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Eve Gentry and Clara Pilates! (Pilates LAB peeps— yes, this is Eve of Eve’s Lunge fame)

Eve and Clara - -Spread Eagle on the Cadillac (notice the placement of the feet) The Pilates LAB Central Studio Pilates Miami Shores The Pilates Works

These two! ♥️♥️

Ruth Alpert and Michele Larsson - Pilates Style Dec. 2016 article The Pilates LAB Central Studio Pilates Miami Shores The Pilates Works

Core Dynamics archives - Bruce King teaching at the Institute for the Pilates method - circe 1992 - in photo Michele Larsson Suzanne Gutterson The Pilates LAB Central Studio Pilates Miami Shores The Pilates Works

Throwback Thursday - Michele Larsson at Pilates Anytime teaching a prep for Spine Twist and The Saw (yes, Kristi Cooper and Ruth Alpert are both in that class) The Pilates LAB Central Studio Pilates Miami ShoreThe Pilates LAB The Pilates Works

The one and only Michele Larsson teaching a Mat class at Pilates Anytime circa 2012 The Pilates LAB Central Studio Pilates Miami Shores The Pilates Works

Horseback on the Reformer with Clara Pilates The Pilates LAB Central Studio Pilates Miami Shores The Pilates Works

Eve Gentry’s Photo Collage from when she was named a Santa Fe Living Treasure. The Pilates LAB

Is Pilates political?

YES.

Anything that costs money is political. Who can pay for it? Who has time to buy it? Who can access the location? Who feels welcome? Who feels SAFE?

Bodywork & exercise, in particular, are political. What body shape and aesthetic has popular culture assigned to the method? Again— who feels safe?

Honestly, it was a special combination of loving Pilates, plain dumb luck, & not-being-prepared-for-anything-else, that led me to become the owner of a Pilates studio.

I must acknowledge the extreme privilege of being in this position. I have no corporate ties and no big funding at stake (which is why I’m not rich)— but I believe it is 100% my responsibility to speak out.

The Pilates LAB is not a monopoly. You’ve got options if this rhetoric makes you uncomfortable.

I’m disgusted by how this country treats people… the way we have ALWAYS treated SOME people. We all know the names Renée Good and Alex Pretti. They were both shot in broad daylight by ICE.

ICE also killed a black man named Keith Porter, a Cambodian man named Parady La, as well as Heber Sanchaz Domínguez, Victor Manuel Diaz, Luis Beltran Yanez-Cruz, Luis Gustavo Nunez Carceres, and Geraldo Lunos Campos, all of Latino descent. At this rate, they are on pace to kill 100 people this year.

I hope you will call your elected officials. Call repeatedly.
Tell them to pressure their Republican colleagues to vote no on the ICE budget.
Tell them to call for the impeachment of Noem.

Senator Gillibrand: (202) 224-4451
Senator Schumer: (202) 224-6542

(If you want a script, I have one to share.)

And to get through these very tough times, cut yourself some slack. Take time to notice your breath & slow it down, lift your face to the sun— if it ever peeks out again🥴, find your friends. Lift heavy things. Move in any way that makes you feel like a badass. And allow yourself some laughter and joy.

Then call your Senators again.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!! 🎆

As you can see from our top nine posts— and from the small number of posts this year, overall— our focus is not solely on Pilates. That is because it’s not really our style to photograph classes or one-on-one sessions— but it is our approach to care for our little neighborhood, our incredible community, and the larger world in general.

Here’s to the year ahead!!—

May you find the time, inspiration, and a safe place to move.
May you feel supported and understood.
May your community continue to show up, stand up, and speak out.