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I have many trusted friends/colleagues. I own a Gratz reformer and love it. I want to buy more equipment. Half of my friends say stay with Gratz. The other half say Basil's stuff is awesome. What's the difference? Quality? Added features? I need some guidance, please. :-)

Hi all,

This is my first post although I have been lurking for quite some time. It is an invaluable site and has helped me enormously when i have questions, need clarification or just sometimes need a good reminder of why we do what we do (always needed after a bad day!), so thank you all for sharing your knowledge.

I have a small studio with a few clients and am thinking ahead to Xmas for small gifts ideas? I am thinking of getting a selection of tote bags made made up with the studio name etc on it and giving it to each of the clients (gift and advertising all in one) but i was trying to think of odds and ends to put in it?
Does anyone have any Pilates inspired ideas for putting in?

Thanks in advance
Lisa

Hello all.

first of all Im new to this site and think it is great. I came across it while trying to do some research for client I dont know what to do about.

She is 43, a good weight and is physically fit. (She cycles extensively but has a v weak core) She started doing 2 sessions a week of Pilates with me 5 weeks ago. Four sessions in she complained that she didnt feel stiff after class or feel like she is working her stomach in class. I investigated and pushed her further. Nothing. I never want my clients to be in agony or tight after class however to feel absolutely nothing was strange, especially with a new client. So i pushed her core more. She says her stomach feels no pain.. however if we do too much pure stomach work she feels nausea. She has never had this reaction before to other forms of exercise. So so sum up, I have a client who wants to feel something and be pushed, however when i do she feels sick. In my five years of teaching i have not come across this and so need help. any idea? or anyone had something similar?
Thank you in advance

A lot of people who teach Pilates take on the belief that there are not enough clients to go around, and the fear is if we certify more teachers our companies will suffer. This is not true. Many people today who teachers real, good, true, Pilates, don't really know the full history of where Pilates Certification started. Who actually started the first training program?

There had always been people offering Pilates to clients, but there was never an official organized Traditional Pilates Training Program until 1992. And the first to offer this was the Pilates Studio of LA directed by Melinda Bryan, The Pilates Studio of NY directed by Seam Gallagher, and the great Romana Kryzanowska. Does anyone remember that Pilates use to be a registered trademark? Guess who use to be the owners of the trademark? If you guessed the people above you are right… Not that this is relevant anymore, except when it comes to organized Pilates certification, we should not only thank the people listed above, but we should honor them.

The real reason for this blog is because now Melinda Bryan has released the first real Pilates Certification Online program. Still requiring 450 for certification. It is the real deal. As a Pilates Instructor for over 15 years my first feeling about this was anger... I thought here we go again with another fake company popping up in the name of Pilates, just trying to cash in. I wrote a really nasty blog about the company and to my surprised I received a really nice response letter offering me to take a second look. So I did… After taking a good look, I found that these people were serious…

Embrace evolution is my suggestion. I am the owner of two Pilates centers and I have always struggled with taking personal time off and like many others, struggle with finding good Pilates Instructors or student instructors. Personally I prefer student instructors because I can pay then less, and actually make a profit. Finding solid student instructors have always been very difficult until now.

I am grateful for PilatesCertificationOnline, because I am now able to take on apprentices who are traditionally trained. It is a win win for me. Not only do they need a studio to gain hours, but because I know that They have learned pure Pilates, from the people who started it all in the first place, but at the same time I am now able to take my vacations knowing that my clients are in good hands. I am writing this long blog because I am truly impressed and happy about this new company. Again, I say embrace evolution or become a dinosaur. What are your feelings?