Several years ago I started working with a new student. Her sister talked her into trying Pilates because she simply loved our sessions. Until that moment I have never worked with a Fibromyalgia client before. In fact, I had a very vague understanding of what fibromyalgia was and was not. My new client has been […]
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My Pilates love story started with mat. In fact, I didn’t even know at first that there was more to Pilates than just mat work. Growing up in Ukraine I was taking aerobics classes at a local gym. My instructor went to the US for an internship and she came back with this new form […]
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“My lower back is killing me. Will Pilates help me?” “I have this nagging pain in my shoulder. Can we do some Pilates exercises for it?” I’ve heard these and plenty more similar questions from my clients ever since I started teaching Pilates. Pilates professionals are often viewed as the magic workers who can do […]
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Prenatal Pilates is a topic that consistently stays popular. Pregnancy is a wonderful time in the life of a woman but it often raises a lot of questions and red flags for movement specialists.
Today we are talking to Leah Stewart about Pilates programming for pre/postnatal clients. Leah first started teaching prenatal teacher training courses as a faculty member of BASI. In 2015 she made a decision to take her teaching courses online and she launched her first interactive online course Prenatal Pilates Doula Program.
In this interview we will talk about the building blocks of creating a well-balanced prenatal Pilates program and will address most common teacher concerns about teaching prenatal clients.
Do you need more income streams? Sometimes we feel very uncomfortable talking about money in a Pilates setting. We want to help people, to follow our passion for the Method, to educate …but we still need to make our living. If the idea of adding an extra income stream to your Pilates business has ever […]
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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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