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Classical Pilates: Not Rigid, Just Simple
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Classical Pilates: Not Rigid, Just Simple

I had heard of Classical Pilates, of course. But from the outside, it seemed stuffy. Rigid. Unwelcoming. A world with its back turned to anyone who hadn't been trained in a particular lineage. So I stayed away until I brought my frustration to my mentor, Lauren Brandt. I feel lost, I told her.

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7. Who Are You Doing This For?
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7. Who Are You Doing This For?

We are living in a world of crazy. Fast pace. Political upheaval. Constant noise. And in the middle of all of it, we tell ourselves a story. I'm doing this for my family. I'm doing this so they can have a good life.

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6. Come Home
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6. Come Home

came home from my first trip to Asia — Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam — and the first thing I did was walk to my kitchen sink, turn on the tap, and drink straight from it. Cold. Clean. Free. Not from a plastic bottle I had to buy every single day just to stay hydrated.

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5. Mom Guilt
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5. Mom Guilt

Let's talk about mom guilt. Because so many women carry it, this low hum of not enough that follows them from the school drop-off to the office to the dinner table and back again. And I want to ask: where did it come from, and does it actually have to be there?

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4. The Thing That Brings You Back
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4. The Thing That Brings You Back

I have been doing some writing lately, and I am really enjoying it.Which, honestly, still surprises me. For someone diagnosed late in life with dyslexia, writing was never part of my everyday joys.

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3. Pilates Met Me There
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3. Pilates Met Me There

It happened to me professionally first — though looking back, it started before I even knew it was happening. When I opened Seed Studio, I opened it with a business partner who was the Pilates person. She was more experienced, more deeply passionate about the method, and she was the one leading the teaching.

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2. Pilates Didn't Promise You Lean
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2. Pilates Didn't Promise You Lean

Scroll through social media for five minutes and you will find it. Five Pilates moves for a flat stomach. Pilates for weight loss. Get the Pilates body. You will find studios offering Hot Pilates, Reformer Pilates, Pilates rowing hybrids, all of them wearing the Pilates name like a label on a product.

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