[1][2] Mensendieck published a number of books on the subject starting with the German publication titled Körperkultur des Weibes (Physical Culture of Women) with practical hygienic and aesthetic tips, 1906.

In order to complete her practical knowledge of movement, posture and breathing, she took singing lessons in Paris and continued to study gymnastics with Genevieve Stebbins in New York.

Based on her medical background, she built her gymnastics according to the Mensendieck system strictly on the anatomical and physiological findings of the time.

After the First World War, Mensendieck left Europe, worked mostly in New York and gave annual training courses in Germany and Denmark.

[citation needed] Mensendieck also worked on the German documentary film Wege zu Kraft und Schönheit (Ways to Strength and Beauty), a silent black and white cultural film about the Weimar Republic directed by Wilhelm Prager released in 1925, which aimed to show the place of the body in modern society in which both men and women were not caring enough about their physical health.