A funny thing happened to me this week – I was overjoyed to receive my brand new iPhone Plus to replace my “tiny” and outdated iPhone. As a tech lover, it has always been tricky to balance the desire to be plugged into the world as it relates to all the things that interest me […]Read More
Balance Life
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
Pilates is for Every Body
Together, Amelia and Erica designed a program for me to start with very simple stretching and range of motion movements. In discovering how my muscles worked, we were able to design a program that would help improve my core strength and my balance. Emphasis on balance because I have been known to fall and I am not able to get up without help.Read More
Running into Runner’s Knee? The Science Behind Injury, Prevention and Treatment
Discovering the science behind the injury and how to prevent and treat PFPS. Many of our online followers have been asking us about patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS), more commonly known as runner’s knee. What is it? What exercises can prevent it? What exercises can treat it? With the abundance of conflicting information on the internet, […]Read More