I am creative, lateral thinking, and intuitive so learning scripts, teaching rote, and not knowing the why behind what we were doing really never worked for me. Polestar allows us to be creative, to be who we are as humans, and teach from there.Read More
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Helping and Healing Through Pilates
Deborah Marcus entered the Pilates world in the 1980’s in New York City via teachers including Andre Bernard and Jean Claude West while pursuing a career as a dancer and choreographer. She found her way to the Polestar Teacher Training in 2008 studying with Sherri Betz in Santa Cruz, CA., “It was an eye opening and […]Read More
Educator Highlight Shelly Power
Shelly Power is the Director of Curriculum for Polestar Pilates. She has been teaching Pilates since 1992 and has lead teacher trainings since 2000. Shelly’s unique and rich teaching style includes aspects from her specialization in NLP communication and experience teaching dance and movement to children. We sat down with Shelly to learn more about her, including her […]Read More
What Are The Best Exercises for Scoliosis?
Polestar Educator, Physical Therapist, and certified C2 Schroth therapist Lise Stolze offers further insight to Scoliosis and working with Scoliosis clients. For all upcoming continuing education courses with Polestar visit: Polestar Con-Ed Most asked questions scoliosis clients ask me about exercise: Should I perform some exercises just on one side? Should I choose exercises that rotate […]Read More
Be Your Own Architect!
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_ . Being Your Own Architect “Everyone is the architect […]Read More
Working with Clients with Scoliosis
A teaser by Polestar Pilates International on the topic of our upcoming course: Pilates Adaptations for people with Scoliosis – Supporting the Teachings of the Scroth Method – With: Scroth educator Hagit Berdishevsky and Polestar educator Lise Stolze (Stolze Therapies) in Allen, TX: March 27-29, 2020 WORKING WITH CLIENTS WITH SCOLIOSIS Scoliosis is one of the most stubborn, abundant disorders […]Read More