Pilates Style Photo Shoot

In August 2006, Sister Heidi Side Kick and I were in New York for the Pilates Style conference where I presented some of my favorite workshops including Barriers to the Work: We Shall Overcome! and Basically Advanced Mat.  While we were there, Miss Suzanne Gerber, the editor of Pilates Style, interviewed me for a story and to illustrate the techniques I talked about in the interview, they took a bunch of pictures of me. 

It was a fascinating experience and I thought you might like to go with me behind the scenes of a major magazine photo shoot so when you read the article which is set to run in the upcoming September/October edition - you do subscribe, don't you? - you'll have the inside scoop.

But before I take you to the shoot, I want you to know how important it is that our industry - and by industry, I mean you - support Pilates Style, the magazine and the Pilates Style conferences.

As a presenter and as someone who is asked to write odds and ends, bits and pieces, and this new article, my first big piece, for the magazine, I get to work really closely with some of the folks from the magazine and the conferences.  I've loved every single one of them. They're all so accommodating, professional, efficient and, best of all, they absolutely love Pilates. 

Our industry is made much better by Pilates Style.  The magazine is crammed with all sorts of great information and as I read every issue, cover to cover, I can't believe how much quality content is packed into every single issue.  A gift subscription is a great way to encourage super motivated clients.  I keep 2 or 3 copies in the studio so when I see someone lingering over a particular article I can send them home with it. 

Back to the photo shoot.

First, let's talk wardrobe. 

I am whatever is the opposite of a fashion diva, which my gay husband, Jimmy, says would be called "urban frump."  Gotta love him, he's pretty much right.  I wear mostly mens' clothes and my workout gear/work clothes are run of the mill sale left overs from Lucy/Nordstrom Rack/thrift stores/outlets.  I'm not a girly girl, I don't care about fashion, I often have no idea what I'm actually wearing and furthermore, I don't care what I'm actually wearing.  I do not spend time picking things out, matching things up, trying things on.  Yes, m'dears, it's true; when I shop, I just buy it, I do not try it on.