 From her personal experience of recovering from tuberculosis (by concentrating on breathing only with her healthy lung and resting the diseased lung), Gindler originated a school of movement education, in close collaboration with Heinrich Jacoby.What Gindler had called "Arbeit am Menschen" (work on the human being) emphasised self-observation and growing understanding of one's individual physically related condition.Simple actions such as sitting, standing, and walking were explored, as well as other everyday movements.