Doreen Rivera on the Benefits of The Bodyful Mind®

Episode 10:
"When you move muscle, you move emotion... it's that simple."- Doreen Rivera

Doreen Rivera shares the value of her Bodyful Mind Process® geared towards evolving the emotional intelligence of every phase and experience of life. A process that has helped her greatly while caregiving for her parents for over a decade.

BIO
In 1979, Doreen Rivera experienced a life-changing automobile incident, ending her flourishing dance career. Doreen transformed this debilitating event into a life-affirming experience. 

Enter, Doreen Rivera’s The Bodyful Mind, where seeking the value of each life experience is the lesson, the opportunity, the gift. This gift is the source of self-empowerment that creates a ripple effect of change in every aspect of your life. 

Doreen has been called “The Godmother of Stretch”.  She brought her original stretch program to Jane Fonda’s Workout, (which included the original exercise Barré Class) and introduced Jane Fonda and the world to the idea and importance of stretching.  People began to quickly understand what Doreen was always expressing “when you move muscle, you move emotion… it’s that simple.” As a result, Stretch classes have become a staple in the exercise world today, which also made room for yoga to take hold. Her work is the inspiration for many exercise programs, videos and books, which paved the way for the yoga movement. 

• Taught at UCLA, Dept. of Biological Sciences Extension Division
• Taught at Dr. Leroy Perry’s International Sportscience Institute
• Health Editor for the original Latina magazine
• Board of Directors for Femmy DeLyser’s ground-breaking pregnancy, birth and   recovery program
• Through Denny Terrio’s involvement, Doreen was John Travolta’s stretch coach for his role in “Saturday Night Fever”
• Her stretch video, “Stretch for Life,” was Shape Magazine’s #1 Stretch Video in the U.S. & Canada & recommended in Cher’s book, Forever Fit
• Hosted her own exercise cable show, “RSVP,” in Los Angeles

Doreen and her staff continue to teach this cutting-edge, life-changing work through movement classes, workshops, seminars, individual sessions and her pregnancy program.

The Bodyful Mind Process® is geared toward evolving the emotional intelligence of every phase and each experience of life ~ from birth to death and everything in between.