03/19/2018
I was always “swimming upstream” at traditional Pilates studios. I’d turn off the music, I’d teach things at 1/2...okay, maybe 1/4...of the usual pace, I’d dive deeper into 3 or 5 exercises instead of 15 or 20, and I almost never taught the classical repertoire. We’d breathe. For a while. We’d feel. All the time. And we won’t even talk about the amount of props strewn all over the floor. Teaching in this way, I built a community around Post-rehab and alignment-oriented work. , embodiment, embodiment.
It didn’t always fit in with the traditional Pilates environment. So I knew 3 years ago that I needed to be in charge of creating “the current” in a Pilates studio instead of swimming against one all the time.
After finding and fighting for my first wonderful home here on 20th street, I was faced with the daunting question of giving it a name. I was hesitant to use “Pilates” in it to avoid some big ideas and assumptions about what my work looked like. Then my brother asked, “have you thought about the number 20?” “Those born under the influence of the number 20 incarnate to be of service to souls who are ailing and in need of help. Such individuals bring spiritual upliftment and guidance and live the humanitarian ideals. The keyword is ‘Universal Service.’” That was the first thing that google told me. And the research and my excitement with by my side, just got better and better from there. So the number 20 stuck. I used it as grounding and inspiration. And now I’m surrounded by practitioners of a few different modalities who all stand behind a purpose relating to helping people get well and thrive in their physical and emotional bodies...who all want to be of service. So no matter where we go, 20 is coming with us. It’s been creating the best kind of current to swim in:)
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