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.”

The HeartAware™ Online Evaluation

Thanks to Nikole, a Clinical Education Specialist at Mercy & Chandler Hospital and 100 Club Client, for telling us about this online evaluation for a "heart evaluation". from Chandler Reg. Hospital. Please read below to learn more, and click on the link to take the online evaluation! Pass this on to those you love!

PS: The first question asks you who you work for and gives you a drop down menu. I just selected one, and it worked fine.


Knowing your risk profile will enable you to take control of your health and provide you with the best defense against cardiovascular disease. At the end of the online evaluation, you will receive a personalized report and strictly confidential information that will help you:

Assess your cardiovascular health status;
Identify medical or lifestyle conditions that may lead to development of disease;
Take action to reduce your level of risk; and
Receive, at your option, free continuing education via e-mail about your specific cardiovascular health and risk factors.

Click here to access the HeartAware™ risk assessment, or call 480.728.3639 to schedule a free, in-person consultation with the program’s cardiac clinician.

We are also conducting a research study that will continue to investigate the relationship between the traditional risk factors for developing cardiovascular disease and newly defined genetic markers of disease. To learn more about the research study or to find out if you are eligible to enroll, please click here or call 480.728.7086.

GOOD LUCK!!

Are You Interested??

Here is what we are thinking...starting a stretching/lengthening/strengthening class which would utilize the mats, foam rollers, bands, and whatever else we can find! BUT we would like to find out if a) anyone is interested b) if so, what times/days.

The class would be 45 minutes and taught by Morgan. The class would cost $15 a session.

Let us know at the studio, or post a comment on the blog! Thanks!!!

Hard-bodied Faith Hill marks 41st birthday with bikini pose

Oct. 20, 2008, 7:32 PM EST
MSN Entertainment

While some famous blondes might celebrate turning the big 4-1 by consulting their plastic surgeon or needle-wielding dermatologist, Faith Hill has decided to doff her duds to show the firming power of Pilates.


"... Wearing a bikini on a magazine cover is my 41st birthday present to myself," the ab-tastic country star tells the December issue of Shape, crediting her thrice-weekly Pilates workouts for her ultra-toned figure. "I could bend in ways I haven't been able to since I was a teenager. My husband loves it!"

Hill, who's mom to Gracie, 11, Maggie, 10, and Audrey, 6, admits it took her years to come around to the idea of a consistent workout routine. "I was always very athletic, playing basketball and softball and running track," she explains. "But in my 20s and 30s, I'd go through phases with exercise, working out for four weeks before a big tour or video shoot and not doing much afterward. Then I had three kids and turned 40, so I decided to make a lifestyle change."

Giving Faith an added push was the knee surgery she underwent in January, which turned her sedentary for six months. "I had never gone that long without doing something," she admits. "I was not happy." Hill and McGraw started doing four miles a day on an elliptical machine in July, along with some weightlifting, crunches and push-ups.

"I found I slept better, had more energy and was stronger," says Hill, who soon added the instructor-led Pilates to her routine. "It was so hard, but ultimately so worth it," she encouragingly declares. "My core is much stronger, and my arms are more toned."

New Inductees into the 100 Club

Congrats to:

Bridget Hanger
Nikole Hampton
Jolynn Humphrey

Nice job ladies! Please make sure you get a shirt, and to those of you who haven't gotten your's yet, please let us know! We will be putting in a new order if we don't have your size!

Have a great weekend!