You’ve probably heard the saying,”Sitting is the new smoking” as it’s all over in the news and social media. If you are someone who sits a lot on a regular basis you probably have felt some of the common aches and pains from all your sitting like an achy low back or tight tense shoulder […]

If you know me at all you know I don’t sit still for very long.  When we are at a family gathering and everyone else is hanging out in a chair or a couch in the living room, you can often find me on the floor balancing in my favorite rolling like a ball position […]

I teach mindful movement daily and I’m a firm believer in the power of a mindful movement practice in your life.  I love my Pilates practice and how it forces me to pay attention to my body, to go inside and not even think about anything else, and to just plain create space and time […]

When did you start Pilates and what inspired you to start? I have consistently engaged in fitness activities for the last 38 years – well, with an occasional month off every couple of years.  I started off in 1978 with jogging, then aerobic classes at the newly built gym and racquetball club near my house, took tennis, […]

We hear it all the time.    A sedentary life style is a problem, and everyone needs to get out and exercise.  Our friend Len Polumbo in Chicago read one of our blogs entitled “I’m staying with Pilates!  If you have a friend or relative that you’d like to bring to the studio, Carey is […]

I have to admit I love my job.  There are so many job perks to being a Pilates instructor that I often forget how nice it is a to live in my Pilates clothes, be active all day long and spend my work hours teaching something I’m passionate about. A job perk I don’t always […]

When it comes to workout clothes there are a TON of options out there.  There are a lot of companies making very expensive Yoga, Pilates and workout wear and you may wonder do I need special clothing to take a Pilates class?  At Rivercity Pilates, labels and logos are not important.   You might see someone […]

Rivercity Pilates offers Private and Semi-Private Training in Pilates and Yoga.     I saw that on the website, and thought — yeah right.    First there’s the price.    It’s more expensive than classes, and I wasn’t sure I wanted to spend that much.    Then there’s the scary thought.    For 50 minutes, […]