Chapter 5 of Miranda Esmonde-White’s book “Aging Backwards” is called ‘Stretch it out: Flexibility is the Fountain of Youth’. In this chapter she explains how ideally we want to make sure every muscle is stretched and strengthened in relationship to its surrounding muscles in order to perform at the peak of our abilities. This ensures…
Hello Pilates friends, I am on the home stretch with 7 of my 9 festive season parties out of the way. Unfortunately I got hit with the flu during Party #6 on Tuesday night, but I was back on track for #7 on Thursday night, #8 Saturday night and #9 set for Monday. Whew! Thank goodness I…
Hello Lead Pilates Friends! It was great to see so many of you this weekend at the studio despite the overwhelm of things to accomplish this festive season! Jana’s Booty Barre class on Saturday morning definitely cleared the cob webs out of my joints and brain. I (and my freshly toned booty) are ready to take on…
Hello Lead Pilates friends, I’m in Ottawa this week at a conference. I ran into a colleague who has not seen me in two years. The first words out of her mouth were “Wow … have you ever been shrinking! What have you been doing?!” It is so great to receive acknowledgement for one’s accomplishments when it is…
Greetings Pilates Friends! I love the thrill of planning for a new season of anything … winter boot season (new boots!), Christmas season (get out those decorations!), January semester (is everything set?!) …. and of course the Pilates Winter Session 2015! I love pouring over the offerings and narrowing down my choices. I am so…