Founder Deborah Voisin
Deb was that nerd who petitioned to avoid middle school PE because after years of sitting in lotus to read, she couldn't walk a mile without stopping!
Deb unwittingly continued damaging her hips through years of self abuse, some of it in the name of "health". She finally learned at age 28 that the world's best movers don't stretch or do yoga and switched from teaching yoga 15x/week to studying everyday ancestral movement patterns and West African dance...now for almost 30 years! She travels and studies with master teachers across many disciplines to dive ever-deeper into healthy ancestral movement patterns, biotensegrity, and the neurology of habitual movement re-patterning.
Deb also worked for technology companies in Silicon Valley for 25 years making award-winning technology that millions of people use today more intuitive. She now applies this design thinking to help people better respect, understand, and enjoy the ultimate technology- their own perfectly imperfect body.
Finally at 57, after 30 years of solid inquiry, she is overjoyed to be moving better than she she did as an awkward mouth-breathing, duck-footed child - thanks to a better and better understanding how we are designed to move without struggle and pain...most importantly, how to retrain our deeply rooted habits..
In 2022, she produced the book "101 Useless and Damaging Exercises and What To Do Instead" with Axis Syllabus Originator Frey Faust. Vern Gambetta, The Father of Functional Fitnes and arguably the world's most famous professional sports trainer, called the book: "OUTSTANDING. Very clear explanations and great graphics. Going to recommend for the coaches I work with!"
Deb is a Level 2 GOATA Movement Coach, a Level 1 Functional Patterns coach, and completed functional movement mentorship programs with Dr. Shaun Astorga and professional sports trainer Connor Harris. Deb was a Gokhale Method teacher for 4 years.
Deb was a nationally competitive debater and loves public speaking. She presented Esther Gohkale's Primal Posture work to surgeons at multiple Sutter facilities. She launched her podcast "The Architecture of Health" in January of 2024.
A few of Deb's other inspiring teachers include:
Bam Lionheart of Primal Movemement, Axis Syllabus master teacher Miranda Janeschild, West African Dance Master Teacher Youssouf Koumbassa, Olympic Athletic Trainer Nic Simpson of Vital Strength Physiology, Functional Patterns' Gio Trminio, Author of The Runner's Yoga Book Jean Couch, Ido Portal's Santa Cruz Movement, Body Mind Centering teacher Cynthia Stevens, BOSU Ball Inventor David Weck, Aknoor Chaterjee of Fractal Biomechanics, and many more.
Deb is originally from Topeka, Kansas and currently lives in Santa Cruz, California where she founded "Moving As Designed" in 2021.
Deb is currently working on her newest book, which is about healing her son's "incurable diseases" including Tourettes, food allergies, chemical sensitivities, and autoimmune disease. The book is called "Snake Oil Works: Stumbling Into Health Freedom"