Working with a Master: Juliu Horvath
By Kathy Van Patten
I remember when I told my husband I wanted to get certified in GYROTONIC. It was 1995 and I’d spent five years away from home attending Pilates certification programs and workshops.  I’d purchased approximately $30,000 worth of reformers, barrels and Cadillacs for my studio. [...]

Caring Instructions For Your Pilates Reformer
By Dr. Andromeda Trumbull and Kelli Altounian
You have purchased your own Reformer and now are on your way to working out at home or training clients. We may have learned how to perform or teach the exercises in the vast Pilates repertoire but no one teaches us how [...]

How to Create and Market a Specialty Pilates Program
By Elizabeth Hanson
Professional athletes know that cross training is essential to staying in tip-top shape for their sport. As we know Pilates helps athletes develop core strength, increase flexibility, prevent or recover from an injury, restore balance in the body and improve the mind-body connection to [...]

Understanding How Stress Effects Health
By Leah Stewart, BASI Pilates™
Stress is a reality of everyday life.  Stressful situations are difficult to avoid, however, our chances of remaining healthy and feeling good when life presents challenges greatly depends on how we manage, cope with, and recover from stress.  In order to combat the effects of stress, we [...]

Core Integrity Begins With The Pelvis
By Liz Koch
Ninety-five percent of iliopsoas problems begin in the pelvis.  This empirical assessment results from the thirty years I have focused on the core muscle.  Growing directly out of the spine, I believe the psoas is bio-intelligent tissue, and a messenger signaling disruption and incoherence in the [...]