DIGGING DEEPER – Get to Know Your Pilates Exercises: Teaser
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…
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…
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……
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….