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The Shape of All Things Pilates: Twist!
Welcome to the fifth and final installation of The Shape of All Things Pilates. We have been exploring the...
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The Shape of All Things Pilates: Side Bend
Welcome to the fourth installation of The Shape of All Things Pilates. We have been exploring the organization of...
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The Shape of All Things Pilates: The Arched Back
Welcome to the third installation of The Shape of All Things Pilates, exploring the organization of the Pilates exercises...
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The Shape of All Things Pilates: Round Back
Welcome to the second installation of The Shape of All Things Pilates, exploring the organization of the Pilates exercises...
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The Shape of All Things Pilates
The exercises of the Pilates Method are all interconnected. We have one exercise, or main theme, and countless variations...
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The Entire Mat is in the Short Box
“The Entire Mat is in the Short Box.” Imagine my delight at hearing Jay Grimes utter this phrase. In...
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One Pilates Exercise that will make all the other ones BETTER.
Joe Pilates said if you can do only one exercise a day, it should be the
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Last Chance Pilates Stance
This just in from my favorite Pilates enthusiast in Scotland…you know who you are… I wanted to ask you...
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O, be some other name!
The Pilates Exercises: What’s in a name? Joe Pilates is indeed responsible for some of the names of his...
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How to Make Time for Your Own Workout…and Other Fairy Tales
Several weeks ago Alisa asked me to write about how one can manage, as a practitioner, a teacher or...
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BTW Joe Pilates was a Genius
This just in: Joseph Pilates was a genius. I realize this with the usual Duh!/Aha! realization that is my...
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The 7th Principle of Pilates: MOVE!
Most all Pilates training programs – mine included – spend the first hour of the first training weekend imparting...
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Teaching Clients Autonomy
One of the essentials of Pilates that has been lost over time is autonomy. Each student should be working toward...
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Two-Way Stretch Mat
When you use the two-way stretch you are reaching in opposite directions to fully activate your body and extend outward from...
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Pilates is good for your Heart
Pilatesology Instructor Andrea Maida (check out her Advanced Mat here or visit her in San Diego: www.pilatesandrea.com) has some...
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