From the consumer standpoint finding a Pilates instructor can be tricky business. For one, anyone can go online and get “certified” in Pilates. On the other end of the spectrum one could engage in a nearly 1000 hour program like I was fortunate enough to do at The Pilates Center in Boulder, Colorado. The vast [...]
Muscle health and tone!
One of the essays that I was required to write during the training to become Certified Rolfer was on “tonus”. In its most simple sense we are speaking about muscle tone. In our culture, through our influence from the fitness industry we are led to believe that the more muscle tone the [...]
Time to check in on all those New years resolutions. One of the most important things to make sure that is in place is a support system. I know that this sound a little corny but, read on. The New year comes along and with it a renewed sense of commitment to all the things [...]
Mr. Pilates talked about a concept called “uniform development”. What did he mean and what is the significance to us. First, I would like to acknowledge that when a person, like myself, tries to interpret someone else’s work we run into the fact that it is simply making conversation. To expect that I could sum [...]
Why Pilates?
With so much information out there in “physical education” ,magazines and people who are supposedly in the know, why Pilates. With the morass of opinions about exercise and how to pursue it, how do we sort through this information? Who do we trust?
There are certain laws of the universe that hold true for all [...]
By Julian Wise - February 15, 2007
From Martha’s Vineyard Times
Since opening the Vineyard Pilates Center four years ago, Stefan Knight has introduced many Islanders to an exercise program that he sees as a balance between weight training and yoga. When Stefan Knight made Pilates instruction his business, it was more than a commercial pursuit; it [...]
