S5. Ep 9: Chantill Lopez | Embodied teaching and the vagus nerve Pies and Lattes

In this episode, Nikki chats with Pilates educator Chantill Lopez about her strategies for embodied teaching and creating a safe and warm environment for students. They also discuss the role of the vagus nerve in managing stress and its effects on how we experience movement. 
About Chantill Lopez
Chantill is a movement explorer, educator, and mentor and has made a 20-year career teaching Pilates; it still makes her smile. Her work focuses on teaching from the whole-person and whole-body perspective, drawing from brain-based learning frameworks, motivation and communication science, somatic and humanistic psychology, and other emerging models such as the polyvagal theory. Chantill is the founder of the education company, Skillful Teaching, the creator of the Thinking Pilates Podcast and author of the book “Moving Beyond Technique”. She is also the creator of one of Pilates Metrics’ original movement libraries and a featured presenter for Fusion Pilates EDU. Chantill lives and teaches in Sacramento, CA.