By Darien Gold One morning in 2004, I woke up with a fever, chills and a sore throat. I assumed I caught the flu and that if I rested and took care of myself in a couple of weeks I’d be well. I canceled my teaching and used many of the home remedies health practitioners … Read more
by Hilary Opheim Looking for someone who can guide you in your Pilates journey in this very moment of your Pilates career? Does it make sense for you to seek someone out to be a Mentor? Are you feeling like something is missing from your teaching that is keeping you from progressing or from being … Read more
by Beth Sandlin Pilates Instructors work with a wide range of clients with diverse personal experiences and reasons why they come to a Pilates Studio. Some of these experiences and reasons we know, yet there are many more that we are unaware of. Trauma Informed Pilates takes into account the whole person who enters our … Read more
A road with many twists and turns: Cheerleader, Gymnast, Modern Dancer, Iyengar Yoga Teacher, Communication and Wellness Consultant and last but not least Pilates Aficionado. While teaching Pilates and managing a studio is where I am now, the various paths that led to here are most definitely connected. Let’s start with the Cliff Notes version … Read more
Me: “I hate this.” PS: “This is great! I love it!” Me: “You’re off your rocker.” PS: “But it makes so much sense.” Me: “It hurts my back.” PS: “It will be better tomorrow.” Me: “I’m not going back tomorrow.” PS: “Yes, you are.” This wasn’t the first workshop that my friend PS had to … Read more
by Carrie Pfenning In 1995 I was a performing arts major in my junior year at The Boston Conservatory. I spent one hour a week in Jessica Sayre’s ‘floor barre’ class. In this class we quickly executed the same exercises every week, following Jessica’s enthusiastic voice while we moved to the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. And … Read more
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