Issue #425 – Wednesday, March 6, 2024 Archival 80 Inch Reformer Review by Stefanie O’Rourke In our studio, one of our reformers is a little shorter than the others. Most traditional reformers are 86 inches long. This beauty is the 80 inch Gratz Archival Reformer. Pilates apparatus connoisseurs geek out at […]
Boost Your Pilates Business with AI – Part 2- by Holly Furgason
Issue #424 – Wednesday, February 21, 2024 Boost Your Pilates Business with AI: Engage More Clients, Save Time, Get Creative Part 2 In the last article, we discussed ideas for how you might use generative AI in marketing. Now, let’s dig into how generative AI can increase efficiency, improve creativity and […]
Boost Your Pilates Business with AI – Part 1- by Holly Furgason
Issue #423 – Wednesday, February 14, 2024 Boost Your Pilates Business with AI: Engage More Clients, Save Time, Get Creative Part 1 When ChatGPT was first released, I honestly had little interest aside from the occasional silly exploration with friends — “Describe to me a french cabernet wine in the style […]
Lawrence Hayward – by Jonathan Grubb
Issue #422 – Wednesday, January 31, 2024 A Pilates History Lesson Lawrence Hayward by Jonathan Grubb Lawrence Hayward (1930 – 2015) was a Canadian born, 1st generation Pilates teacher who studied with Joseph and Clara Pilates from 1959 until the mid ‘60s. Lawrence was a dancer (he danced professionally for a […]
Round Back Deluxe From the Short Box Series on the Ladder Barrel – by Brett Miller
Issue #421 Wednesday, January 24, 2024 Round Back Deluxe From the Short Box Series on the Ladder Barrel by Brett Miller Today I’m going to show a nice exercise on the ladder Barrel it’s a variation of the Short Box exercise Round Back. Let’s give it a try shall we? You […]
What are we IMPRINTING? Part 2 – by Dr. Suzanne Martin
Issue #419 – Wednesday, December 13, 2023 What are we IMPRINTING? Part 2 by Dr. Suzanne Martin In Part 1 of Imprinting, self-touch and rib impressions explored how curated pressures have a beneficial effect on both superficial and deep fascial connections. This edition will focus primarily on the imprinting of the […]
How Pilates Extends Your Mind – by Anne Bishop and Chantill Lopez
Issue #418 – Wednesday, December 06, 2023 How Pilates Extends Your Mind by Anne Bishop and Chantill Lopez We know that our individual Pilates practice and teaching experience are both incredibly valuable. Through practice and experience, we also know that Pilates is beneficial for core strength, pelvic floor strength, and […]
All the Sunshine You Can Get – by Sophia Briegleb
Issue #417 – Wednesday, November 29, 2023 All the Sunshine You Can Get by Sophia Briegleb “By all means, never fail to get all the sunshine and fresh air that you can… Whenever and wherever possible, wear shorts or sunsuits outdoors, and let the lifegiving ultraviolet rays reach and penetrate into […]
Star ‘Prep’ on the Reformer (with some fun extras) – by Brett Miller
Issue #416 Wednesday, November 22, 2023 Star ‘Prep’ on the Reformer (with some fun extras) by Brett Miller Enjoy this 3 minute tutorial!! Brett Miller is the founder of Pilates Intel, he started his professional life in the world of ballet, working with various companies in the US. Later on he moved […]
A Pilates History Lesson – Pilates-Sandow-Muller – by Jonathan Grubb
Issue #415 – Wednesday, November 15, 2023 A Pilates History Lesson Pilates-Sandow-Muller by Jonathan Grubb Eugen Sandow, Jørgen Müller, and Joseph Pilates were all physical culturists and had similar views on exercise and healthy living. They also tended towards a minimalist approach to their workout gear! . I have shared with […]
What does a slow sloth have to do with teaching Pilates? – by Charlotte Marsh
Issue #414 – Wednesday, November 8, 2023 What does a slow sloth have to do with teaching Pilates? by Charlotte Marsh I took a “Pilates for kids and teens” qualification years ago. The course was great and as a mum of two, I found it very interesting. Around the same time, […]
Pilates for Parkinsons – Miranda Lindgard
Issue #413 – Wednesday, October 25, 2023 Pilates for Parkinsons by Miranda Lindgard Like most people I thought Parkinsons was an old person’s disease. The only young person I had ever heard of having it was the actor Michael J Fox who developed the disease at just 29 years old. He […]
Small Weights Pack a Punch – by Clare Dunphy
Issue #412 – Wednesday, October 18, 2023 Small Weights Pack a Punch by Clare Dunphy The small weights, which weigh in at only 1-3 pounds (or .4-1.3 kilos), might seem like nothing, but these tiny little weights can pack a punch for our posture muscles in the arm weight series. The […]
What are we IMPRINTING? by Dr. Suzanne Martin
Issue #411 – Wednesday, October 4, 2023 What are we IMPRINTING? by Dr. Suzanne Martin Imprinting is a beloved term used in Pilates, attributed to our Elder Eve Gentry. Imprinting is a subtle action involved with detailed movements of the vertebra in a supine position, where the imprinted motion seeks to […]
