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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.  Registration is open for Pilates Comprehensive Teacher Training with Lynn beginning September 2022 Polestar: What do you love about teaching? LP: The sparkle in the student’s eye when they “get it”, […]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

Connecting to the Core: A Working Definition of Core Stability

Written by: Lana Johnson, Sydney, Australia based POLESTAR mentor and Physiotherapist I have had many interesting and valid questions of late from a variety of health professionals and patients, centered around the question of core stability and its role in Pilates and musculoskeletal rehabilitation. Many of them have been brought to light by Eyal Lederman’s […]Read More

Who Me? How I Became a Pilates Instructor

Polestar Educator Cindy Kneiser explains how a new career in Pilates worked for her! Who me? The question came toward the end of a private Pilates session with the instructor that I had been working with for about eight years. We were almost done and I was doing mermaid on the reformer.  I knew she […]Read More

6 Ways to Have a Stress-Free Pilates Teacher Training

“It’s the mind itself which shapes the body” – Joseph Pilates Enrolling in a Polestar comprehensive teacher training can be a transformative experience both personally and in your career.  Your commitment to this path of study requires significant dedication, planning, studying, moving and flexibility.  We recently spoke with Latonia Johnson, a comprehensive student in Miami Florida, who shared with us her excitement for her movement studies as well as the inspiration for this post: how can we help other Polestar students traverse their comprehensive training with more ease and less stress! Read More

Attracting Potential Clients to Your Studio

In our previous post, we discussed landing pages and started the topic of SEO Optimization. Now that we have our landing page and communication down, it is time to continue to dive into keywords in your strategy.   Phase 3: Search Engine Marketing and SEM Campaigns In order to reach potential clients, you need to […]Read More