Space Available…Lot’s of Feel…Dead Mice Included

Bandanas for Dogs

The city of Bethlehem was a cool place to put a Pilates studio. It was one of those historical towns that was filled with old mansions; it had great restaurants, cute little shops and I was expecting this building that I was going to look at to have that same historical feel, hopefully without the smell of dead mice.  As Steve [...]

Bandanas for Dogs

300 square feet  wasn’t enough room to meet the needs of my current clients, not to mention the growing  list of 100 people waiting to get a spot in my schedule. It was obvious that I needed more space, but finding the perfect space was not as easy as I thought. I understand the process that you need [...]

……and the Mountain Became Known as Ron Fletcher

My first Ron Fletcher workshop changed my entire outlook on what version ( for lack of a better word) of Pilates I wanted to teach to my clients. Ron studied with Joe and Clara Pilates, so I figured that  he had the inside track as to what was the “real thing”……… and I just couldn’t learn it fast enough. There was [...]

The Towel

It was now day 4 of the workshop and it was obvious that Ron’s work was certainly unique and undeniably creative. Not only had Ron reinterpreted Joe Pilates work, but he added a few things that I had never seen before. One of those things was something that Ron called “Towelwork” To Ron, the towel was something [...]

My Ass Hits the BIG Time

If facebook had been around in 2001, my first thought would have been OMG, although I think I would have put an F in after the M to express how I was really feeling. Up until now, the only Pilates workshops that I had been to, were taught in a format that involved one person demonstrating [...]

Introducing the Fletcherettes

I was experiencing a little bit of nervous excitement as I walked into the dance studio where the workshop was being held. Looking around at the dozens of bodies all uniformly dressed in black, the first thought that came to mind was ”Well, this is not your typical Pilates teacher workshop crowd” ….and it wasn’t. This was a workshop for the [...]

Where’s a Runaway Truck Ramp When You Need One?

After meeting Pat, I couldn’t wait to get to Vail for the Ron Fletcher workshop. The drive to Vail was spectacular……and somewhat terrifying. I am not a fan of heights or hills; which is hard to avoid in Colorado. While I was mapping out the driving portion of our trip from Boulder to Vail, there was something [...]