Common Myths About Working with Hypermobility Part II – by Gwen Miller
Issue #409 – Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Common Myths About Working with Hypermobility Part I by Gwen Miller Hypermobility is often used as a descriptive term for someone who has greater than “normal” range of motion in some or all of the joints of their body. Someone who is hypermobile […]
Common Myths About Working with Hypermobility Part I – by Gwen Miller
Issue #409 – Wednesday, September 13, 2023 Common Myths About Working with Hypermobility Part I by Gwen Miller Hypermobility is often used as a descriptive term for someone who has greater than “normal” range of motion in some or all of the joints of their body. Someone who is hypermobile […]
“π”-lates: How to Know if a Pilates Movement is Right – Part II – by Amy Alpers
Issue #408 – Wednesday, September 3, 2023 “π”-lates: How to Know if a Pilates Movement is Right Part II by Amy Alpers In Part 1. of this article, [link here] we discussed how nature can give you all the answers you need to better understand the Pilates exercises and how to teach […]
The Threefold Path – by Benjamin Stuber
Issue #407 Wednesday, August 23, 2023 The Threefold Path by Benjamin Stuber The Threefold Path is a Buddhist concept concerning the cyclical journey to abandon kleshas (delusions clouding our true minds) and attain Nirvana. For the purposes of this article I’m epically generalizing, but the Path consists of Theravada (“adhishila” – […]
Horseback on the Reformer – by Brett Miller
Issue #406 Wednesday, August 16, 2023 Horseback on the Reformer by Brett Miller Horseback has become one of my favorite exercises (even though it is very challenging) because it really deepens my awareness of how to use my whole center in relation to how I use my extremities. I think it […]
Developing Body Awareness – Learning to Let Go – by Suzanne Guttersson
Issue #404 – Wednesday, June 14, 2023 Developing Body Awareness – Learning to Let Go by Suzanne Guttersson If a student comes to Pilates with some knowledge of dance, yoga, Feldenkrais and/or various bodywork methods, the student will probably have some sense of body awareness and should be easier to […]
Discovering the Personal Connection between Kung Fu and Pilates – by Reiner Grootenhuis
Issue #403 – Wednesday, June 7, 2023 Discovering the Personal Connection between Kung Fu and Pilates? by Reiner Grootenhuis When we look at the origins of any development, we can often trace it back to a person’s upbringing and background. This is true for the Pilates method too. Many of […]
“π”-lates: How to Know if a Pilates Movement is Right by Amy Alpers
Issue #402 – Wednesday, May 31, 2023 “π”-lates: How to Know if a Pilates Movement is Right by Amy Alpers Do you ever wonder if you are teaching a Pilates movement or exercise correctly – like how should the spine flex in Roll Up, for instance, or in Stomach Massage, […]
A SINGLE MOMENT: The Magic of Biotensegrity in My Life – by Mandie Pitre
Issue #401 – Wednesday, May 17, 2022 A SINGLE MOMENT: The Magic of Biotensegrity in My Life by Mandie Pitre I had the good fortune of tucking, squeezing, sucking in, and forcing my body to be performative by the time I was a pre-teen. Don’t get me wrong, it was fun […]
The Pilates Pre-Elders – by Jonathan Grubb
Image of Bertha Fried with Ted Shawn at Jacob’s Pillow courtesy of the Fried family Issue #400 – Wednesday, May 10, 2022 The Pilates Pre-Elders by Jonathan Grubb Most Pilates enthusiasts have heard of the “Pilates Elders” who are known as the first generation of individuals who trained with Joseph Pilates […]
Enhancing Pilates with Massage – by Eme Cole
Issue #399 Wednesday, April 26, 2023 Enhancing Pilates with Massage by Eme Cole In the past few years, the Pilates industry has shifted from private, in-person training to more group and online training. As someone who has been teaching Pilates for twenty years, it is still my preference to train individual […]
The Myth of the Mind/Body Connection – by Brett Miller
Issue #398 Wednesday, April 19, 2023 The Myth of the Mind/Body Connection by Brett Miller “The Pilates Technique not only strengthens the body, but also provides the potential to deepen into that vast greatness that the WHOLE human being is.” I wrote that some time ago on this very website. Today, […]
Trauma – by Dianne Gard
Image courtesy of Pilates Anytime Issue #397 Wednesday, April 5, 2023 Trauma – by Dianne Gard Trauma… a word not typically used in the Pilates vocabulary, is receiving greater attention, especially in recent years. Trauma can be defined as “an emotional response to a distressing incident.” Awareness of the effects of […]
Michelle Larsson – by Ruth Alpert
Image courtesy of Pilates Anytime Issue #396 Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Michelle Larsson Michele Larsson, with Suzanne Gutterson and Debora Kolwey, were the three protégés of Eve Gentry, one of the ‘first generation’ teachers. Michele grew up in Santa Fe, NM and would return from her dance career in San Francisco […]
