Open For Business

By Gaile Dean
You have finally decided to take the plunge and be your own boss. The image of that gorgeous studio complete with picture windows and beautiful vistas, wooden floors and lush green plants beckons to you. Stop right there, and put on the brakes! As someone once told me the butt [...]

Go Nuts with your Pilates workout

By Jeanne M. Cummings
Do you find yourself rushing off to your Pilates workout feeling like you should have eaten a little something to keep your energy up? Or maybe you ate too much and you start to loath your Pilates session due to the heaviness in your stomach. Well [...]

Surfing and the Pilates Advantage

By Alisa Wyatt
As a Pilates teacher, when I work with an athlete (or any client for that matter), my goal is to apply the method to that person’s particular needs. So when I took up surfing, I started thinking about ways I could get more out of my own workout. [...]

A Rose, is a Rose, is a Rose… or is it?

By Siri Galliano
A new teacher buys a used Peak half combo unit thinking she’ll have two pieces of equipment in one, then moves into a small office space not realizing the unit is 100 inches long. The mat, when she wants to [...]

How Does Pilates Practice Transfer to Golf?
By Mike Wright
There are 6 basic principles in performing Pilates exercises.
While Pilates exercise has been around since the First World War, it has only recently become popular in the golfing world. One reason why the Pilates method is so perfectly suited to golf fitness has to do with the [...]