PMA Conference was a hoot!
Nancy, Tracey and I are still recovering from the onslaught at the PMA conference. We had a booth there, where we sold MBT shoes, Ellie Books, etc. We were swamped with excited Pilates instructors evidently in dire need of MBT’s now! People were even willing to buy their least favorite style such was the consumer need.
Nancy and I were very pleased to have got Elizabeth Larkham (she buys only the extra high soles and won’t wear anything else), Mary Bowen (loves the shoes- I think she likes the black sport), Rael Isacowitz from BASI, Brent Anderson from Pole Star (he said his hip felt better), Ken Endelman from Balanced Body (he said he had no back pain, which he normally would after a long conference standing all day) all in the black sandals. Pilates people just get it.
I taught two Mat classes and had a blast. The topics I covered were: the serratus v. the lat (how to un-lat-ify your Pilates practice and find the serratus instead), how to teach a Teaser starting from the fundamentals, how to get the deepest psoas stretch imaginable.
Studio owners from around the country are excited to learn Walk-ilates and introduce it to their clients. Nancy and I will be doing lots of travelling around the nation next year doing Walk-ilates teacher trainings.
I took a fantastic Cadillac workshop with the ever-inspiring Rael Isacowitz and a workshop on lumbar vertebral movement with Irene Dowd. I look forward to learning more from both of these geniuses in the future.
Here I am relaxing at the Movie Colony hotel (a special treat for Nancy after all the hard work!). We had a party after the close of the conference with Caleb Rhodes from Maui, the gals from Walk and Roll, Carol Shore, Hilda from SF and fresh grapefruit juice picked from the trees and vodka with a splash of champagne!
(Sorry about the photo quality; it’s from Nancy’s cell phone)