Tag: pilates

Teaching With a “Pilates Lens”: A New Way to Approach Alignment and Artistry

As a student of Pilates teacher Romana Kryzanowska, I remember a teacher-training session a decade ago when a young instructor asked Romana why she never got bored of teaching the same exercises. Romana answered, “I am not teaching exercises. I am teaching a person.”  This approach continues to motivate my work with Pilates––which I’ve been […]

How Tom Welsh Built a Dance Science Program from Scratch

When Florida State University professor Tom Welsh arrived in Tallahassee in 1991, dance science was uncharted territory. “Mostly, it was technique teachers who were looking for ways to keep their dancers dancing,” he says. “It was just a field people imagined could happen.” He immediately set to work building the university’s dance science program from […]

Pilates Anatomy

Pilates Anatomy: Your illustrated guide to mat work for core stability and balance By Rael Isacowitz and Karen Clippinger Human Kinetics, 2011 204 pages Ideal for a Pilates instructor or general practitioner, Pilates Anatomy is an informative and comprehensive guide to the technique. Examining movement from the inside out, the book shows which muscles are […]