MOLI VIEW™

Upon stepping up my fitness routine late last year, I met with a personal trainer who pointed out an imbalance in my physical structure. This disparity, a slight limp resulting from a teen party misadventure, becomes tangible to the world only after I've had more than a few drinks. I hardly ever thought about it. But the truth is, though invisible to the naked eye, this imbalance has actually inhibited my performance in sports for more than two decades.

A little after that day at the gym I began accompanying my girlfriend to a class called Core Fusion at the Exhale Spa in Santa Monica. At first the draw was a notion of tightening my midsection to the degree that she had. But even after my first session, it was clear that this mind-body experience is about more than a flat belly. The benefits are evident when I lift weights, play basketball, and pound a bunch of brews. (But not so much when I do all of these things at once.) My quest to play adult-league baseball would have little traction without the influence of Core Fusion. I've implemented its singular synthesis of dance, yoga, and sport across all platforms of my fitness routine.

New Yorkers Fred DeVito, a former ballplayer and musician who holds a degree in physical education, and Elizabeth Halfpapp, a dance specialist who matriculated at the Hartford School of Ballet, invented this highly influential mode of fitness training. The founders of Core Fusion direct Exhale's mind-body programs. The couple granted me a telephone interview on Thursday night.

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