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Doing Pilates Can Boost Your Business

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I firmly believe that doing pilates will boost anyone’s business. Pilates give you a new outlook at customer relations, compassion for customers, and the overall future.
When you do pilates, you learn so much about yourself, how to listen to another person (your teacher), and how to listen to your own body. This “art of listening” […]

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Farting During Pilates

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You knew this post was bound to be written sometime.
I was inspired to write this because someone in class tonight, who shall remain nameless, said this during Rolling Like a Ball, “I feel like I’m going to fart!” This is a very unusual announcement. Everyone laughed, and as the teacher, I felt as though I […]

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Pilates for Weight Loss

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If you’ve decided its time to lose weight and have begun practicing pilates, good for you! Pilates can be a perfect addition to your weight loss plan. Just remember-
Pilates is part of a weight loss plan. You must also include cardio exercise and proper nutrition to really see the results you’re looking for!
If you hear […]

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Heads Up on Push Ups

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Right now, the buzz around my studio, Rhinebeck Pilates, is about a recent New York Times article titled, “An Enduring Measure of Fitness: The Simple Push-Up”.
One reason for all the talk about push-ups is because most people hate doing push-ups! But we are also talking about the very real reasons, as the article tells […]

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Learning From Your Injuries

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If you’re an active person, it can be extremely upsetting when an injury prevents you from continuing to exercise.
Desperation, anxiety, disappointment, sense of failure, sadness, self-blame, anger, heartbreak, and a sense of being out of control are all normal feelings when suffering from an injury.
If you do suffer and injury and need to take […]

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Weight of the World on Your Shoulders

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Barometric Pressure is the weight of air molecules all around us.If you’ve suffered an injury, have arthritis, or get migraines, changes in the barometric pressure may be to blame.
On the website, www.weather.com, Dr. Richard Pope, Chief of Rheumatology at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, cites a study done in 1960 to back up this […]

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Pilates Cocktail

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You wouldn’t believe how many times this has happened to me. We’re in the middle of what I assumed was going to be a regular pilates session with a steady client. Half way through Elephant they pleadingly look up and choke out the words, “I have to tell you something… I’m still drunk from last […]

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What to Eat Before Pilates

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I am often asked this question, “What should I eat before I come to pilates?” or “I ate before I came, is that ok? I couldn’t help it, I was so hungry!”. Of course its ok. If you didn’t eat anything at all before you came in, I doubt you would have enough energy to […]

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Nocturnal Leg Cramps

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I can’t tell you how many people mention that they suffer from leg cramps, usually calf cramps, in bed at night. If you suffer from these nocturnal leg cramps, you aren’t alone at all.
In most cases, nighttime leg cramps are due to inactivity in the leg muscles during the day. Inactivity doesn’t just mean lack […]

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Cell Phone Stress

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This doesn’t happen very often, but the other day I recieved a very rude and annoying voicemail. I have to admit, this voicemail affected me for hours. I became so irritated after listening to it, and I think my evening classes were extra brutal that day! When I got home after work, I was snippy […]

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