Pilates Equipment Class for Special Populations

I am starting a Pilates Equipment class for Special Populations starting Thursdays 2 PM in February. If you know anyone interested, they can sign up online or call the studio. The class is designed for students with injuries and special conditions. Since most classes can be too fast, this class is designed at a slower pace … Read more

How Yoga/pilates/Fitness can wreck your body.

How Yoga Can Wreck your Body in New York Times There is a wonderful article this week in the New York Times about yoga.  There is also a bigger issue to address.  A lot of students think pushing hard to almost an injury is a hard workout. Many new students trying Pilates for the first … Read more

Minding the body

Remember Minding the body is a journey to Feeling Great. Whether it is your own body or teaching others, movement and fitness should make you feel better mentally and physically. The wrong fitness will make the body rigid. If your exercise regime does help change your posture, why are you doing it? In my own … Read more

A Great article “Consicous Fitness”

Conscious Fitness By E.Yen Zak and Dr. Martha Eddy  In Epoch Times Have you ever had a conversation with someone who would cut you off and respond to what they thought you were saying? Have you tried to have a conversation with someone who wasn’t listening? In observing the relationship between the mind and body, … Read more

Exercise and Arthritis

A recent study at Northwestern University looked at activity among 1,000 adults, between 49 and 84 years old, who had osteoarthritis of the knee. Ninety percent of the people were not exercising, according to lead scientist Dorothy Dunlop. in Great article about arthritis How to get America moving again?  Living in New York city, I … Read more

Feet and Running

NY Times article The Once and Future Way to Run Here is a great article about running.  Watch the video in news article!!

Don’t be de-feet-ed

With Lesley Powell December 3 3-5 PM $60 Early Bird Registration before 11/21 $50 Your feet are the foundation for your body. If your feet have loss it’s flexibility and strength, it will affect your posture your core and your wellbeing. This workshop will explore the anatomy and mechanics of the foot. By improving the … Read more

Finally A Book/DVD for Professional Pilates Teacher : Innovations in Pilates

Anthony Lett has written a brilliant book, Innovations in Pilates. Innovations in Pilates is a landmark work expanding the Pilates Method in an entirely new direction. The Pilates community is genuinely excited by this new development with programs and workshops now running to teach this additional focus to students and teachers of the Pilates method. We are now selling … Read more

Exercise a bad habit

In ballet class today,  Christine Wright gave a quote Exercise or perform a bad habit, it takes 1000x to undo. By learning how to do exercises correctly, your fitness will increase.  At first, some feel that they are not working.  When a muscle is weak, you will go back to your bad habits.  If you … Read more

Pilates Teacher, Eve Gentry and Irmgard Bartenieff

Pilates teachers do not realize the tremendous influence Irmgard Bartenieff had on our work.  Eve Gentry, a second generation Pilates teacher, took  the BARTENIEFF FUNDAMENTALS into her pilates practice.  Many Pilates teacher certification programs have been influenced by this work.   Eve Gentry was one of the founders of the Dance Notation Bureau.  She had studied with … Read more

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