Rooted Boston

06/19/2025

We are in the era of chat GPT, micro credentials, entitlement and pre-recorded weekend certs for under €69. I don’t usually rant here but it’s that time of the month, it’s hotter than Ireland usually is this week, I’m in my mid 40s and my summer clothing is still in storage…

When I have to explain to “Pilates pros” what apparatus, elder, or NPCP means… when I see “comprehensive” taking on a totally different meaning… I feel the need to call it out as a 🚩

These are just a few of the terms and titles I’ve seen misused online this week. There are so many other red flags on the internet and in our industry right now. I’m not going to get into Pilates wars but this is an actual method not just an aesthetic. You either teach Pilates repertoire or you don’t. Classical & Contemporary aren’t “traditional” they are Pilates. Pilates has always had clinical, individualized, and movement progression practices. Pilates is a real thing, it’s an actual methodology. When you learn the method it doesn’t get old, you don’t need to add anything to it to make it exciting or convince people to come back. People will come back because they’ll feel and see results that make them want to return. The method itself gets deeper as our own understanding of the exercises, and our own interoception and proprioception improve. We don’t just make up a series of random choreographic choices on a mat or a reformer and call it ice skating so why call it Pilates? Our industry words and terms matter and they hold specific meaning.

Please add any terms or titles you’ve also seen misused recently in the comments.

05/26/2025

LEARN TO TEACH PRE & POSTNATAL PILATES✨

Join me July 20th for two interactive Pilates CPDs. Mat, Reformer, & Comprehensively certified teachers are welcome.

10-12:30pm Prenatal Pilates
and
1:00-3:30pm Postnatal Pilates

Sign up for both or come for one. These professional development workshops will cover:

-The benefits of Pilates during Pregnancy & Postpartum

-The 3 trimesters, birth recovery, & postpartum

-Precautions, SHS, & warning signs

-Designing client sessions/ classes for pregnancy

-Diastasis Recti & the pelvic floor

-Creative postnatal movement progressions

Have questions answered and understand what movement best supports these special populations!

03/23/2025

Feeling very grateful after the first yesterday!✨

Thank you so much to and for organizing and putting on a truly wonderful event. Gathering Pilates teachers and students from all across Ireland and beyond was such an excellent opportunity for us all to build community.

Thank you so much to for leading two incredible mat classes covering both archival and classical material. I’ll be taking many insights from the class work to my own practice as well as my students. Thank you for these gems! It was a privilege and an absolute pleasure to get to learn from this Pilates legend. I am very excited for the next edition of the Pilates Body!

After this full day of Pilates talk and practice my body is sore, but my cup is overflowing! 🙏

02/13/2025

Had the pleasure of teaching a reformer CPD last week to some truly talented teachers. Grateful to be part of this wonderful team!

Continuous learning is key to delivering the best experience for our members! Last Wednesday, our team took part in CPD training for Reformer Pilates, going back to basics to refine their skills and enhance their expertise. By revisiting the fundamentals, they are better equipped to provide top-quality instruction and guidance. 💪✨

Stay tuned for more updates on our commitment to professional development at Mardyke Arena UCC.

12/10/2024

Yesterday was Joesph Pilates’ Birthday. I celebrated by covering 2 beginner reformer classes for a colleague in Cork. Just think how many people around the world have learned new insights about their body & movement by taking a Pilates session or class over the past century?

If you haven’t taken private Pilates before it is an opportunity to deepen your understanding of Pilates exercises, strengthen your body, build focus, interoceptive, and proprioceptive awareness, and gain more confidence in yourself & your movement.

Inquire to get a remaining spot for online private sessions or join the waitlist at: info@rootedperinatal.com

11/10/2024

The dance community lost a legend.
Judith Jamison was just that, unmatched.
I will never forget the times I’ve watched Judith Jamison perform when I was young and aspiring to dance one day. I even had a ticket to see the Alvin Ailey company the same day I got the acceptance letter to their BFA program. As we rehearsed during college Ms Jamison would come and watch from time to time, keeping us on our proverbial and literal toes. She was an incredible artist, choreographer, director, and soul.

