This Foot Exercise Will Actually Release Muscles from Head to Toe

  And we’re back! I hope your July has been full of summer fun! I’ve gotten some serious work done in the studio and had a great time relaxing with my family. I was going to wait until August to share this new video with you, but I have been so excited about this one […]

The Ankle Bone’s Connected to the Calf Stretch…

Foot and ankle health equals whole body health… When I first start working with a new client, the feet and ankles are primary areas for review. This is a core component of our work because it’s so critical to all future success in Pilates as well as life in general. Telltale signs in the feet and ankles reveal […]

How Pointy-Toed Shoes Led to Healthy Feet

Slave to Fashion I’ve always been a fan of fashion. I’ve been expressing myself through the clothing and shoes I wear for as long as I can remember. And before discovering my passion as a movement educator, I was a hairstylist for fourteen years. I’m acutely conscious of the shoes I wear now, but that […]

Why Weird is Beautiful When it Comes to Your Shoes

Four years ago I started wearing some interesting looking, if not downright ugly, shoes and I’ve never been happier with my choice of footwear. I used to have collapsed arches and pronated ankles, especially on my left side. And though doctors and foot specialists like to say that there is nothing you can do to […]

Special Session: Plant Your Feet and Grow Your Practice

Since my Pilates practice began in 2001, I’ve known the feet were important. The thing is, I never understood exactly why. Aside from using my feet to physically rush though my day, I never really thought much about them, or cared why they might be useful for anything else. And in any case, I thought […]