Social media is a powerful medium. You can literally make contact with people all around the world. What message is it you want the world to receive? I met Patricia Massey Welter of Suncoast Pilates & Personal Training Studio, Tampa Bay, Florida via social media. Through...
I attended the Pilates Method Alliance Conference in Denver in November 2015 and was fortunate to find myself in a panel discussion group with a number of experts. The topic was: Pilates as a therapy model. I listened intently to the discussion on how Pilates teachers...
One rainy morning, Sheila a regular at my intermediate Pilates mat class was dropped off at class by her tennis partner. Sheila normally walks the couple of miles to the studio as she enjoys the walk, but today it was raining. Our conversation went something...
I found this photo of me in an old album dated circa 1978. Yes, we actually had albums where we had photos printed in a shop and then stuck them in a book! Luckily, no major seventies fashion or hair mishaps but I was immediately...
I have recently taken up golf at a local club. My husband and I have taken 10 lessons together with a PGA professional golfer. Until 10 weeks ago, the closest I had come to a golf course was the Adventure Golf Course in Wimbledon and a...
I choose my words carefully when I teach. Every word we utter will have an impact on the body we are teaching and will have an implication as to how that word has been interpreted. This is what makes being a teacher of movement...
When I first qualified as a Pilates mat work teacher 8 years ago, I wrote myself a lesson plan that I would deliver to every new client I saw on a one to one basis. That only lasted a few months, after which I tore the...
I spent 5 days with Ken* in June 2015. He was one of the most influential teachers in my understanding of movement, anatomy, awareness of self and the art of being grateful. 5 days is not normally a long time to get to know someone. I...