Careful or You’ll Grow That Way! The Importance of Caring for Your Fascia
One day, back when my daughter was five years old, I remember her sitting at our kitchen table, slouched over, getting ready to eat. Being the Pilates instructor that I am, I asked her to try and sit up taller. Inquisitively, she asked me why. I paused before I answered. I’d already learned that details […]
How are You Like a Kangaroo?
I just returned from an outstanding workshop with fascia expert, or “fascianado” Dr. Robert Schleip, one of the leading researchers in a relatively newly recognized category of body research into fascia and fascial structure. I had two flights to get to Los Angeles. On each flight the person sitting next to me asked what I was […]
5 Tools to Achieve Your Pilates Goals
The end of the year is getting so much closer than ever and if you’re at all like me, I bet you’ve had a thought or two about things like promises you made to yourself last year around this time. I’ve been thinking a lot about the difference between the times I set and […]
What’s the Difference Between Yoga and Pilates?
[break] Before you head out for the Thanksgiving holiday, I wanted to share this short video clip with you that my awesome team helped me create. I also want to give a shout out to Matthew, Brian and Zack. I call them my Dream Team. Because of their help and expertise I get to do a […]
Mindful Breathing for Health, Posture and Pilates
Recently I had the pleasure of spending time with my grandmother. She’s 85 and in great health. Like me, she has scoliosis and sometimes suffers from back pain that gets pretty severe. We were sitting outside on a beautiful day. The subject of back pain and stress came up. She looked at me and […]
The Easy Antidote to a Misaligned Pelvis, or, How to Fix Your Pelvis Alignment
In the last post we learned that tucking the pelvis during exercise can have negative affects and it’s not the best way to strengthen your body or lengthen your spine. In this article we’ll look at the antidote to a tucked pelvis: the neutral pelvis. Our spine has three curves in it: One in […]
