Tag Archives: Pilates

TRX: A Student’s Perspective

My first anxiety: no one would confirm nor deny that dinosaurs were involved in the practice known as TRX. My second: it seemed awfully gendered. The second one is more a sociological problem than a physiological one. Honestly, I just thought of TRX as something mysterious that dudes do. As it turns out, it’s something… Read More >


Teacher of the Month: Becky Golberg

Becky Golberg’s been featured on this blog previously, but that was before her transformative and intensive yoga training abroad. It’s time to talk about why Becky initially “didn’t like Pilates,” her time in India (and it was a lot of time—200 hours of training in just four weeks!), and how she’s dreaming of new ways… Read More >


Member Spotlight: The Limbitless Leslie Pitt Schneider

Now, I need you to concentrate. Really concentrate. Imagine you’re 8 years old and just learned to ski. You realize, with some adjustment, that you’re really good at it. You spend the next 10 years training, even moving to a training facility in Colorado where you eat, sleep, dream, and embody skiing. You are at… Read More >


Building a Strong Core

Fooled you! Don’t worry, we can totally help you out with a strong body core—Pilates, Barre, and yoga will all help build up those abs and obliques, strengthen your back, and give you better posture. But the core I want to talk about here is a little deeper: your core needs as a happy, healthy… Read More >


Pilates and Ability

Joseph Pilates developed his practice—“controlology”—as a rehabilitative workout meant to help those disabled by war and disease gain muscle strength and freedom of movement without even needing to leave a hospital bed. That is, what some now dismiss as nothing more than a chance to show off your latest Lululemons was originally physical therapy. And… Read More >


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