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by Amanda Turner Teaser by Excel Pilates Annapolis clients: Katie, Stacey, and Kelly  I’m back again!! This month I thought I’d go with the most notorious Pilates exercise…Teaser!! I…

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May 2015 Scoopby Kerry De Vivo The Law of Gravity– Defy It! Here at Excel Pilates Annapolis, we pride ourselves on being outlaws and in fact promoting it, well……

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by Amanda Turner It’s so hard to pick a favorite exercise (as this is the first “Exercise of the Month,” I feel I should pick my favorite – don’t you??). So, here’s the deciding…

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At Excel Pilates Annapolis (EPA), one of the session formats we offer is a duet session. Sometimes duet partners are level matched by the studio and sometimes they are people…

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by Kerry De Vivo Recently, a female client since 2002 (the year Excel Pilates Annapolis opened, for you history buffs) said, “I notice there are a lot more guys…

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At Excel Pilates Annapolis, all of our teachers are second or third generation teachers, teaching Pilates from the direct lineage of Joseph H. Pilates. After the passing of Joseph…

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by Lesa McLaughlin Owner, Excel Pilates DC “So much to accomplish in 24 hours.”  “There is never enough time in the day.”  “I do not have enough time to…

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The Teaser Family Tree by Kerry De Vivo Every exercise in the Pilates vocabulary is related. Like a family tree, we can take an exercise and work backwards through…

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PLEASE PARDON THE INTERRUPTION by Kerry De Vivo When I began teaching Pilates over 20 years ago, the studio policy, “In consideration of others, please turn off cell phones,” did not…

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THIRTY YEARS LATER…..by Kerry De Vivo Here I am with my first Pilates teacher, Steve Giordano.  This photo was taken at the life celebration that followed the funeral service for…

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How Old is Your Spine? By Kerry De Vivo “If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, you are old.  If it is completely flexible at 60, you are…

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IT’S A MATTER OF TIME by Kerry De Vivo Ironically, I was at the National Clock & Watch Museum on New Years eve.  How appropriate to be at a…

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Pilates Empowerment by Kerry De Vivo Kerry standing with the Bust ofJoseph Pilates in New York, NY Since every store is now fully displaying holiday cheer, we can admit…

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The Gift of Teaching Pilates by Kerry De Vivo Pilates Empowerment September 2015 Scoop Twenty nine years ago, through my dance training, I stumbled across Pilates.  I consider it…

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PILATES PROFILE August 2013 Scoop by Kelly Lange, featured Excel Pilates Annapolis client It was by chance – and because of a sore throat – that I discovered Pilates….

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