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 […]
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by Lily Viola My name is Lili Viola and I am a Pilates teacher and studio owner in Toronto, Canada. My original training in Pilates dates back to 2002 through Stott Pilates in Toronto. I went through all of their training in modules, beginning with the mat and Reformer and gradually adding in the Cadillac, […]
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by Alison Crouch Every day I say, “It’s all connected!” And it is. Our bodies are amazing playgrounds of connection and we can use that connectedness in unexpected ways. Did you know you can help your flexion, get better access to your ab work and improve your every day strength and mobility just by working […]
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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 […]
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According to national statistics about 2-3% of the population is affected by scoliosis. Most people will go to a specialist only if scoliosis causes them pain or truly impacts their posture and lifestyle so this statistical number might be lower than the actual number. Scoliosis is a condition involving an abnormal sideways curvature of the […]
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My first introduction to Pilates was as a 14-year-old ballerina at the Houston Ballet summer intensive. They had a studio on site and it was a required activity for our level. I was very annoyed that I had to wake up early and take an exercise class before my ballet class and tried many different […]
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