Pelvic Health & Core Restoration Hypopressive exercise was originally taught as a breathing technique to be used in a clinical setting. A tool therapist could use to help post-natal women prevent and/or re- cover from pelvic floor dysfunction (incontinence, prolapse). Tamara Rial and Piti Pinsach, from Spain, recognized the need to create a fitness […]
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What is ZEN-GA®?
Introduction by Kim Kraushar, May 2016 ZEN-GA® is a Mindful Movement Branded program created by Merrithew – a company I have learned from and represented as a Master Instructor Trainer for almost 20 years. After obtaining my STOTT PILATES Certification in 1997, I faced the exciting but daunting challenge of being the first in my neck […]
Peter’s Story
At 64, Peter is a specimen of a man… and I should know, I’m married to him. Fitness has been a lifelong part of his life, a lifestyle that he learned from his parents. A longstanding shoulder injury, a desire for a stronger core (not to be confused with 6 pack) and (sotto voce) his […]
Serena didn’t let turning 50 slow her down
On my 50th birthday I got a gift that kept on giving. After spending a good portion of the birthday party doing a samba like no one was looking and, like I was 30, I was then incapable of ‘walking’. I could only make it to the car or around the house, but anything over […]
Sandy’s story of resilience after a car accident
Sandy believes there is nothing she can’t do anymore… That wasn’t the case when she first started STOTT PILATES at the Interlude 10 years ago as part of her car accident rehab. She didn’t have a lot of faith in what her mid-fifties body would ever be capable of doing again and was shocked to discover […]
Learn how one client with Parkinson’s disease got back on the dance floor!
In a recent story in the Halifax Herald, Kim Kraushar provided an overview of how a special STOTT PILATES focused routine proved successful in treating a movement disorder
