by Carrie Pages Hurricane season is just something we deal with in the South. We hear the names of each hurricane roll in alphabetically from July through October. The news stations always get very excited and usually get us more worried than necessary. In all of my years living on the coast of NC I […]
View PostWhat Inspired Me to Transition to Classical Pilates

Hi there! Laura Cotler, Going More Joe enthusiast and classical Pilates teacher-to-be here! I’ve taught Pilates since 2001, and although my contemporary education was good, I never quite felt like I fit into that world. I dipped my toe into the classical Pilates pond a few years ago when I first took a private lesson […]
View PostThe Extraordinary Journey from a Home Studio to a Pilates Teacher Training Hub

Is it easy to go from a small home studio owner to a Host Studio for one of the most prestigious Pilates Teacher Training Programs? Is it easy to make this happen in 2-3 years? Oh, and also have a family life and a small child. Most people would say that it is impossible but […]
View PostThe Link System of Pilates: What Is It?

As I was thinking of topics that may be of interest to the classical curious, I thought how some of the past Monday Q’s (my own and other classical colleagues) have been related to the Link System. Not only the Link System within the body, but as it pertains to a layering of the specified […]
View PostThe Journey through the Pilates Wilderness to ….

by Pamela Lessenberry The journey of a thousand miles began with my first step – right into the front door of the Barren County YMCA, an outpost of fitness in my rural agricultural town in southern Kentucky, circa 1998. “Ma’am, do you teach Pilates here?” I inquired. “What in the world is Pilates?” The girl […]
View PostHealing Lyme Disease with Pilates: The Journey

by Gabriella Schneider, author of BeyondtheBite4Life.com Living with chronic Lyme Disease is a total toss up. There are many days where the mere thought of getting out of bed expends all of the “energy” I saved up from my last night’s rest. Yet much like the right doctors, treatment, diet, and lifestyle, movement is an […]
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