by Lindsay Lopez Get ready for your logic meter to go off the charts here. What I’m about to tell you defies everything that you’ve been told about being frugal and well-meaning in business and life. Not paying yourself first is THE DEATH of your business. That’s right, curtains. Now that I have your attention, […]
View PostReignite Your Pilates Practice and Business (no Reformer needed!) – advice from Alycea Ungaro

What is the first image that pops up in your head when you hear “Pilates studio”? I bet you were thinking about a Pilates Reformer, after all it is the most recognized piece of Pilates apparatus. Despite hands-down popularity of the Reformer these days we often forget that Pilates (Contrology back then) started with just […]
View PostTeaching Pilates for Youth – Interview with Celeste Corey-Zopich and Brett Howard

“First Educate the child” Joseph Pilates was very straightforward in his vision to teach Contrology to youth. “In childhood, habits are easily formed – good and bad. Why not then concentrate on the formation of only good habits and thus avoid the necessity later on in life of attempting to correct bad habits and substituting […]
View PostRunning a Studio Without Ruining Your Body

We are in the health selling business. We represent (or should represent) vibrant good health that doesn’t come out of a bottle or involve a scalpel. The elders that I was fortunate enough to meet, Kathleen Stafford Grant, Mary Bowen, Ron Fletcher and Lolita san Miguel were all dynamic movers to the end. Yet teaching […]
View PostThe Biggest Mistake Independent Pilates Teachers Are Making

By Lindsay Lopez If you ask a Pilates instructor what the best use of their disposable income is, they most likely will tell you that it’s continuing education. If that famous instructor from Timbuktu is in town and teaching a three day intensive…we’re on it! Never mind that it’s $1000 and we’ll have hours of […]
View PostStaying Focused with Pilates: Practical Pilates Tips for ADHD with Laura Browning Grant

Don’t we all want to be a little bit more focused in life? I had a hectic day yesterday. I was running errands with my 19-months-old twins all morning. They fell asleep in the car on the way home so they refused to take a nap later. I had a huge list of things that […]
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