Learning the Latin that Started it All

By Daphne Pena-Higgs BA

I was the first Classical Authentic Pilates teacher certified by Romana Krysanowska to teach in London. Here I was, the year 2000, six months pregnant and working out of a small room in my flat. I would answer the door to new clients with my [...]

Changing the Pilates Universe

Interview with Basil Blecher

By Jeanne M. Cummings

In a recent interview with Pilates Designs by Basil founder, Basil Blecher, YesPilates.com discovers how passionate he is about Pilates and making equipment consistent with the designs of Joesph Pilates while offering complete satisfaction to his customers.
A very calm and assured spirit pours through his [...]

Top Ten Myths About Pilates
By Brie Adina Neff
Myth #1: Mat Pilates is not real Pilates. FALSE
Mat work is actually the heart and soul of the Pilates system of exercise. Joseph Pilates designed the mat work for his own body to compliment all of his many physical activities (boxing, fencing, gymnastics, etc.) before he created any [...]

Unleashing the Spirit in Pilates
By Risa Sheppard
Unless you have lived under a rock these past few years, you undoubtedly know that Pilates has taken the fitness industry by storm. Most everyone is doing it, teaching it, and talking it. However, not everyone knows how it started, or who began teaching it almost 100 years ago. [...]

An Introduction to Myofascial Release on the Foam Roller

By Kristi Anderson
If your clients seek improved posture, better flexibility, or even relief from injury and aches, you may have an answer in self-massage with a foam roller. Translated from the hands-on massage technique known as Myofascial Release, self-massage offers you and your clients an [...]