In Addition to ____, Pilates is Great for…

May 15, 2012

Today my writing inspiration comes from this article in Women’s Health magazine titled “Pound-Melting Pilates Workout” (thanks, Sarah, for the Twitter share!) Looking through my past blog posts, I don’t know that I’ve ever really talked about the weight loss potential of a solid Pilates practice. I attribute this primarily to the fact that I [...]

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Overcoming (Mental) Limitations

May 5, 2012

A friend was recently telling me about her latest venture in yoga: the headstand. After practice yoga for 3 years, a new instructor began to push her to go for the inversion. Having always been deathly afraid of falling over and breaking her neck, she has avoided the upside-down balancing and opted instead for shoulder [...]

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Get the Know: Where to Workout on Vacation

April 30, 2012

I think it’s about time to revisit the question of how to workout when traveling. It’s been a while since the post about vacation+workout and even longer since how to stretch in your airplane seat. Whether on vacay or not, summer’s coming up so (obviously) this is not the time to start slacking on those [...]

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Natural Healing Therapies

April 19, 2012

I never imagined myself saying this, but recently Ibuprofen has become my new best friend.  Once a day, in fact, and it almost always helps me get through painful times. This is said with unease, as growing dependent on it can be much to easy and, though not immediately harmful, can have its repercussions. So [...]

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Water: Drink It!

April 9, 2012

April is finally here. Hooray! The weather here in Chicago can’t seem to decide whether it wants to be Spring or Summer (or Winter, for that matter). But at this point, one thing is for certain: your body is adjusting to the change in season. Headache, sniffles, sore throat, anyone? In addition to the aggressive [...]

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Mind Body + Social Media

March 31, 2012

As you all know (at least all you Facebook users, which I’m assuming is most of my readers), Facebook brand pages have officially transitioned over to the Timeline format as of today. This has gotten me thinking about the interesting relationship between mind body and social media. Perhaps relationship is the wrong word… maybe not? [...]

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Pilates Trends: The Latest!

March 21, 2012

Summer is upon us! …Wait, no, it just feels like it is. Either way, at least we can now legitimately say that spring is here! Woo! So, we’re finally able to crawl out from hibernation and take our workout wherever we want – outdoors included. What’s on our brain here at CRNP, are how inventive [...]

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How To: Work Out With An Injury

March 13, 2012

One day all is fine and dandy and the next, well… you find yourself getting an MRI? Injuries are those little blips that no one calculates into their life and, in an instant, they can blindside your bigger and better plans. A stress fracture, torn tendon, or even a minor strain on the body is [...]

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Here at CRNP, March is TOPS!

March 5, 2012

Why, you ask? Well, if you received our monthly newsletter, you are mostly in the know. If not, let me fill you in! Once upon a time, March 1, 2004 to be exact… Happy anniversary to us! This march marks 8 years for CRNP and it is an exciting time to be practicing at the [...]

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So, it’s your first time experiencing GYROTONIC®?

February 25, 2012

HOORAY! Below you’ll find a first-person account of what to expect from an initial introduction with the GYROTONIC EXPANSION SYSTEM®. One of our students decided, given the amazing deal that is the apprentice sessions, that it was finally time to give the “foreign, kind of scary looking” fitness method a try. As I’ve heard from [...]

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