How to get fit for good

Have you tried to get and stay in shape again and again? Welcome to the club – you are definitely not alone in making resolution after resolution to get healthy and finally get fit.So why hasn’t that worked out? And how do you get past all the things...

Private Sessions vs. Group Classes: Which Should You Choose?

How to choose what’s right for you You’ve decided you want to try this Pilates thing that everyone including celebrities from Adele to LeBron James are raving about. So you start googling “Pilates near me” or, if you’re local to my area “Pilates Mt Juliet” or “Pilates...
How to stretch on a road trip

How to stretch on a road trip

Road trips and airline travel are staples of modern life – and just like everyone else, I LOVE me a good road trip! As for my body – it has other ideas of fun. After about 2 hours, it starts to complain – loudly! But the fact is, I – and most...

Top 5 Office Chair Exercises

We all know we should move, stretch and exercise every day. But some days, we just can’t make it work – we’re stuck sitting in a chair at our desks all day. Then what? Do we just have to suffer through the pain and discomfort of an aching body?  Good news:...

Pilates for Musicians

Do you play an instrument? Are you a professional or amateur musician?   Why you need Pilates How do you get good at playing an instrument? You practice. For hours a day, every day, for months and years and decades. You get really good at it. And you’ve...
Why runners need Pilates

Why runners need Pilates

Pilates is the single best cross-training exercise for runners. There, I came right out and said it. Are you a runner? Want to be a runner? Wish you could run without constantly injuring yourself? Pilates has your back. And your joints, your ligaments, your …...
Pilates for Walking

Pilates for Walking

Pilates is the PERFECT complement to any other form of movement. To kick off this series of blog posts explaining how Pilates can help with all kind of movement, sports and daily activities, let’s start with the most basic human activity: Walking    ...

I don’t care what you look like

I care about a lot of things. But I do NOT care what you look like. Not one bit. When you walk through the doors of my physical (or virtual) studio, I will look at a lot of things. But not your appearance. I could not possibly care less what the color of your skin is....

Self-Care 101

  This month has found me doing a lot of thinking (and a bit of writing) about self-care. Because when we’re stressed and things go off the rails (I’m talking to you, 2020! I mean, come ON!), it’s the first thing we tend to put on the back...