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by Tali Lehavi (Author)
This book is a manual to help teachers, students, and parents perform a fusion of yoga, pilates, and ballet, and make hearts with their body at the same time. The HeartMark Yogalates is a unique program that begins at the bottom of the feet, working muscle groups incrementally in order up through the neck and face. Each area stretches and strengthens in pose-counter pose, working with the breath. Hearts, gradual stretching & strengthening, and careful breathing are the main characteristics. Another motif is the ongoing flexing and pointing of the feet, mental exercises, and the mind-body connection. The atmosphere is one of self-acceptance, positive reinforcement, and harmonious connection to one's body and to others all around. Artist and inventor Tali Lehavi invented the heart hand gesture and dedicated her entire adult life to make it popular. Though the heart hand gesture, called the HeartMark, seemed obvious to Lehavi, breaking traditional ballet, yoga, and pilates poses took an open heart and a strong belief that love will spread smiles and joy. "Students of all ages enjoy making hearts. The trademark HeartMark--heart hand gesture--helps students focus inwardly, breathe, and send out positive vibes across the room. It helps students See What They Love!TM" --Lehavi "Often, we get locked into routines that are not necessarily beneficial to us. A small change in the angle of the fingers shows us how to think outside the box--our own (heart) box!" --Tali Lehavi Lehavi worked tirelessly for years to promote the heart hand gesture. It is because of her work and her publicity that artists like Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber are now using Lehavi's trademark gesture! Artist and visionary Lehavi was awarded a US Patent for this unique method of using hearts.
Author Biography
Tali Lehavi has focused her entire adult life on the heart hand gesture, which she named the HeartMark. She created a world of hearts called Planet Heart, in which everything and everybody connects by making a HeartMark! She illustrated this world, wrote stories, poems, rhymes, dancing choreography, games, and invented related products. The HeartMark became a philosophical as well as a spiritual concept as Lehavi explored it through the years. From a simple heart hand gesture, Lehavi discovered the many ways that two or more items can join to make a heart between them, which range from jewelry, to room decor, to people, to name a few! The spiritual HeartMark meant to Lehavi that we should connect to our inner selves, to each other, and See What We Love (TM) through the HeartMark--a phrase that Lehavi made famous in all her HeartMark Health and HeartMark Yogalates classes and lectures, and in multiple stories. Lenscrafters used it in their commercial after Lehavi pitched it! Lehavi has incorporated her trademark HeartMark heart hand gesture into all her work. But her work is not done--until we all truly connect to each other and to the environment, raise funds to help causes through the HeartMark, and create world peace, Lehavi will remain inspired!
