Changing Seasons, Steady Practice

As summer begins to give way to fall, I’ve been thinking about change.

Not only the change of seasons, but the many seasons of life.

Over the past 20 years, TriPilates has moved through so many of them with me: growth, loss, rebuilding, joy, grief, family milestones, financial pressures, friendship, teaching, and thousands of hours of practice.

Through all of it, Pilates has remained a steady place to return.

What I love most is that Pilates is a system.

Yes, I love the Mat because we can take it anywhere. But the springs on the Reformer, Tower, Cadillac, and Chairs give us information we simply cannot get anywhere else. They ask us questions:

Are we moving with control?
Are we using momentum?
Are we organizing from our center?
Are the springs supporting us — or are we letting them move us?

That is the beauty of classical Pilates. It is not one piece of equipment. It is an entire system designed to teach the body how to move with greater strength, awareness, balance, and freedom.

Over the years, I have kept learning so I could keep serving.

Teacher training. Yoga teacher training. Xtend Barre. MELT Hand & Foot. Franklin Method work. Cadaver Lab study with Rebecca Leone. Heritage training with Cara Reeser. And a Master’s Program through The Pilates Center in Boulder.

Each experience changed the way I teach.

And life changed me too.

I have taught new mothers, pregnant mothers, busy parents, working professionals, athletes, children, older adults, and people nearing the end of life.

I have taught while navigating the loss of my home, the death of my husband Craig, the uncertainty of 2020, deep grief, family pressures, and many seasons that asked me to dig deeper than I thought I could.

What keeps returning me to myself is practice.

Pilates. Yoga. Qigong. Meditation. Recovery. Strength training. Physical therapy. Swimming, Gratitude. Community. Service.

And perhaps most importantly: showing up for other people.

Teaching gets me out of my own head. Serving others reminds me that we are all moving through something. Practice helps me stay present enough to meet life as it is.

These days, I feel a greater sense of urgency — not panic, but clarity.

There is no way to know what the future holds.

So I am choosing to practice more regularly. I have resumed private Pilates sessions with my original teacher. I’m spending more time on the different apparatus. I’m getting stronger. I’m preparing to help my daughter at her wedding. I’m choosing love, courage, movement, and connection.

The seasons keep changing.

So do we.

But a steady practice gives us something to return to.

Something that reminds us who we are.

Something that helps us keep moving forward.

Changing seasons. Steady practice.

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