Confessions of the Mis-aligned
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 equipment arrived on the front lawn of my house, and I mean literally it was ON my front lawn. Crates that were the size of coffins were everywhere. What the heck did I order again? 1 Standard Reformer…check.1 Cadillac Convertable…check. 1 High Barrel…check. 1 Spine Corrector (East Coast style)…..check. 3 Magic circles (1 light, 1 medium, 1 heavy)Assorted [...]
Since the word Pilates was still under the legal protection of a trademark, it was technically illegal to publically advertise Physical Methods as a “Pilates” studio. I was allowed to use phrases such as “Pilates inspired” “Pilates-like” or “exercises inspired by the work of Joseph H Pilates.” The whole thing was just ridiculous as far as I [...]
Starting my own business didn’t sound hard……..at first. Judging by some of the people that presently own their own businesses; I mean, really, how hard could it be? I figured that there were papers that I would need to file, and then there was probably an office, an association or some type of organization that would be able to [...]
Stacey Redfield is the owner of the Physical Methods™ studio located in Bethlehem, … [Read More...]
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