The Pilates habits that matter most happen outside the studio
Joseph Pilates cared about baths, beds, breathing and fresh air as much as exercise. How to carry his method into your week, one small habit at a time.
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Why Pilates teachers join guilds, and what the Pilates Guild is for
Why Pilates teachers join guilds and associations, what the Pilates Guild does for one classical lineage, and how a teacher chooses the right group to join.
What Pilates meant by complete coordination of body, mind and spirit
Joseph Pilates defined Contrology as complete coordination of body, mind and spirit, and the phrase means more, and asks more, than a wellness slogan.
Cooking beans, lentils and chickpeas from dry, without the fuss
A plain guide to cooking pulses from dry: soaking, cooking times, salt, pressure cookers, batch freezing, easier digestion and what you save over tins.
Being in shape is about what you can do, not how you look
A practical definition of fitness built on strength, stamina, mobility and balance, with simple tests to try at home and a plan to train for capability.
Weekend courses, untrained teachers and the cost to Pilates
Weekend Pilates courses versus comprehensive training: why thin training matters, what clients can ask a teacher, and how experienced teachers can help.
Bess Mensendieck's Body Culture for Women, read more than a century on
A reader's guide to Bess Mensendieck's 1906 book Body Culture for Women: what it argued, how its exercises and photographs work, and where its ideas went.
A Pilates travel kit and a 15-minute hotel-room session
A light Pilates kit for summer travel, a 15-minute session that fits between a hotel bed and the wall, and ways to cope with long journeys and jet lag.
Training as a Pilates instructor at sixty or later
Training to teach Pilates at sixty or older: what the course asks of your body, what older teachers bring to older clients, and how to choose a course.
A ten-minute hip mobility routine for long days at a desk
A ten-minute hip routine for desk days: eight simple moves with timings and easier options, why sitting leaves hips stiff, and how to fit it into work.
Do-in, the Japanese habit of tapping yourself awake
Do-in is a Japanese routine of self-massage, tapping, stretching and slow breathing. Where it comes from, what it can do, and a ten-minute version to try.
Ten practical ways to declutter your Pilates studio
A ten-point plan for clearing out a Pilates studio, from a props audit and smarter storage to cleaning routines, room flow and the digital mess behind it.