the need for external validation. The author leads us on an adventure through the theoretical underpinnings of contemporary movement and bodywork practices-making this a valuable read for movement practitioners and clients alike.

Book Synopsis

"This book represents a vital contribution to somatic practice, fasciategrity, and whole-body awareness."

This paradigm shifting book is the result of LeBlanc-Arbuckle's 40 years of teaching and practicing with pioneering educators in the fields of transpersonal growth and wellness, yoga, Pilates, and more. The book invites readers to see the human body as a living process that knows innately how to self-heal, self-organize, and adapt within social and natural environments.

Introducing concepts such as "partnering" with gravity and "ground reaction force", we are invited into a dynamic, omnidirectional relationship with our body's fascial matrix.

LeBlanc-Arbuckle presents alternatives to "right/wrong" movement by sensing the tension integrity of our original biological blueprint. Through this, we discover our sense of body as a living instrument which is tuned by our unique shape-shifting biointelligence. As deeply held tension patterns begin unwinding, the embodied approach outlined in this book will help readers feel more grounded, mentally centered, and emotionally calm.

This exploration shows us the possibilities for a deeper, fluid, more interpersonally connected way of being.

Review Quotes

It has been an absolute joy to witness Wendy's journey and contribution to the world of somatic awareness. Already a longtime yoga practitioner, Wendy emerged from The Pilates Center's inaugural teacher training program with Romana Kryzanowska with a passionate resolve to discern and illuminate the unifying principles embodied in all the great bodymind disciplines. Her deep dive beyond Pilates into Continuum, Feldenkrais, Aston Patterning, Body Mind Centering, Rolf Structural Integration, etc., has culminated in a truly unique body of work that awakens us to the interconnectedness of our mental, physical and spiritual selves (just as Mr. Pilates taught). This book will be a staple for movement and bodywork practitioners for decades to come.--Rachel Taylor Segel and Amy Taylor Alpers, The Pilates Center

This book is the result of decades of dealing with, living with, and guiding people in the deep wisdom the embryo can teach us, namely, how to be human beings as we are meant to be: intelligent organisms that know how to orient, adapt, self-regulate, self-heal, and, above all, love. Thank you, Wendy, for helping people experience the spirit within themselves and realize their potential.--Jaap van der Wal, MD, PhD, Embryologist and Phenomenologist

As a clinical anatomist and fascia specialist, I value Wendy's visionary work offering a profoundly wise, embodied invitation to move beyond mechanistic training models toward a living, relational understanding of human movement. This book invites readers into a relationship with the body's fascia matrix, where movement emerges through presence rather than performance. This book represents a vital contribution to somatic practice, fasciategrity, and whole-body awareness.--John Sharkey, MSc, Clinical Anatomist (BACA) & Exercise Physiologist (BASES)

Wendy has gifted you and me with her lifetime search and practice of awakening to and embracing life from multiple embodied approaches and perspectives. This is a wonderfully engaging book if you also seek to navigate life with clarity of presence, ease of movement, and meaningful expression and communication with others. If that is you, you are in for a treat!--Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Founder of The School for Body-Mind Centering(R)

About the Author

Wendy LeBlanc-Arbuckle is director of the Pilates Center of Austin and mentors and teaches nationally and internationally. She is a leader in the field of embodied movement with over four decades of experience in holistic health. Wendy is a founding member of the Pilates Method Alliance (PMA), the Fascia Research Society, and the International Association of Structural Integrators (IASI). She lives in Asheville, North Carolina.