10 Year Pilates Intel Anniversary Edition!
Issue #395 Wednesday, March 15, 2023 10 Year Pilates Intel Anniversary Edition! Hi !! Yeah baby, it’s been 10 years!! Let me tell you a little how it went down…. Ten years ago while bored at work, I received an email about starting an “inbox-newsletter.” At first, I dismissed it as […]
How Pilates Changed My Yoga Practice – by Tricia Whitlock
Issue #393 – Wednesday, March 1, 2023 How Pilates Changed My Yoga Practice by Tricia Whitlock I attended my first yoga class at the age of 24 with the goal of finding an activity that made me flexible, lean and strong. At that time, I had never heard of Pilates. Yoga […]
Unraveling Scoliosis From the Torso Hands and Feet: A Bio tensegrity Approach in Pilates – by Dr. Suzanne Martin
Issue #392 Wednesday February 15, 2023 Unraveling Scoliosis From the Torso Hands and Feet: A Bio tensegrity Approach in Pilates by Suzanne Martin Pilates is my modality of choice for many decades to deal with spinal asymmetry and scoliosis for myself and my clients. Several colleagues in Pilates and […]
Embrace Your Inner Space: Your Fluid Beginning (Part 2) – by Allie Greene
Issue #391 Wednesday, February 8, 2023 Embrace Your Inner Space: Your Fluid Beginning Part 2 by Allie Greene “There’s nothing wrong with enjoying looking at the surface of the ocean itself, except that when you finally see what goes on under water, you realize that you’ve been missing the whole point […]
Embrace Your Inner Space: Your Fluid Beginning – Part I – by Allie Greene
Issue #390 Wednesday, January 25, 2023 Embrace Your Inner Space: Your Fluid Beginning Part 1 by Allie Greene “There’s nothing wrong with enjoying looking at the surface of the ocean itself, except that when you finally see what goes on under water, you realize that you’ve been missing the whole point […]
Is There a Place for Beauty in Pilates? – by Brett Miller
Issue #389 – Wednesday, January 18, 2023 Is There a Place for Beauty in Pilates? by Brett Miller I have always loved beauty. It is what attracted me to have a career in ballet, to pursue music now….and to Pilates. I find Pilates can be beautiful. But in my almost 20 years […]
Junk Fitness – by Lauren Thompson
Issue #387 Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Junk Fitness by Lauren Thompson Unhealthy food and unneeded possessions are what comes to mind for most of us when we hear the word “junk,” but we can fill our lives with all sorts of junk. In 2018, “junk values” became a hot catch phrase, […]
Observation: a Trainable Skill – by Gretchen Roscoe, CRT, RCP, NCPT
Issue #386 Wednesday, December 7, 2022 Observation: a Trainable Skill by Gretchen Roscoe, CRT, RCP, NCPT Just because you see something different (or differently!) from someone else in movement patterns of humans, that doesn’t mean they’re right and you’re wrong. We observe everything through our experience of honing our expertise at […]
Sharry Traver Underwood’s notes from Joe’s Jacob’s Pillow classes (as posted by Jonathan Grubb)
Issue #385 – Wednesday, November 23, 2022 Sharry Traver Underwood’s notes from Joe’s Jacob’s Pillow classes (as posted by Jonathan Grubb) With the very kind permission of Sharry Traver Underwood and with the assistance of the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival Archives, I am delighted to bring you Sharry’s notes that she […]
Revelations from a Pilates Purist – by Clare Dunphy
Issue #384- Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Revelations from a Pilates Purist by Clare Dunphy This article is about taking chances, questioning the status quo, and challenging one’s beliefs. I’ve always told myself I knew the answers to keeping Pilates alive and well for future generations. Here’s why I was wrong. […]
Evolutions of a Pilates Practice by Tricia Whitlock
Issue #393 – Wednesday, November 22, 2023 Evolutions of a Pilates Practice by Tricia Whitlock As a Pilates teacher, I always remain a student. I am insatiably curious and forever inquiring about the mysteries, dualities, and resistances within myself. I desire to unfold and embrace them and foster this ability […]
A Pilates Legal Matter asking Brett’s opinion – I was injured when a spring broke on a reformer
Issue #382 – Wednesday, October 26, 2022 A Pilates Legal Matter asking Brett’s opinion – I was injured when a spring broke on a reformer by Brett Miller This is a message sent to me using the contact form on this website, pilatesintel.com. The sender wrote asking for my help as an […]