Crohn’s, Pilates & life: A teacher’s story

This week I’m kicking off a joint blog project with one of my students. Kelly has been taking Pilates with me for more than a year ( 15 months to be exact..) and our journey as teacher and student has definitely has been a huge learning experience for me. I work with lots of clients who experience different conditions in their body and I really love how each experience makes me a better teacher and hopefully a better person as I work to teach each client the power of mindful movement in their life.

If you teach movement I’m guessing you’ll be able to relate to my journey with Kelly. If you are living with a chronic disease or condition or maybe just know someone who is…I think you’ll relate to Kelly’s journey and hopefully be inspired by how we are working together to help her live the life she’s been given in the most empowering, inspiring way. And although this journey started with Pilates and much of our writing will talk about our experiences in the studio… I think you’ll find that our stories always come back to things much bigger than just a workout. I’m a believer that movement heals and I’m hoping our stories will inspire you to believe that too!

As we head into our blog series I wanted to start by giving you a little back ground about where Kelly and I are in our teacher/ student relationship. In my next blog I’ll be talking about why I start each session by making it a point to ask Kelly if she has been in the hospital since I last saw her and if she has been doing any running or biking and how much. ( a crazy combination right?) Check in with my blog to hear the rest of this story!