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Edwina Fontaine is no longer with us.

25 November, 2014 By Marjolein van Sonsbeek 4 Comments

Edwina Seaver Fontaine

Unfortunately Edwina Fontaine is no longer with us. Edwina Seaver Fontaine, born in 1928, was a former Balanchine and NYC Ballet ballerina. She died on November 24th 2014.  For a long time Edwina worked along Clara Pilates, Romana Kryzanowska, Mathilde Klein and John Winters as an Pilates instructor in the original studio of Joseph and […]

Filed Under: 2014, Blogs

“Pilates: like life”

14 November, 2014 By Marjolein van Sonsbeek Leave a Comment

Pilates is like life As a trainer I come in contact with a lot of different people. People that come to our studio’s to work on their bodies, people that are already trainers or people that want to become a Pilatestrainer. Not only physically but mentally too As an instructor you get close to people, […]

Filed Under: 2014, PeakPilates, The Netherlands Tagged With: Helga Stekelenburg

A new Pilates season

14 November, 2014 By Marjolein van Sonsbeek Leave a Comment

Helga Stekelenburg

An empty page The summerholidays are over and the new season has started. Although I enjoyed the peace and quiet, it’s nice to feel the energy that comes with a new season. New members that sign up and are introduced to Pilates for the first time. I call those newcomers ‘an empty page’, and we […]

Filed Under: 2014, PeakPilates, The Netherlands Tagged With: Helga Stekelenburg

Mat classes and more privates at Pilates Rotterdam

28 October, 2014 By Marjolein van Sonsbeek Leave a Comment

Javier Velazquez

Pilates Rotterdam starts again with a new season group classes on the mat; Monday 11.00 hours and Tuesday 18.15 hours. More privates available too! Monday and Tuesday The matclasses on Monday are in Dutch and on Tuesday in English. Everybody is welcome; not necessary to have Pilates experience.  The prices are very affordable: see Pricelist. The teacher on Monday is  Eva Hasselbach and  Javier Velazquez […]

Filed Under: 2014, Classical Pilates, Pilates School, The Netherlands

Dance and Pilates are complimentary; wedded together!

24 October, 2014 By Marjolein van Sonsbeek 1 Comment

Lukie Bernstein

Lukie Bernstein (63) of Bridghampton Pilates in New York, US. Lukie has a background in dance and is doing Pilates now for 14 years. Lukie has studied with Alwin Nikolais, Merce Cunningham, Nadine Revene, Aras Ames and Vladmir and Patricia Doukedovsky among others. She performed in works by Margaret Jenkins, Sheila Kaminsky, Diane Jacobowitz, Viola Farber and […]

Filed Under: 2014, PeakPilates, Pilates Interviews, Studio's & Trainers, USA Tagged With: Ellie Herman, Lolita San Miguel, Lukie Berstein, Mick Jagger

There really is no better exercise system

24 October, 2014 By Marjolein van Sonsbeek 1 Comment

Mariska Breland

Mariska Breland (39) from Fuse Pilates was born to a Dutch mother and an American father. She grew up mostly in the United States, but she regularly traveled for holiday in the Netherlands. Mariska studied communications and journalism at university. First, she worked in television and later, she was a creative director for multi-million dollar […]

Filed Under: 2014, BASI, Pilates Interviews, USA Tagged With: BASI, Jennifer Kries, Julian Littleford, Lolita San Miguel, Multiple Sclerosis

Keep dreaming!

16 October, 2014 By Marjolein van Sonsbeek Leave a Comment

Martien Janssen

Walt Disney: If you can dream it, you can do it!  It has finally happened! My dream is coming true! It’s been 7 years since I started my amazing Pilates adventure. Ever since I tried it for the first time my passion and inquisitiveness for this unique method grew . It didn’t take me long […]

Filed Under: 2014, Belgium Tagged With: dreams, The Pilates Bodycenter

Always been interested in meditation, yoga and health.

16 October, 2014 By Marjolein van Sonsbeek Leave a Comment

Lilian Kluivers, born in Leiden in 1983, always knew she wanted to do ‘something’ with physical exercise. She was interested in meditation, yoga and health. In her high school years she was in night school to teach at the gymnastics club where she was a member. After high school she first studied Latin and Greek, and […]

Filed Under: 2014, Do-in, Health Tagged With: Do-in

Who dares wins!

10 October, 2014 By Marjolein van Sonsbeek Leave a Comment

Robert Surenbroek (46), co-owner of East Bay Pilates in Emeryville, California. He and his wife Krisna have a lovely studio in the San Francisco Bay Area. How did you get introduced to Pilates? Did your background have anything to do with it? My wife, Krisna L. Hanks, was a former professional modern dancer and Pilates’ enthusiast working […]

Filed Under: 2014, Power Pilates, USA Tagged With: Allison Gonzalez, Gratz, Jay Grimes, Karen Frischmann, Kathi Ross Nash, Lucero Barry, Marjorie Oron, Sandy Shimoda

Pilates is fascinating me.

10 October, 2014 By Marjolein van Sonsbeek 1 Comment

Jon Hawkins (42) of Free Range Pilates has his studio near to Hampstead in North London in the UK. Pilates is something that is never going to stop fascinating him. When and why did you start practicing Pilates? I spent five years studying to be an osteopath and on graduating felt that there was a huge […]

Filed Under: 2014, Polestar Pilates, UK Tagged With: Balanced Body, Brent Anderson, Jon Hawkins, Kathy Grant

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Joan Collins
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Wanda Bouvier. Pilates kept me in exceptionally good shape my entire life.



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Sigourney Weaver (image: Pinterest)
Sigourney Weaver (image: Pinterest)


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Teaser Lee

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All teachers must be diligent students of the work
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Tina doing Sidebend

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Pilates focuses on developing the powerhouse and flexibility of the spine.
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I workout daily and I incorporate Pilates into every workout that I do.

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Amy on Cadillac CenterLine
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Glaucia Adriana

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Brooke Siler
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Men at Sixth Street Pilates

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Sixth Street Pilates in Manhattan’s East Village
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A Beautiful Star

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Christina Maria Gadar

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Christine on the Cadillac
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Anula Maiberg doing The Crab

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Mermaid Susannah

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Sam Cotrone teaching.
I do a private session twice a week.
I do a private session twice a week.


know all the repertoire with and without the equipment
know all the repertoire with and without the equipment
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Walid stretching

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Working out on the Reformer
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Cara on the Ladder Barrel

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Natalie Hauser

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Lynda doing Horseback with Mari Winsor
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Open Leg Rocker

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Eric Sacucci Carlovich

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Jennifer Stacey with Alex Siragusa. Twist on Chair with Ball.
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Sunni doing Teaser on the Box

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Greg doing The Horseback
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Javier Velazquez

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Mariska @ PilatesAnytime
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