Mind/Body Fitness Coach Honored at Former Warrior's Fundraiser

Longtime mind and body exercise instructor Naomi Saunders of San Rafael was honored recently by former Golden State Warriors player Adonal Foyle.

Saunders was the recipient of the Vendor Appreciation Award for her ongoing contributions to Foyle's Kerosene Lamp Foundation, whose mission is to empower youth to grow into healthy and well education adults. Since 2013 the foundation has used basketball as a bridge to the next generation, promoting education and health awareness well as providing free athletic and academic camps and mentoring at-risk student-athletes.

Foyle honored Saunders during his "Sinatra Night" event, an annual black tie affair that
included dinner, cocktails and Frank Sinatra cover music by Mark Shaw. Proceeds from the event, which included ticket sales, and live and silent auction items, benefit Foyle's foundation.

Saunders has been an fitness coach and sports in the San Rafael area for more than 20 years. In San Rafael, she runs Movement Max, a fitness studio that offers personalized programs to teach athletes, coaches and teams to get the most out of their mind and body in sports and in life. She is an expert of the Feldenkrais Method®, a series of techniques to better integrate the connections between mind and body.

Her career highlights include volunteering to assist Olympians during the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and teaching exercise classes and the Feldenkrais Method® in the United States, Mexico and Switzerland.