Today we’d like to introduce you to Julie Turner.
Hi Julie, so excited to have you with us today. What can you tell us about your story?
I have been a dancer since I was a young child so movement has always been integral to my life and well-being. During my pursuit of a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, I became really interested in movement as communication and healing. After graduating, I began my professional career as a modern dancer in New York, where I performed with several dance and multi-disciplinary theater companies. I also got certified to teach Pilates and Social dance. With Pilates, I was immediately drawn to injury prevention and healing so I worked primarily with people suffering from chronic pain and complex injuries. This focus taught me the unique complexities of the human body. With my social dance certification, I choreographed wedding dances. What I noticed with this work was how much teaching social dance was actually just teaching people how to communicate with their subtle bodies.
I began noticing a strong connection between the physical and emotional bodies. I was fascinated by the way my clients were convinced they were healing on an emotional level through our work together. It also helped me stay connected to my own body (because I was always eager to learn more) and it gave me a real desire to serve people that needed help. My work helped me grow and heal on a personal level as well. Once I realized how powerful movement could be, I vowed to help as many people possible.
The constant study of anatomy combined with the investigation of physical communication inspired me to get training to do other types of bodywork. Since my time in New York, I have completed continuing education in Pilates for multiple conditions, certifications in myofascial Release Massage, and I have become a Reiki Master. I also completed my MFA at George Washington University in 2017, where my focus was on emotional embodiment and how our unconscious thoughts get trapped in our physical bodies. I combine all of these techniques and my knowledge of dance to help people connect to their bodies on multiple levels. I started traveling as an instructor in 2012, which eventually brought me out to Los Angeles, where I decided to stay.
I’m sure you wouldn’t say it’s been obstacle free, but so far would you say the journey have been a fairly smooth road?
My journey has definitely been far from smooth. I have always had a vision of what I want to do with my business, but there have been many detours along the way. I have had some major changes happen in my life at times when I felt I needed the most stability. This taught me how to embrace the fact that life is constantly shifting. I moved to LA after becoming a single mother, which was definitely the best decision for me and my son, but it was hard to get settled in and get out and meet people at first. Now that he is a bit older, we do a lot together and he has become a part of my business philosophy instead of something I have to work around. One of my biggest challenges has been finding balance and being able to take care of myself while being a mother, running my business, and managing both of our schedules.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your business?
I primarily provide private sessions, but I also teach specialized workshops at partnering Pilates, Yoga and dance studios. My clients come to me because they have chronic pain or a specific injury from which they are trying to heal. Sometimes they feel like what they are facing emotionally is the root of their physical pain and want to address both areas.
I specialize in helping people discover the source of their pain and uncover faulty movement patterns by using a combination of Fascia Release and exercises derived from Pilates and dance technique. The goal is to help them get back to doing what they love as quickly as possible. I am well-versed in all exercise techniques and I teach people how to get the most out of their favorite activities and minimize their risk for injuries in the future. I also provide self-care tools and so they feel confident to continue the work on their own.
I practice Reiki when my clients are feeling low on energy and I help them connect their emotional bodies to their physical bodies by helping them uncover deeply rooted emotional blocks. I like to guide people toward trusting their own intuition and become body aware so they feel happy with their bodies and confident in their approach to wellness.
For example, I have a friend who fell 5 stories from her roof in New York. She miraculously survived the fall and is now an ambulatory quadriplegic. I work with her via FaceTime to retrain her muscles and rebuild neurotransmitters in an effort to get her dancing again. I am most proud of my work with her because I was able to help her regain pelvic floor function after seven years of rehabilitation efforts that fell short. My mission is to heal as many people as possible with movement and it makes me proud to have been able to help someone that means so much to me.
If you had to, what characteristic of yours would you give the most credit to?
Determination and the believing in my work during the hard times, as well as the good times.
Pricing:
- $125/session
- $1000/10 sessions
- $150/in-home
- $1250/10 in-home sessions
Contact Info:
- Website: www.julieturnermovement.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/julieturnermvmt/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/julieturnermovement
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/JulieMovement
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnPlaJWkjdHm49ZXlA73F-Q
Image Credits
Angel Castellanos Ludovic Jolivet
