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September 6th,
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In This Issue
SAVE THE DATE: Real Pilates Throws a Party!
VIDEO: Give You Pilates Some Punch
SCHOOL IS IN: Back to the LAB
Notes From a Real Boutique Gym
Greetings!

AlyceaOrange

Back to Basics

In September as we shuttle our children and ourselves back into familiar routines there is always a period where we must re acclimate.  Part of getting back in the swing of things requires us to review what we've known or done before in order to begin the season anew.  Beginning with the basics is the simplest way to keep moving forward.

This month with the chaos of new beginnings it is even more important to indulge for just a moment and reflect on how we arrived at this routine in the first place.  And so, this morning I took stock of my beginnings and recalled the early days of Real Pilates.

All beginnings are precipitated by an idea.  And so it was with my beloved studio.  In 1995 I imagined only that I would build a home studio in Tribeca and work my way through Physical Therapy school.  There are clients here today who were part of that early crew.  I never imagined that I would love running a business, I thought only that Pilates might allow me a path as a physical therapist, not that my physical therapy education would serve and support my Pilates career.  Over the past 17 years, I've launched projects, campaigns, policies, products and more but always I come back to the idea on which the studio was founded.  To make Pilates accessible to everyone.  Whether or not you embrace Pilates, you can certainly agree that the ideas and principles, i.e. the "basics" of Pilates are universal and have applications in everyone's life. 

It was with the six principles of Control, Concentration, Centering, Precision, Breath and Flow of movement that I founded Real Pilates.  Those same six principles propel me forward and guide me in each decision both small and big.

As the first day of school arrived for my children today, so it did for me as well.  I am one third of the way through my pursuit of a Master's degree in Nutrition and as I nervously read through my own syllabus and glanced at the pile of high school applications due in short order for my older daughter I remembered to take a breath and start with the basics. 

One principle at a time.

~Alycea

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Save the Date - September 12th

 

 
 

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Pilates for Boxers
How to Exercise Like a Boxer : Stretching & Exercise
How to Exercise Like a Boxer : Stretching & Exercise
EHow asked alycea to create a video to help boxers exercise!  Here she uses RP teacher Yael Lubarr to show them a thing or to about Pilates.
Back to the LAB: Hot Legs with Shari
Dream Legs and Perfect Thighs are usually something for which you'd have to shell out big bucks, or start ballet training when you're six. But for those of you without millions in disposable  income or a time machine, Shari Berkowitz is going to show you a series of exercises to achieve leggy perfection in this 90 minute Pilates LAB.

You'll take exercises with you to do at home and an entirely new concept and actions of how every day sitting and walking craft your ideal strength and look. Just walking to get a coffee will now be the perfect use of your time!

You'll leave with a great understanding of what to do and what not to do to get what you want. And a full set of at-home exercises.

 

September 25th, 3pm-4:30pm. Sign up here!

"With body, mind, and spirit functioning perfectly as a coordinated whole, what else could reasonably be expected other than an active, alert, disciplined person."

- Joseph Pilates, Return to Life Through Contrology
 
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