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Pilates is a Modern Art Form A product of the Twentieth Century And as an Art Form it can be understood in terms of Aesthetics An excerpt from Austin Harrington’s Introduction to “Essays on Art & Aesthetics” (a Collection of Georg Simmel’s essays) "By all accounts,...

I love Mat Work It is the Mothership Knowing your body above all else Your form and technique will only improve insomuch as you pay attention You can never go far enough In your curiosity Avoid maelstrom and strife Choose calm and profound Daily disciplines Of...

I’m not a Taylor Swift fan so that’s not where this is going. It’s about the ability to relax your muscles enough so that even muscular pain or strain is dissolved, or at least not dominant & then recomposing your muscular chains in a way that you know is correct....

April 2021 Often times when I am teaching clients who have done Pilates for a little while (5 years at least), I find myself explaining conceptually, and in the last year of Covid, I’ve even grabbed a pen to draw diagrams. It helps. People learn differently, visually...