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Ep: 29 – Digital Health Meet Joseph Quinn & Pilates Metrics

October 25, 2016 /1 Comment/in /by

Big data and digital health meet Pilates. Pilates meet big data and digital health. Who’s responsible for this titillating and powerful introduction? Enter Joseph and Karine Quinn, owners of Real People Pilates in Berkeley, CA and founders of the new app for Pilates teachers by Pilates teachers – Pilates Metrics, launching NOW! Join me and […]

Did I do the right thing using the F word?

October 12, 2016 /27 Comments/in /by

Last week I had a moment of very real panic about whether or not I’d put my professionalism at risk. It started when I was composing the title for the latest Thinking Pilates Podcast. My first idea and gut instinct was to use profanity in the title. I typed it in. “No Fucking Around…” Then I […]

Making Hard Choices Part 2

September 22, 2011 in /by

Making Hard Choices Part 2: Hiring Teachers The other day I had the unpleasant task of filling out a wage garnishment form for one of my former teachers. Two years ago, my business partner and I finally had the courage to part ways with this person.  Yet here we were, in 2011, still bogged down […]

How To Be The Kind of Teacher You Really Are…

July 28, 2011 /3 Comments/in /by

“Analogous to when I learn a new exercise in Pilates, I was thinking and trying so hard to be absolutely “correct” that my teaching seemed unnatural and mannered. As I have gained experience and been exposed to different students I feel as though I have become more relaxed and “real” with my students.” Geoff Lusk, […]

Making Hard Choices Part 1

July 28, 2011 /0 Comments/in /by

Choosing Clients     Recently, a successful Bay Area teacher shared a startling challenge. Despite her success, she has been struggling with clients who express prejudices against her because of the color of her skin. They request the “other” teacher or “feel more comfortable” with someone else or even, she says, shy away from her […]

What It Means To Be Skillful

July 28, 2011 in /by

Skillful – To be skillful in teaching or as a teacher is to be responsive rather than reactive, to hold clear intentions and act from a place of awareness both of ourselves and of those we teach. Skillfulness is the ability to hold knowing and not-knowing at the same time with a sense of openness […]

Meaningful Work

July 28, 2011 in , , /by

It comes down to this: If you are willing to know yourself deeply and trust what you have to offer, your teaching will be potent, exciting and magnetic. Lasting success – especially financial – is built on this. Your classes will be fuller, your students will keep coming back and your work will have meaning […]