Running By Amanda Turner Happy May, everyone! With the warmer weather, I’m finding myself outside much more and, while I’m not a runner, I thought this would be a great time to dive into Running ;). Running is such a…
Student Shoutout: Mary By Kerry De Vivo My goodness, our clients sure make it easy to boast about them. This Student Shoutout goes to Mary, EPA client since 2002!! Woot! Mary is featured in the cover story in the University…
The Mentalist By Diane Adams-Strickland “Be certain that you have your entire body under complete mental control.” -Return to Life, Joseph H. Pilates I have a confession to make…I don’t always follow this rule. In all honesty, this is my…
Student Shoutout: Jim By Diane Adams-Strickland Although Jim has been a student of Pilates for three years, I have only had the privilege of teaching him for the past five months. He is an athlete and competes in distance running…
Student Shoutout: Youth Class By Kerry De Vivo Welcome to our new series, Student Shoutout, where we teachers get to brag about you, our amazing clients! I’m kicking this series off by bragging about my online youth class. This group…
The Scoop (Really This Month) By Diane Adams-Strickland The Hundred with proper Scoop The Hundred without Scoop “In theory there is no difference between theory and practice – in practice there is.” -Yogi Berra I love this quote; it is…
The Up Stretch By Amanda Turner Happy New Year! I often get my inspiration for these articles from students – asking questions, needing modifications, wanting progressions. I love it when something connects a student to the exercise and suddenly…
The Roll Up By Amanda Turner Happy Holidays! I personally use the month of December as a time of reflection – thinking back on the year, all of the accomplishments I’ve made, and maybe some areas I’d like to…
Putting Your Best Foot Forward By Diane Adams-Strickland I have participated in many kinds of exercise systems over the course of my 45 years on this planet. However, Pilates is the only exercise system that places a lot of focus on the…
“Back” to the Beginning By Diane Adams-Strickland “You can’t go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending.” -C.S. Lewis Welcome to the first installment of Foundational Fridays. I was motivated…
Side Kick Series By Amanda Turner We are at the beginning of holiday season and I wanted to review an exercise that gives you a lot of payoff for your effort – Side Kick Series. Your Side Kick Series is an intermediate…
Transitions By Amanda Turner As some of us have returned to in-studio workouts, or have been practicing (and will continue to practice) Pilates at home, I thought this month would be a great time to review the transitions within the Pilates work. We…
Rowing Series By Amanda Turner Comical photo of Clara & Joe Pilates and Kerry & Amanda! Photo on Left Photo Credit: Photographer Unknown Photo on Right Photo Credit: A Golden Fox Productions Welcome, fall! With any luck, the air is…
Stomach Massage Series By Amanda Turner Hi, Everyone! Happy August – the Summer seems to be flying by, I hope your spirits are high! This month I wanted to highlight the Stomach Massage Series on the Mat. Also known as…
Single Leg Circles By Amanda Turner With Summer in full swing and some of us still zooming, I thought it was the perfect time to dive into Single Leg Circles. I LOVE Beginning exercises – want to know why?!? – it’s because…