Introducing…Pilates Love Stories
I remember falling in love with Pilates. For me I was most aware of my bursting heart when I was amongst my beloved teachers and colleagues. Attending conferences and workshops, and taking lessons...
View ArticleKathi Ross-Nash Loves Pilates!
What Pilates is to me… I have no words that can express what this work means to me. It means everything. It is what I believe in for myself, my family, for everyone. I believed in it so much that I...
View ArticlePilates and my Stiff Neck
This is the story of how I happened onto Pilates in the first place, and you’d think that it would actually be as titled above, first and foremost because I had developed a stiff, tense neck. But, no....
View ArticlePilates and My Ideal Body
In August 2000, I took my first Pilates lesson because my dance teacher was offering discounted sessions as an apprentice. I loved her and so I signed up. Eventually it occurred to me that Pilates...
View ArticlePilates and Sciatica
I have been fortunate enough to guide the most wonderful woman in a Pilates regimen. I’ll call her Anne. Life has given Anne a bit of a physical beating. She suffered from chronic sciatic pain before...
View ArticlePilates After Being Crushed By a Van
15 years ago a beautiful woman, in her late 50’s, painfully slide out of her car in my driveway and slowly made her way to the front door of the studio. I watched as she painfully made her way up the...
View ArticlePilates After Major Back Surgery
This is the story of how I learned that when all else fails, Pilates prevails. When I was a very new teacher and only beginning to understand the Pilates system of exercise in its complete and original...
View ArticlePilates and Dance
I first found Pilates in my College Dance Department. Being a part of The Skidmore College Dance Department was an amazing experience. We were given the opportunity to take classes from a variety of...
View ArticlePilates and Her Broken Back
She was 14 when she walked in. A tall and lovely young soccer player, she was at the top of her game, but her back was broken. From the repetitive action and over training, she had fractured her L-4...
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