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10/31/2026

🍂🎃Have you caught up with our latest blog, “It’s Not Just Pilates”?

What does that mean to you?

It’s about more than exercises, choreography, or moving from one apparatus to another. It’s about understanding the person, the movement, and the WHY behind what we do.

There’s so much more to explore when we look beyond the exercises and start asking better questions.

☕ Grab your coffee and give it a read before October comes to a close!

Read our latest blog at traditional-pilates.com or link in bio! 🤍

10/26/2026

A little Monday thought 🙋

👉For more, click link in profile and explore for your own teaching journey.

10/24/2026

Friday night Pilates teacher rule: Eat the burger. Order the fries. Get the ice cream. And, of course, throw in a puppy ! 😂🍔🍟🍦

What happens when two Pilates teachers decide it’s time to wrap up the week and meet for food and laughs?

Well, first of all… WE EAT! And we don’t mess around.

We picked a new spot in Santa Monica because the burger, fries AND ice cream options were calling our names.

And yes, somewhere in between all that goodness, we got a visit from a puppy, even babysitting him while his Daddy went to get some food.

Full, happy, lots of laughs, and heading home feeling pretty energized.

Tomorrow we’re back at it in the studio for teacher training and our Assessing Workshop.

And honestly, what better way to head into a weekend of teaching, learning and exploring than with a full belly and a happy heart?

A little food, a lot of laughter, good company and a little Pilates.

That’s a pretty good Friday if you ask us!

Happy weekend, everyone! ❤️

10/22/2026

Your client isn’t a level. They’re a person. 👀

We don’t teach Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced. We teach the person in front of us.

Bodies don’t follow a syllabus. Our job is to observe, ask questions, and make thoughtful choices based on what each person needs *today.*

Knowing the repertoire is one thing. Knowing what to teach, when, why, and for whom? That’s teaching.

This is at the heart of the Traditional Pilates Movement Collective, from teacher training to our post-grad Study of the System program.

We’re not moving people through levels. We’re teaching people through movement. 🤍

🙌Ready to deepen your teaching? Join us this January for ✨TEACHER TRAINING or explore our 💫STUDY THE SYSTEM PROGRAM.

👉Pilates teachers: How do you move beyond levels in your teaching?

10/19/2026

New Podcast just dropped!!!

And we already are hearing from listeners!!

“So glad you aren’t the 2 Pilates side gig/part time chicks…although it would still be an interesting podcast 😉”

Have you heard this one yet? Let us know your thoughts!!

10/17/2026

It’s NOT just Pilates.
It’s not JUST Pilates.
It’s not just PILATES.
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🎙️Next week, S7 E10: It’s Not Just Pilates.

As teachers and educators, we’re unpacking the assumptions and the deeper conversation behind what we do.

What does hearing “It’s just Pilates” feel like to you when you’re the one teaching it, the one who has dedicated a lifetime of education and a career to Pilates and movement?

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🔔Subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts to never miss an episode! ✨

10/14/2026

The work is over 100 years old. Our understanding of the human body shouldn’t stop there.

Can we talk about what *traditional* really means?

To us, honoring Joseph Pilates and his system of Contrology means understanding the work, its intentions, and the purpose behind it.

But tradition doesn’t mean we stop asking questions.

We stay curious. We continue learning. We explore the how and why behind the work so we can better understand the people in front of us.

**Rooted in history. Always deepening our understanding.** ❤️

That’s traditional Pilates to us.

✨ Ready to dig deeper?

Our year-long **Study of the System** begins January 2027!

Applications are open. Visit the link in our profile to learn more and apply.

Let’s keep the work alive by continuing to study it.

Thank you Chuck Rapoport for the beautiful art hanging in our studio❤️

10/12/2026

At some point in training, things begin to shift.🤍

Students move beyond learning the repertoire and start thinking critically, asking questions, and making choices for the person in front of them.

The answers aren’t always clear, and that’s okay. It’s part of the learning to try, to begin noticing what they see, and developing their own approach to teaching.

Our Spring group is on the final stretch of their journey, and watching their confidence and deeper understanding grow is one of our favorite parts of teacher training. ✨

Our job isn’t to give them all the answers, but to help them find their own.

Because becoming a great teacher isn’t about knowing it all. It’s about staying curious, continuing to learn, and meeting each person in the moment.

Teachers, what’s one thing that helped you grow from just memorizing repertoire to truly understanding how to teach it? 👇

10/09/2026

Behind every carefully placed spring is a human. 🤍

The method matters. The details matter. But so do the questions, the laughter, and the willingness to keep learning.

At TPMC, we believe great teachers never stop being students.

The method brings us together. The people make it a community. 🤍

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