Deb’s Pilates Principle: Centering

Deb’s Pilates Principle: Centering

Now, more than ever, it’s important to be and stay centered. Centering is at the “core” of what we do, literally! For some of you who have been around the Studio for a while, you may still have your Body Works t-shirts saying, “get to your core,” with an...
Staff Spotlight: Yarrow King Doumby

Staff Spotlight: Yarrow King Doumby

Straight roads do not make skillful drivers – Paulo Coelho This isn’t just your average tale of how a small-town girl changed her life with a one-way ticket to the Caribbean. It’s the story of how our very own Yarrow King followed an adventurous and winding path of...
Client Spotlight: Paul H. Friedman

Client Spotlight: Paul H. Friedman

Born and raised in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, Paul found his way to Tucson via Chicago (undergraduate degree,) Boston (law school,) and Washington, D.C. where he established a successful law career. He’s recently retired as managing partner of Dechert, LLP’s D.C....
February Pilates Principle: Awareness

February Pilates Principle: Awareness

Awareness is really at the heart of what makes Pilates different from so many other types of exercise. Developing awareness of how you move, where a movement initiates from, and the range of motion that you can control are key to an effective Pilates practice. When we...
Client Spotlight: Suzi Hileman

Client Spotlight: Suzi Hileman

Suzi Hileman was shattered in more ways than one on January 8, 2011, when a gunman opened fire at a Tucson grocery plaza where she had taken her nine-year-old neighbor, Christina Taylor Green to meet U.S. Representative Gabby Giffords. Six people died, that day,...