Musings on the Barrels and Spine Correctors

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Benefit Beautifully

By Laura Philips-Hampton If I had to choose, I would say spine correctors are my favorite piece of equipment. Not only are they ingeniously simple and elegant, they get such instant results, and evoke deeply felt corrections and release in…

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Q&A With Mother-Daughter Master Instructors, Missy and Jolie Noll

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Enhance Your KnowledgeOur InstructorsProfitable Practices

How does Peak Pilates® bring you together? Jolie and I have co-owned The Pines Studio for Pilates since 1998. I became a Peak Pilates® Master Instructor in 2002, then the studio became an Education Center. Jolie is also a Peak…

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Rhythm Variations for Variety

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Enhance Your Knowledge

By Kathryn Coyle  Rhythm is a fun way to create variations and offer variety for your students. As classical instructors we teach our students that each exercise has it’s own unique rhythm. Webster’s dictionary definite Rhythm as any measured flow…

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6 Body Language Tips for Career Success

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By Carla Vercoe, Peak Pilates® Master Instructor Attention Pilates instructors! You’re saying more than you think. Those unspoken messages you’re sending your students are more powerful than you realize. Your body language speaks volumes and plays an important role in…

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Selecting the Right Reformer Springs

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Benefit Beautifully

by Kathryn Coyle For decades now students and teachers alike have been singing the praises of the Pilates method’s ability to create health and vitality. Joe Pilates ingeniously created a system of movement that perfectly balances strength and stability. One…

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Neutral, Natural, Optimal: Which is it?

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Enhance Your Knowledge

By Colleen Glenn Years ago when we started Peak Pilates® education, the development team debated over the use of the terms neutral pelvis and neutral spine and how they were addressed and delivered in our educational programs. Many organizations, using…

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The Hidden Joys of Being Fit

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Healthy & Mindful

By Maggie Winzeler of Wellnesswinz.com The benefits of exercise include weight loss, energy, health and more…obviously! But what about those not-so-obvious moments of hidden joy that you experience at the end of a run? Or at the end of a Pilates…

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Peak Pilates® Senior Master Instructor, Mentor, and Leadership Team Member, Nancy Hurd | Texas, USA

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Meet Our Master Instructor Team

Why did you start taking Pilates classes? I was a dancer and a dance Major and we took Pilates as part of our program. It was often used as part of the floor work in our classes. I continued after…

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