February 27, 2019 The Second Spine By Suzanne Martin Pilates instructors love working with asymmetry and I am no exception! We are all bound at the hip by our love of the curiously asymmetrical body. Starting out as a Pilates instructor from the dance medicine field and needing personal insight […]
Muscle Imbalances and Scoliosis – by Karena Thek author of Scolio-Pilates
June 14 2017 Muscle Imbalances and Scoliosis – by Karena Thek author of Scolio-Pilates Scoliosis is a beautiful study in how muscles adapt to the situation they are given. But it’s fair to ask questions of this adaptation … Are the adapted muscles strong? Are they weak? Or are there […]
Discover – Explore – Awaken – Part 2 by Amy Taylor Alpers
Discover – Explore – Awaken The Pilates Center Teacher Training Programs Part 2 In Part 1 of this article, we discussed the difference between knowledge and wisdom and how easy it is to confuse one for the other. Now, in Part 2, we ask you to consider the following questions […]
Giving in a Win-Win Way – by Dana Auriemma
Waiting to begin a pop-up class at a dance theatre studio Giving in a Win-Win Way by Dana Auriemma I’m stingy about sales. I’ll hardly every run a traditional discount or promotion in my studios (for reasons you can read about in this past Pilates Intel article). But that’s not […]
Resolutions, Goals, Intentions, and Objectives – by Marie Wittman, PhD
Resolutions, Goals, Intentions, and Objectives – by Marie Wittman, PhD We are several weeks deep into the new year now and that means it has been many days since the minds of many were bursting with excitement for a new year in which they would (finally) stick to their health […]
Don’t Be Afraid of the Nuts and Bolts: Easy equipment maintenance for Pilates Instructors – by Kaleen Canevari
Don’t Be Afraid of the Nuts and Bolts: Easy equipment maintenance for Pilates Instructors – by Kaleen Canevari One of the first things the professor in my college Introduction to Engineering course told the class was that that no mechanical invention is truly unique. Everything we make or work […]
Belly Dance is the Perfect Complement to Pilates. But Why? – by Erin Mohr
Belly dance is the perfect complement to Pilates. But why? I started belly dancing in 1996 for two reasons: First, I already loved the art form and I had a shot at dancing at the world-famous Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Second, because I started having injuries from doing ballet, […]
No Side-Bending for Scoliosis? – by Karena Thek
It is logical, isn’t it? To side-bend for scoliosis? After all, if you see a curve in the upper back, or thoracic spine, that side-bends to the right, doesn’t it make perfect sense to reverse that by side-bending to the left? Yes, it makes perfect sense. And I’ve done it […]
A Challenge for the ‘Pilates People’ – by Brett Miller
I think that most of us know the general frustration in our community over the fact that Pilates is often bent and twisted into something that is unrecognizable, but branded with that buzz-word ‘Pilates’ and hustled out to an unknowing public. Most are also aware that within our industry there […]
Just a Bunch Of Stretching, Huh?!?! – By Sunni Almond
I want to thank a new client for bringing up AGAIN for about the millionth time since I’ve been on the Pilates path that the general word on the street is that Pilates is JUST A BUNCH OF STRETCHING. Quelle Horreur! She strolled into the studio and I asked her […]
Helping Athletes to Move Better – James Crader
One of the first remarkable quotes I remember hearing from my first Pilates Instructor was, “Pilates is about what to let go of more than what to contract.” Not only is that just a golden rule by which to govern life, but it’s a phrase that enters my thoughts often […]
The Pilates Golf Athlete – Karena Thek
The Pilates Golf Athlete by Karena Thek I never really meant to play golf. I grew up understanding that Golf stands for “Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden”. And then completely by accident, or a wrong turn at Albuquerque, I found myself trying to survive the scariest place on earth: a golf […]
Marketing through Social Media – by Eme Cole
Welcome to the digitally social Pilates instructor: Facebook- I “Like” teaser on the reformer Twitter- I’m practicing #teaser on the reformer LinkedIn- My skills include: performing teaser on the reformer YouTube- Watch me perform teaser on the reformer Vine- Watch me perform teaser on the reformer in 6 seconds Instagram- […]