My Story…
What I Know To Be True
Integrative Energy Work & Pilates Movement
Getting home to my daughter and becoming strong enough to hold her
in my arms.
Awaken Your Capacity for Healing, Strength & Joy.
The beginning
When I was given three weeks to live, I had no idea it would become the beginning of understanding what I was truly capable of—physically and beyond.
I had given birth to my daughter the day before, when I woke unable to move. I couldn't lift an arm. I couldn't speak. I could see everything around me, but I had no way of getting anyone's attention. Finally I realized: I am in a coma in a hospital room.
I lay that way for many days, not understanding why no one noticed I was awake. Later I would understand that my eyes were closed—I was seeing with something deeper, from another part of myself.
There were groups of people examining me daily. In my vulnerable state, I was handled in ways I could not consent to or stop. I was trapped, unable to defend myself or call for help.
The stress of not knowing if my daughter was alive was terrifying, and thinking of her kept me fighting.
I remember the moment everything changed, when I got the feeling— “I am not helpless. I am not alone!”
I focused my prayer and attention on moving an arm, mentally speaking to it, visualizing it lifting from the bed. I felt a powerful energy around me, and I saw my mental words hovering in front of me, like sound waves vibrating, so alive I could feel them.
Then I watched my arm reach up, like a puppet being animated by its strings. My hand pushed the others away, and I heard my voice loud and clear:
"I am a person!"
The nurse rushed in and cleared the room, then she sat on the bed and took me into her arms. That became my touchstone.
Three weeks later, while still in the hospital, I died and then returned.
What I experienced in that transition set me on a path of discovery
into the nature of who I am, and my purpose in this life.
I returned with more work to do,
though I didn't yet understand
what that meant
I carried something with me from that period between life and death:
The knowledge that our bodies are always changing, always listening, and far more capable than we understand.
I did not accept the medical prognosis given to me after my return — a 25% chance of living the year, and that life would be spent in-patient dialysis ward. I spoke to my kidneys for hours a day, and to my doctors' amazement, I was eventually taken off dialysis permanently.
Once home, my life became full of health challenges and emotional traumas, including becoming a single mother of two young children.
Through years of illness, heartbreak, and uncertainty— I held onto a knowing that I had always felt, and was confirmed to me in the period between life and death:
There is life beyond what we see with our eyes, and greater love that enfolds us. As we deepen that connection, we experience truth, healing, peace and joy.
Everything I had sensed throughout my life was no longer a question. It had always been real, waiting to be seen.
That shift in mindset was profound.
I rehabilitated my movement and strength to a place of even greater health and fitness than I had known before, and I wanted to share what I had experienced with others.
I left a sixteen year business career and trained in Pilates with some of the most respected teachers in the field.
Over these twenty-five years, I have developed my own approach, always guided by the understanding:
Our bodies are capable of far more than we realize.
“Dear Julie,
You are a ray of light in our community. Keep it up!”
Rael Isacowitz, Founder & Director BASI Pilates
People healed. People strengthened.
So did I. But then conditions would return.
Someone would feel wonderful for months, then find old injuries reappeared years after healing. I didn't accept that this was about aging, or just "how the body is."
There Had To Be More To It
I began studying energy—how trauma and emotional scars imprint on our physical health, how limiting beliefs impact our movement and wellbeing. I spent eight years studying with a mentor, learning energy healing, chakra work, past life review, and shadow work and working with clients all over the world.
I began training other practitioners in the energy work I was facilitating.
I kept this work separate from my Pilates practice at first, then began introducing it to clients, because:
Together, it's transformative.
I experienced the power of releasing what is held within, and then guiding my body to welcome renewed health, freedom and joy.
Who I Serve
I work with people who want something more.
Some come specifically for the physical work—to build strength, improve posture, address chronic pain, or recover from injury.
Others are drawn to the energy work, seeking emotional or spiritual healing — and some discover that combining both creates transformation they didn't know was possible.
You may come with a clear goal: to move without pain, to feel stronger, to recover your mobility. Or you may sense there's something deeper holding you back—fear, anxiety, trauma, or patterns you're ready to release.
Whatever brings you here, we work at your pace and comfort level.
When we transform those patterns—the beliefs and physical limitations that no longer serve us—
We reconnect with our natural capacity for healing, strength, and joy. Then we teach the body how to welcome the physical renewal.
What draws me to this work is witnessing the moment when someone recognizes what they are capable of & they welcome this alignment with their true selves.
Today, I'm blessed with a loving marriage,
beautiful grown children and a grandson
& the honor of helping others discover
their capacity for transformation.
Being lifted with my husband in
Montreal, Canada
Fulfilling a dream of traveling with my family to The Elephant Nature Park, a rescue sanctuary in Chaing Mai, Thailand
Education & Certifications
Academic:
MBA, University of Chicago
Booth Graduate School of BusinessCertificat de la langue Française, Graduate Studies, Université de Paris, Sorbonne
BA, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Pilates & Movement:
BASI Pilates (certified personally by Founder & Director Rael Isacowitz)
PhysicalMind Institute Certification
Pilates Method Alliance Certification
Bone Health Specialist Certification
Studies with experts around the world in bone health, fascia work, injuries & pathologies
Published articles on these and other topics
Professional Experience:
25 years teaching Pilates-based movement
8 years as energy facilitator and coach
3 years educating/coaching other energy healing practitioners
16 years in high-tech business leadership
I would love to hear your story
Let's schedule a free call and discuss where you are and where you want to go.
You don't have to stay where you are. Your body is listening. And it wants to move forward.