Mondays I come into the studio at noon. And usually I can’t wait. The weekend’s activity always catches up with me by this point - I’m creaky, my lower back is starting to vocalize, I bend over and it sounds like I’m popping packing bubbles.
Some Mondays all it takes is easing into the idea of [...]

When I first started Pilates, I saw it as a way to break through a plateau I had reached through my somewhat erratic routine of running, yoga and a variety of gym-based classes (Gut and Butt being one of my favorite). I had reached a stagnate point and time was marching on.
I became an acolyte [...]

Dan Westerhold, MOMT, PT
Sciatica is defined as pain radiating along the course the sciatic nerve, often in the butock and posterior aspect of the leg, to below the knee. Low back pain may or may not be present. The sciatic nerve is one of the largest peripheral nerves in the body, measuring 16 to 20 [...]

We spoke with Jay Grimes a couple weeks ago when we learned that he was coming to Pilates Seattle International to attend an open house and conduct a special teacher training workshop the weekend of October 5, 6, and 7. A contemporary of Romana Kryzanowska, Grimes was a student of Joseph Pilates and then taught [...]

Certified Pilates Instructor Teresa Shupe offers some helpful tips for using that constant instructor feedback.
Do you sometimes feel discouraged, like you are not improving? Like you instructor is always critiquing you? “Pull in your ribs, squeeze your bottom! Use that powerhouse! Unlock your knees, lift your back - but not your chin! Relax your shoulders, [...]

Read the story Pure Pilates: A protégée shares her expertise
“A lifetime instructor - Along with her daughter and granddaughter, Kryzanowska trains teachers from her studios in Texas and New York. The program is strict: about 700 hours of supervised work. Lauren Stephen set up her studio, Pilates Seattle International, on the strength of that [...]