Am I going to Pilates class or practicing Pilates?

If you know what Joe’s favorite outfit to workout & teach was – you are definitely practicing Pilates! If you don’t know, ask at the studio, or google Joseph Pilates!

There is definitely a difference between trying a few Pilates classes to improve your health and having a Pilates practice in your life. For those who get to the place where you have a practice, you know what I mean. Pilates becomes part of you and almost feels like belonging to a super cool exclusive club where you’ve had to earn your way in. For those of you that have a Pilates practice in your life…I think you’ll relate to this list. For everyone else these are some of the things you can look forward to:

Top 10 signs you have progressed to practicing Pilates.

You see your instructor coming toward you and you connect your shoulders.
You know what your instructor is going to say before she says it.
You know the next exercise before your instructor tells it to you.
You have a foam roller in your living room (or a magic circle, or some other favorite prop!)
Exercises you’ve done at least a hundred times get harder every time you do them.(How is that possible??)
Changing one little, tiny, minute detail (like what your toes are doing) changes the whole exercise. How can that make SUCH a difference??
You hear your instructors’ voice in your head when you are slouching at your desk at work (roll your shoulders down your back, bring your head into alignment…)
You do belly up and in when you’re pulling weeds in the garden, shoveling the snow or maybe just sitting at a stoplight in the car.
You start sounding like a Pilates Evangalist! You are teaching your friends Pilates and talking about how good Pilates has been for you! It’s too good not to share!
Your body misses it when you don’t do it .. even though a roll up, a teaser or maybe just rolling like a ball is incredibly challenging – you finding yourself wanting and even craving to do them even on your own! Crazy huh?