"Start from the Beginning" 4 week beginning workshop July 21-Aug. 11th, Wed. 7-8 p.m.  Start or restart your Pilates program by signing up for our beginning workshops.  This workshop will guide the participants through primarily mat work learning the principals of Joseph Pilates conditioning method.  As the exercises are taught we discuss how to guide the body safely through the exercises to get full benefit without causing injury or stress.  The apparatuses are also introduced.  By the end of the 5 weeks, class members either take away with them a good solid home program or decide to take advantage of our other offerings:   join our regularly scheduled mat classes, a private session or meet a friend to share a semi-private session.

"Reform Yourself" - Apparatus Class, 4 weeks July 6 thru July 29, tues/thurs.; Open leveled.  Primarily working on the reformer; limited to 3 people/class, 1 class/week $120 or 2 classes/week $240

Greg Elwell passed is Advanced practical test on April 27th in New York at True Pilates.   He will be finishing his certification process by taking the final written exam.  He is teaching in the Rydal studio on Mondays from 10-2 p.m.  The fee for a session with Greg is $35.

Sharon Michels (pictured above w/Romana Kryzanowska) recently passed her stage 2, intermediate written & practical test.  After completing all her seminar work, she is now working towards her advanced level test and is available for lessons at a rate of $35/session in  Doylestown Saturdays 9-2:00 p.m.

June Hudson after completing all 3 seminars in New York has just succesfully taken her intermediate level practical and written test.  She is available for lessons at the Rydal studio on Mon. thru Fri. by appointment $35/session. Call 215.576.8261 to schedule your appointment.

Barbara Conforti also has completed her required 3 seminars in New York and also passed her practical and written intermediate level exams.  She is available for lessons in the Rydal studio on Mondays and Wednesdays from 9-1 by appointment $35/session.  Call 215.576.8261 to schedule your appointment.

"Pilates for Putters" by John Paul Newport appeared in The November 4, 2006 issue of The Wall Street Journal.  The article discusses the benefits of Pilates training for golfers both professional and novice.  "Pilates will help develop the muscles that can keep your spine angle constant while turning around it."  "...The best golfers have strong, stable lower bodies and flexible, mobile upper bodies.  Their swings progress from the lower body to the trunk, the shoulders and lastly the arms.  To duplicate that sequence, amateurs usually need the most work on their glutemous muscles and their cores.  Lacking strength and flexibility in those areas. they compensate by using their arms, which is a primary cause of slicing."   Pilates addresses the needs of a golfer.