Nurturing Moves, developed by Michelle Maniaci, PT, is an integrative-multiple systems approach to wellness, holistic exercise, rehab, healing, play, and birth preparation that unites the evidence-based science of physical therapy, therapeutic yoga, massage, and mindfulness meditation with the wisdom of belly dance, Pilates-Feldenkrais movement principles, and vibrational medicine.  Individuals learn how to safely and effectively activate their inner resources for optimal health, well-being, and integration of self-healing.  Nurturing Moves heighten self-awareness of how the body-brain-breath harmonize, function, and facilitate self-healing.  Practicing Nurturing Moves results in strengthening the experience of your True Essence/Oneness, which is peace and love (the opposite of ego, fear, and stress).   Allow Michelle to guide you on your journey inward to live your dance of life to the fullest with Your nurturing moves.

Highly specialized physical therapy, yoga, and belly dance based exercises are available during pregnancy and postpartum.  Women learn the art of Being while also releasing tension, staying fit, and having fun with baby.  Services prepare women for a healthy birth experience and speedy postpartum recovery while also preventing common complaints such as neck, shoulder, and lumbo-pelvic pain, fatigue, incontinence, prolapse, muscle tension, depression, anxiety, and stress which makes for a happier and healthier mother and baby. 

Parenting Enrichment, Infant Massage, and Developmental Play Workshops educate and empower therapists, teachers, and caregivers to inspire our children to cultivate inner peace, love, and optimal health by activating their inner resources.  Inner ME Adventures and Mother-Daughter Danceyoga are innovative and therapeutic exercise programs that enhance the lives of special needs children, women, and families.

Workshops raise the level of scientific integrity and effectiveness to the teachings of yoga and belly dance.  Health care professionals learn how to integrate holistic movement therapies with current evidence based practices to enhance functional outcomes and improve patient compliance, and motivation.  

Allow Michelle to guide you on the most exciting journey in your life... your inward journey back to your wholeness and celebrating the most amazing being in your life... the Inner You (of which we are all a part of).  From this place, we can begin to truly co-create a more peaceful, conscious, educated, empowered, and healthy world.

Watch Prenatal Bellydance with Michelle In The News...
Nurturing Moves... 
Focus Inward to Awaken, Feel, Educate, and Empower Your Inner Healer.

Photography by www.julianzamora.com
                                        Michelle Maniaci, PT, RYT, CIIM
                       Educator and Facilitator of Nurturing Moves Experiences
                                 Pre/Post Natal and Pediatric Specialist
                   
             birthdance@gmail.com or 305.206.2229
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"Peace in our world begins with cultivating peace in utero.  Practice Nurturing Moves to transform our world in a positive way."                  Michelle Maniaci












Testimonial about Class with Michelle at Belly Motions in Coral Gables...
"There are no words that can truly express the benefits I have reaped from my Dance For Healing classes with Michelle.  Walking into the studio one is aware of the acceptance, peace, and calmness that exudes from the environment.  The professional presence of Michelle invites you into a non-threatening, noncompetitive, and nurturing ambiance. It is through her teaching style that I have gained one of, if not the greatest, gift I have given myself lately, becoming more aware of the mind, body, and spiritual matrix within myself and my surroundings.  I have learned so much from Michelle about living in the present moment and Yoga with belly dance seems to have calmed my soul. I'm learning to give up the stressful and physically painful life I'd been living for the last few years.  I look forward to continued growth and acceptance of self with every class.  As I explore the possibility of motherhood I intend  to work with Michelle for a long time!"  Carmen M.

Link here to hear TOMAME by Iris Nasser, recently featured with Michelle on Talk Show Hola Martin!