Barre? I am the opposite of a ballerina!

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Have you heard of “Barre” Workouts?   There’s all kinds of workouts with “barre” in the name of the class at every gym and in the exercise DVD section of Amazon — but the only connection that I knew about was the barre is used in ballet lessons.     So what’s the class about and […]

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Fine Tune Your Intuition To Teach Your Best Pilates..

One of the things that originally drew me to Pilates was the science of it.  You see I was an engineer before teaching Pilates and my brain often thinks very logically and using reason.  I have spent a lot of time over the years learning about why we do exercises, what muscles we use and […]

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Meet the Instructor Monday — Shannon

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Shannon Ottoson teaches Pilates mat and equipment classes at Rivercity Pilates. Twitter:    I recently joined Twitter and am working on learning to use it.   My handle is @sotto586.   Tweet me and I will figure out how to reply! Where are you from?   I grew up in Des Moines with my 4 siblings […]

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