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Polestar Graduate Highlight: Amy Foster Berntsen

Dance, Yoga, Gyrotonic, Pilates…she does it all!  We interviewed Polestar graduate and practitioner Amy Foster Berntsen in Miami, FL.  Her unique perspective of movement informs her teaching and lifestyle -read more to learn about Amy! Catch her on instagram @amynamaste Polestar: What do you love about teaching? AFB: Teaching for me, is a service of […]Read More

“The Constant” in Pilates

Becky Phares, PMA®-CPT is a Polestar Pilates Graduate, Practitioner and contributor to the Polestar Life Weekly Blog.  With more than 10 years of teaching Becky teaches at her studio The Body Initiative Pilates Studio in Lafayette, Louisiana.  Find Becky and her Studio on Facebook: The body Initiative Pilates Studio and Instagram @the_body_initiative_ . “The Constant” I have a new theme… “The […]Read More

Mentor Highlight: Becky Phares, NCPT

Becky Phares, PMA®-CPT is a Polestar Pilates Graduate and a candidate for the Next Pilates Anytime Teacher 2018.  With more than 10 years of teaching Becky teaches at her studio The Body Initiative Pilates Studio in Lafayette, Louisiana.  Find Becky on instagram @the_body_initiative Polestar: What do you love about teaching? BP: First of all, I […]Read More

Educator Highlight: Lynn Peterson PT, NCPT

We recently interviewed Polestar Educator Lynn Peterson PT, DPT, NCPT of Jacksonville Florida.  Learn more about Lynn Peterson and her studio Synergy Studio in Jacksonville Florida. Polestar: What do you love about teaching? LP: The sparkle in the student’s eye when they “get it”, the tears that come when a patient/client realizes that they have found the […]Read More

Studio Highlight: Polestar Pilates Studio Winter Park Colorado

We asked Sarka Ruzickova, owner of Polestar Pilates Studio Winter Park about her Pilates oasis in the small mountain town of Winter Park Colorado. Polestar Pilates: Where are you located currently? SR: I live in a small mountain town in Colorado called Winter Park. Polestar Pilates: Tell us about your Pilates training! SR: I did my Pilates training in […]Read More

Injury Prevention & Pilates Teacher Training

Katrina Hawley NCPT, is a Polestar Educator and graduate of the Polestar Pilates Rehabilitation Program. This morning I was working with a client who was experiencing shoulder pain due to swimming.  She asked me, “will my shoulder pain go away if I stop swimming?” I responded, “maybe, but do you really want to stop swimming?” […]Read More