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Karen Blank used to drive past the Pilates Defined studio on her way to and from work, and after hearing about friends’ positive experiences with Pilates, she decided to check it out. She started with three introductory sessions, and two years later, Karen attends three to four classes every week and continues to take privates. She has also developed an …
At an early age, I wanted to be “an actress and a singer and a dancer.” Time, practicality, and probably most important, lack of talent morphed that desire into pursuit of a journalism career. I somewhat naively believed new subjects, research and questions would continually educate and fuel me. Though I initially pictured myself as a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, …
Woody Exley has just one regret about becoming a Pilates Defined client in 2011 at age 71. “It keeps me feeling young,” Woody said. “I just wish I had started sooner!” Woody had injured his back, and his now-wife, Barri Marks, a devoted Pilates Defined client, “convinced” Woody to try Pilates by gifting him with private sessions. “Barri used to …
While I was studying to become a Pilates instructor and feeling insecure about how to teach the beginning student I had an instructor tell me how she thought of each new student as a tiny flower bud. Just like with the nourishment of just the right amount of water, food and care a newly formed bud will blossom into a …
One of the reasons I love my job so much is that I get to be inspired by my clients! I want to share these stories with all of you. Today, I’d like to introduce you to Beth Pite. She started Pilates in 2007, and it’s her 10 year anniversary! A friend gave her a gift certificate thinking she …
Here’s a 10 minute Pilates ab workout that you can do anywhere!
Did you hate physical education classes because they made you do crunches? Crunch as defined by Merriam-Webster is, 1: to chew or press with a crushing noise, 2 : to make one’s way with a crushing noise, 3 : process; especially : to perform mathematical computations on. None of those definitions sound remotely relevant to Pilates. For all the …
Do you love pilates so much that you have thought about being an instructor yourself? Or maybe just deepening your own practice? There are many reasons one decides to go through an instructor training program. The first might be obvious, you want to learn how to instruct pilates! Perhaps you have been practicing pilates long enough to know how life …
Someone called today and asked who should come to Pilates Day! Everyone! You don’t have to wear spandex, you don’t have to be “in shape” and it’s fine if you’ve been taking a “respite” from exercise! Pilates is terrific for people who are rehabbing from injury or surgery — or “pre-habbing” for a hip or knee …
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