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Check out some of our past newsletters below.

The Scoop Newsletter Fall 2010

Pilates is truly an educational experience and should be considered a journey through several developmental stages much like schooling for our children. Kindergarten and the early years teaches our kids the fundamentals of Reading, wRiting and aRithmetic (the three R's). In later years algebra, calculus, literature and science creep in to the list of studies. But throughout our schooling much like through our Pilates life there is one constant and that constant is change on the very basest developmental level. When we first venture into the Pilates studio many of us are intimidated and even a little . . . Click Here

The Scoop Newsletter Fall 2009

Even those of us who have been practicing Pilates for several years need to revisit the scoop every once in a while. Certainly for the "newbies" amongst us we can never be reminded of the scoop enough times as we diligently try to learn the Pilates techniques. I would like to take this opportunity to look at the scooping muscles and biomechanics of a good scoop so that we may all benefit from our Pilates lessons even more by scooping better. Anatomy of the scoop. The pelvic floor muscles, transverse abdominal muscles and external obliques must contract in order for us to scoop. Below are pictures of these muscles to help you understand the various layers of contraction we are seeking to attain. . . . Click Here