Holiday Season Specials-Pass It On!!

First, for a limited time, we are offering new clients two private sessions for $40 each (rather than $60 each).

Second, for anyone who is new to Boston Street Pilates, we are asking for donations for ICAN kids and/or TJ Pappas kids, valued at $30 or more in exchange for a 30 min. equipment based session. We have a "wish list" for the ICAN kids at the studio. The wish list can be obtained by visiting the studio, calling, or emailing. TJ Pappas is in need of boys and/or girls shoes for ages 6-12. Gift cards for Wal-Mart were also a request.

Third, we are offering a 5% discount on any package to anyone purchasing a gift certificate for Boston Street Pilates for a loved one this Holiday Season.

Clients-Please feel free to pass this offers on to anyone and everyone! We appreciate your support and continued patronage!

Are You An Incredible Shrinking Person?

Did you know, that when you first wake up in the morning, you are at your tallest height?! And later, when you go to bed, you are at your shortest? Crazy, isn't it?

Basically, when you wake up, you are your natural height, unaffected by your daily tasks and habits. As the day continues, you sit at your computer, you drive around, you stand and hunch over things as you work, etc. If your shoes don't have enough support, you will essentially sink down into them. If you carry heavy bags, they weigh you down into the ground.

If you are reading this blog, chances are you incorporate pilates or other uplifting movement diciplines into your daily life. Pilates is one of the best ways to train your body how to hold itself up, even when external forces are trying to weigh it down. When you're not in class, its very important to bring the pilates principles into the rest of your day, specifically, use your core to hold you up and don't allow your upper body weight to sink into your low back.

Here is one way to tell if you shrink during the day. Get into your car in the morning and adjust the rear view mirror so you can see perfectly out the back window. Later at night, get back in your car and look in the rear view mirror. If you have to readjust it, especially if you must readjust it downward, you have most likely shrunk a bit during the day.

Time to get thyself to pilates!

Pilates for Arthritis

PHYSIOTHERAPIST Chris Norris, of Norris Associates in Congleton, is working with Alderley Pilates Studio in Nether Alderley in marking Arthritis Care Awareness Week (April 14 to 18), with a reminder that Pilates can be of great benefit to anyone with arthritis and other ailments.Arthritis is the UK’s biggest single cause of physical disability, affecting nine million people of all ages, including 12,000 children.

Chris said: “Anyone diagnosed with arthritis should look at taking regular exercise to help them live with their condition and improve their mobility as well as reduce pain.

“A physiotherapist should assess an individual and determine the best kind of exercise to help them.

“From my own experience Pilates is very helpful for arthritis sufferers.

“It is also a controlled, gentle form of exercise which means it can be practiced by people whatever their previous level of fitness or age.”
Alderley Pilates Studio owner Peter Bowen said: “Arthritis can be very debilitating, but we are keen to let local sufferers know how beneficial Pilates can be in helping them to become more mobile.

“Pilates does this in a safe and gentle way, and because it is a controlled form of exercise it is suitable for men and women of any age, even if they have not exercised for many years.

“Arthritis sufferers can work within their own comfort zone in a calm way, which far from putting extra stress on their joints, helps them become more mobile and flexible over time.

“Pilates is a fully supervised form of activity which puts people’s joints into neutral, allowing them to move as efficiently as possible despite underlying health problems such as arthritis.”