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, […]
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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 […]
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“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 […]
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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 […]
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The beautiful thing about Pilates is that it feels good. ~Clarissa Smirnov I got to know Clarissa a couple of months ago after I published an article How to Find Your Pilates happy Place. Clarissa responded to a newsletter (tip: it shows you that I always answer all the emails. And I love hearing your […]
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Do you ever feel tight in your upper back area? Have you been sitting behind the computer too long? Have you been driving for a long time? Have you been changing springs and adjusting Pilates clients all day? Have you been caring for a child? Or cooking? Or checking your phone? Everybody gets tight in […]
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