May she rest in peace, dancing on. 🙏

📷: The NYT

11/08/2024

“These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.” -Rumi

Pain is a message from our body we should not ignore. Whether it is painful cramps during me**es, pain with insertion, prenatal pelvic pain, postnatal pain for example… all are signals from the body to pay attention and find the root cause.

If you have pelvic pain, or any pain for that matter, it should be discussed and looked into more with your care provider.

11/05/2024

Ishvara pranidhana a reminder that when the weight of your burdens feel too heavy you can lay some of them down to rest in the hands of the divine.

Sometimes we face things that feel bigger and more difficult than we could ever imagine. Grief, fear, loss, and despair, many things that in the moment seem like an ending. In these situations it can be helpful to practice ishvara pranidhana (surrender to the divine). Letting go of our own understanding, attachments, and ego in a given situation to, in a sense, give it up to a higher power. If things feel too big or too overwhelming today I invite you to lay it on the doorstep of the divine. Whether you have a faith that names it or rest your trust in the awe nature. Time will keep turning. The sun will rise and set. Keep breathing. It can get better.

10/15/2024

Today is PAIL Remembrance Day
As a reproductive rights advocate & full spectrum doula this day is especially sensitive for myself & many of the people I work with. Today I remember each of the clients I have worked with that have experienced pregnancy loss, release, and infant loss.

This year I am also reminded of the growing number of parents in Gaza who are mourning the loss of their pregnancies, infants, and children too.

More children have been killed in this past year in Gaza alone than all the armed conflicts of the world over the past four years combined.

-75% of the victims of genocide in Gaza have been female
-95% of pregnant & nursing Gazans face severe food poverty
-50,000 pregnant people & 20,000 infants are still targets
-183 people give birth per day without pain relief
-hundreds of babies have died because of a lack of electricity to power incubators
-the conditions in Gaza have increased miscarriages by 300%
-690,000 people who require menstrual hygiene supplies are unable to manage their menstrual cycle with privacy & dignity with some reports of contraceptive pills being taken to avoid the unhygienic menstrual conditions

Source: United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner

09/30/2024

BACK IN PERSON🎉
This is my first week teaching at University College Cork’s beautiful Mardyke Arena. I am so happy to be part of the Pilates & Yoga teaching team. If you are in the area pop in for a class and say hello!

My regular classes this semester are:
Monday
Pilates Mat (over 55) 11:15am
Wednesday
Yoga 5:30pm
Pilates Mat 6:30pm
Friday
Pilates Mat 5pm
Vinyasa Yoga 6pm

See you in Cork! 🧘🏻‍♀️🎉

09/18/2024

Thank you REPs Ireland! I just got this in my inbox today and wanted to share it 🎉💚🇮🇪

I am grateful for the Pilates method that has been a part of my life for nearly 30 years. I am also grateful to teach something I believe in as a career and continue to get excited about each day even after 18 years in. Pilates has supported me physically through professional dancing, injuries, moving 9 times without a moving company, through two pregnancies & postnatal years, and supports myself & my family financially. It’s not a hobby, for me, it has always been a career.

10/24/2022

GRATEFUL✨
Feeling incredibly grateful to have the opportunity to travel to Las Vegas for the I was able to connect with peers, teachers, and some true legends in the field! The beautiful and brilliant presented her ground breaking research on DRA and was honored for her contributions to Pilates and countless instructors & their students across the globe. I had the privilege to attend & workshop to learn about how Pilates can benefit the eyes, ears, & voice. I had an absolute joy presenting Under Pressure: Pilates for Pelvic Organ Prolapse. We created an interactive pelvis and pelvic floor and discussed why Pilates is such an excellent whole body and whole person approach for those with POP.
I connected with so many wonderful people making a difference around the world. My heart is full of hope for the future of our industry.
Thank you PMA for having me present and bringing us all together this year!