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A deep dive into the high scissors

Today’s #MarchMatness exercises are the high scissors and their bestie, the high bicycle. The high scissors are a nemesis exercise of...

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Nadea's Book Recommendations for 2023

For me, 2022 was a big reading year (both traditional reading and audiobooks). I’m mostly a non-fiction kind of person (though I did...

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Body Kindness Check In

If you feel like you’re being drawn into a negative, judgemental attitude about your body right now, you’re not alone. As an exercise...

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Why is Pilates so expensive?

One of the most-searched phrases online regarding Pilates is “Why is Pilates so expensive?” It’s a fair question. Maybe you've found...

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Do you trust your body?

Maybe you’ve never thought about it before! For some people the answer is a happy “yes”, but for many people, the answer is “no”. The...

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Pilates doesn't have to be expensive!

Pilates doesn’t have to be expensive! Pilates is often pricey (there are some good and not good reasons for that), but that doesn’t mean...

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"I'm New To Your Studio... Where Do I Start?"

Welcome! We're happy to have you here, and we'd love to have you try out classes with us! Here is what we recommend: 1. Book a free...

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Is the beginning of the classical matwork too flexion-focussed?

In the classical Pilates matwork, there are 11 exercises before we come onto our stomach and work on taking our spine into...

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Why do the Hundred first?

- Nadea Knodel It's the first day of #MarchMatness on Pilates social media, and while we're not officially participating in the daily...

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Are all fitness instructors ready to teach a pre or postnatal body?

Are all fitness instructors ready to teach a pre or postnatal body? We’re going to say no. While we don’t believe in making pregnant and...

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