Adapting Pilates for Our Longer Lives

From her voice on the phone, I could tell that Judy was in trouble. Usually so strong and resonant today her voice sounded broken and in pain. Her body was being attacked on two fronts. She described a crushing weakness; her legs felt weighted down; she couldn’t hoist her head ...

I’m incredibly grateful for all the cash donations I received from my Pilates students, friends, colleagues, and members of my family.  Thank you for caring for Ukraine. Because of your generosity we were able to raise $2,350 in 10 days. On May 16th, the money was sent by MoneyGram directly ...

It was late spring 2011 when I was invited to Kyiv to teach a Pilates on the Ball workshop for a group of Ukrainian Pilates teachers. I remember an exquisite European city draped by a canopy of chestnut tree blossoms and fragrant lilac trees. I remember dandelions, wildflowers, and lacy ...

Are you the sort of person who bolts from activity to activity, thought to thought?  Or are you at the other end of the spectrum? Perhaps you secretly hate exercise and you identify with the Robert Maynard Hutchins quote: ‘Whenever I feel like exercise, I lie down until the feeling ...

Society is slowly opening up and we are being told to accept the ‘new normal’. But what state has the pandemic has left us in physically? Many of my friends in their sixties and older complain that their fitness level has been compromised over the last two years. Not only ...