Yesterday was The Pilates Studio’s first snow day of the
year. I really tried to get to the
studio in the morning…I was even aided by a very helpful neighbor that was
determined to push my car up the road until I hit pavement at the corner. Well it didn’t happen, and once we got
the car back into the parking spot, I went inside and then watched as the plow
cleared the street effectively burying my car in clods and clods of snow. Again I ventured into the world to start
digging. At first, I was saying I
probably wouldn’t make it out of the parking spot, but its better to dig now
than tomorrow morning. Then
something happened, as I continued to shovel, I became absolutely determined to
get out of my parking spot. Each
time I bent my knees to propel a shovel full of very heavy snow, I knew I would
succeed. I knew that I would get
to The Pilates Studio!
You might wonder why I was so determined. You could say that it was because I
wanted to be sure that my clients were able to have their sessions. That I was that dedicated to being a
pilates instructor. I was
determined to take care of every body that I could…You could say that, but then
again…It wouldn’t exactly be true.
My determination came from a much more selfish place. Each time I twisted my body through
several planes of motion to hurl the world’s wettest most frozen snow, I began
to think about the foam roller and how great it would be to lie on it. Then with the next clod I started
thinking about a psoas stretch…Then I even began to crave the magic circle
(Really I was)…You see I became so determined to get to work, not to teach, but
to recover from all of the crazy shoveling….Then I thought about our little joke about the fact that there
are only two seasons at The Pilates Studio: Shoveling season and gardening season. So I made it to the studio in time
to do the workout I began designing while digging and digging and digging!
And here it is!
And here it is!
Each exercise title is a link to more information about that
specific exercise on The Pilates Studio’s Exercise of the Day Blog.
Katrina Hawley C.M.A, PMA-CPT
Director of Instruction at The Pilates Studio
