by trifectapilates | Sep 22, 2022 | Pilates, Teaching Pilates, Written Blog
More than once I’ve been told I’m not teaching “real” Pilates. From classes being too challenging and fast to sessions being too slow and easy. What I’ve realized is that always calling Pilates, Pilates doesn’t give people enough information about the session. ...
by trifectapilates | Sep 15, 2022 | Lessons Learned, Pilates, Teaching Pilates, Written Blog
The constant go and grind are put on a pedestal, even when it burns out our nervous system. Feeling we have to keep going, and doing too much is the norm. I’ve fallen into this trap before. It leads to stress, resentment, and I’m sure has contributed to my gray...
by Beth Sandlin | Jun 9, 2022 | Pilates, Written Blog
Rewind time to my student teaching days, okay its more like we’d have to time warp it’s been so long, but the story still applies. One of the first clients I had was coming to Pilates with the goal of losing weight. This isn’t a question I had run...
by Beth Sandlin | Apr 5, 2022 | Pilates, Teaching Pilates, Written Blog
“That was such a great somatic experience.” Years ago I received this comment after teaching a slow paced, explorative Pilates class, following the classic 34 exercises. My first thought was, ‘I was never trained to teach somatic movement. Was that really somatic?’ ...
by Beth Sandlin | Feb 23, 2022 | Teaching Pilates, Trauma, Written Blog
Sometimes I can be blunt and just call it for what it is. Now this gets to people sometimes because culturally this isn’t a woman’s role. We’re supposed to sugar coat it and drop hints. But you know what? I’m tired. So tired of hiding this. ...
by Beth Sandlin | Jan 21, 2022 | Trauma, Written Blog
In my 10 years of taking some form of education on trauma there have been changes in how we understand trauma, trauma informed care best practices and the competencies needed to work with an understanding of the Nervous System to support a trauma informed care...
