PIlates offer for March

Buy 5 private lessons at the regular price of $325 and receive one free session.  Comes down to $54 per session! Must be purchased in March but can be used beyond March.

The magic of the circle

The mix of towel work and magic circle work does wonders for your back - or my back in this case.  I worked the circle hard this morning.

Martha's Pilates for Golf

Pilates training is perfect for golf.  The flexibility, strength and balance you gain from pilates practice is just what you need to improve your golf swing and drive the ball farther and straighter.  Come in twice a week and you will notice improvement very quickly. Check out my special golf package:  8 sessions for $499 at the studio and $799 if you prefer lessons in your home.  Call me at 415 822 7581

Washer Woman

Just spent 30 minutes doing washer woman - all of it including over the chair.  Worked really hard on the one arm attitude.  Could have used a coach. Soon I'll have the balance down to where I can do a self portrait in that pose.  Picture soon to follow.

Cadillac 1-24 done

I just did all 24 Cadillac pieces from the Ron Fletcher Pilates program. Wow!  Something that just came to me as a challenge.  I'll have to careful about that in the future.

How crab-like do I look?

I love the pilates "crab".  I think the marine ecologist in me comes out when I do this exercise. The switching legs and the final landing position really seem crab-like to me.

Over the barrel - Valentine's Day 2011

I've been working all year to get "over the barrel" - full extension of the spine.  I finally made it on Valentine's day - 2/14/2011.  Was it beautiful?  Could I pull my ribs in a bit more?  Dig my tail bone into the crevice? Get more of my head touching?  Make it actually comfortable?  Sure.....with even more time.  But I did it and I'm celebrating. I've managed to do it three days in a row.

Note the cute kid eating an organic carrot in the background - one of my favorite photo projects.

Pilates Poolside!

Bill and I are at our favorite resort - Indian Springs - in Calistoga.www.indianspringscalistoga.com Mudbath, massage, fine wine, good golf (or not so good). Pilates by the olympic sized pool filled with naturally heated mineral water.  yum

visit my website

Check out my website to see the studio and some of the equipment.
www.marthasprivatepilates.com

beautiful new logo

Thanks to my sister, Paula, for creating this lovely logo and making a sign for my front yard!