Issue #313 – Wednesday, October 7, 2020 5 Common Mistakes in Choosing Exercise for Scoliosis by Karena Thek You have a new client with scoliosis, and now you are researching the heck out of exercise for scoliosis. I get it. You are afraid of doing the wrong thing, choosing […]
The Pilates Companion (My Pandemic Book Promo!) – by Lyn O’Neill
Issue #311 – Wednesday, September 16, 2020 The Pilates Companion (My Pandemic Book Promo!) by Lyn O’Neill During a world pandemic seems an unlikely time for a book to find its readership, but this has unexpectedly happened for a book I wrote and illustrated that was published in 2018 called […]
Mary Pilates – by Bonnie Hubscher
Issue #310 – Wednesday, September 9, 2020 Mary Pilates by Bonnie Hubscher Early in my Pilates career, and full of enthusiasm to share it, I held workshops to bring Pilates to people’s attention. Mary Pilates LeRiche was invited to be our honored guest speaker at one of these workshops and […]
Pilates at School A Dream Has Come True! by Eva Obenaus
Issue #309 – Wednesday, August 26, 2020 Pilates at School A Dream Has Come True! by Eva Obenaus I was a teacher of physical education and history at a Commercial High School in Austria from 1978 until 2017. In 2004, I started my Pilates education with Juliana Afram in Hamburg, […]
My Personal “Return to life through Contrology” Post Stroke – by Tacye Lynnette
Issue #299 – Wednesday, April 29, 2020 My Personal “Return to life through Contrology” Post Stroke by Tacye Lynnette [Note from the Editor: This article was written prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.] One year ago, on April 27, 2019, I had a right ACA infarct (ischaemic) stroke. It came seemingly […]
Go Back To Your Studio – Your Clients are Waiting by Karena Thek (during Covid-19 Crisis)
From left to right: Forcius Marchus, Coiffus Perfectus, Antagonista Maxima with Whinius Caninus Issue #298 – Wednesday, April 22, 2020 Go Back To Your Studio – Your Clients are Waiting By Karena Thek (during Covid-19 Crisis) So. Here we are. A third of the planet on lockdown. And we’re only […]
Pilates Intel Survey 2019 Results
Issue 288 January 22, 2020 Pilates Intel Survey 2019 Results No surprises with this graph showing 94% of Pilates Subscribers are Pilates professionals. 85% positive response to this question (Strongly Agree plus Somewhat Agree). For the 8% of the people who responded negatively – even though you don’t enjoy different […]
Changes Romana Made to Pilates: Brett Interviews the Bob Liekens
August 22, 2018 Changes Romana Made to Pilates: Brett Interviews the ‘Great’ Bob Liekens Interview with Bob Brett: You know Bob, since I started taking your LEAP program, I have been impressed by how much you talk about how Romana changed and adapted things, allowing her to teach Pilates as she […]
Romana Kryzanowska’s Place in the History of Pilates by Amy Taylor Alpers
Romana Kryzanowska’s Place in the History of Pilates By Amy Taylor Alpers May 23, 2017 I wrote a piece for PilatesIntel awhile back in which I told Romana’s history and tried my best to describe her character and vivacious, fun-loving nature. Give her a glass of champagne, take her […]
Growing as a Pilates Instructor – Advice from Three Experts by Holly Nava
Growing as a Pilates Instructor – Advice from Three Experts by Holly Nava Feb 7, 2018 In January 2017, I made a big change. I quit my career of 15 years to become a Pilates teacher. I’d been feeling like my soul was slowly dying as I sat behind my […]
You’re the Expert: Be Brilliant Every Day! – by Clare Dunphy Hemani
October 18, 2017 You’re the Expert: Be Brilliant Every Day! By Clare Dunphy Hemani In every profession, Pilates included, the most effective teachers are the ones who can communicate in simple terms, so the subject matter easy to understand, appropriate to the level of the learner. Elegant simplicity is an […]
Help Your Clients To Help Themselves – by Stephanie Behrendt PMA-CPT and Theo St. Francis
September 13, 2017 Help Your Clients To Help Themselves Sharing Session Responsibility with Spinal Cord Injury Clients This post is a collaboration by a trainer, Stephanie Behrendt, and a client, Theo St. Francis. In Pilates Intel style, we thought we’d shed some light on an aspect of training that […]
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall?
Mirror, Mirror, Off The Wall by Carrie Pages Mirrors and movement disciplines have always gone hand in hand. I was a dancer and, for dancers, mirrors are intended to help perfect form and improve technique. I, however, used them to focus on every little imperfection I observed, which ultimately led […]
Why I Quit Teaching Pilates – by Carol Robbins
Why I Quit Teaching Pilates by Carol Robbins Click Here to Subscribe and Receive Full Article I am one of those people inexplicably afflicted with the horse bug. None of my relatives or ancestors rode, although my mother’s mother was Irish, so it could have been in the […]
My #Pilates45 – by Clare Dunphy
My #Pilates45 – by Clare Dunphy I love sharing the work of Pilates and consider myself to be a bit of a Pilates nerd. Most of you reading this article probably are too, so we are in good company. The problem is that we all live pretty far away […]
Balanced Body – A Game Changer – by Jana Danielsson
I started taking Pilates in the late 1990’s after seeing Madonna on the cover of Shape magazine – below her picture was the word ‘Pilates’. Being heavily influenced by pop culture – I needed to find out what this form of exercise was. I register for a mat class that […]
Kathy Grant Heritage and Big Bear – by Jon Hawkins and Sunni Almond
This is post contains 2 articles, one by Jon Hawkins and the other further down by Sunni Almond. Kathy Grant Heritage Training by Jon Hawkins Kathleen Stafford-Grant was one of the individuals who learned directly from Joseph Pilates, known collectively as The Elders. Kathy was one of the many dancers […]
The Pilates Mistress
As administrator of Pilates Intel, I am notified each time we get a new subscriber, with information of their name and email address. Out of interest, and if time permits, I Google the new subscriber to see if I can’t learn more about who they are, and what they do. […]
The ambition of Pilates Intel
The ambition of Pilates Intel Welcome, welcome, WELCOME you to the very first edition of Pilates Intel , the newsletter advocating a global community of Pilates instructors. I thought I would make the very first letter about what this newsletter is about, who I am and what my ambitions are for this venture, which […]