Connections by Suzanne Lavender

I’ve been teaching Pilates for over 20 years and have had many clients with varieties of issues. Over the years I’ve found that there are some people that have a hard time connecting their core and specifically, their deep abdominal muscles to their movements. Having a stable and strong core (or Powerhouse as Joseph Pilates […]

Oh, My Aching Back! By Barb Sferra

Several years ago, while teaching a mat class, one of my newer clients asked, after hearing my unending queues to engage the abdominals: “So, do you walk around all day long sucking your gut in?” My first image was of someone aggressively sucking their gut in to look five pounds thinner or to keep their […]

How Pilates Builds Self-Awareness

How Pilates Builds Self-Awareness For nearly a decade I have relied on Pilates based exercises to help teach my patients about their bodies. My interest in Pilates started way back when I was working in neurologic rehab, primarily with individuals who experienced a stroke or spinal cord injury. Sadly, these injuries result in a disconnect […]

8 Reasons YOU Should Do Pilates by Dr. Sarah Crawford

8 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD DO PILATES It’s often thought that Pilates is a female-dominated practice but in reality, many men participate as well, especially athletes. Used as a form of cross-training, athletes across the genders rely on Pilates to improve their overall performance. But, that doesn’t mean you have to be an athlete to […]

Why your mom may be wrong about Kegels

Walking Away From Delivery Kegels are the universal prescription for pelvic floor dysfunction among women. But is that really enough to effectively treat and restore the pelvic floor after pregnancy and delivery? Most people do not consider pregnancy to be an injury however we should consider that for a moment. During the forty weeks in […]