Committed and excited to travel with my #PilatesSister, Bonnie Grove Fluid Power Pilates, to Costa Rica in November 2024. Planning for what she describes, as “amazing week of daily pilates, surf and jungle explorations, and enjoy(ment of) some of the best locally-sourced and organic food.”

When I say commit, I mean it. My airfare is booked/ticketed, and 50% of the deposit for the full week Pilates Retreat is paid.  My #NoNeedToCheckBagsAnymore travel bag arrived from CA. I plan to break the bag in early May with train ride to VA and will be wandering around the foot of the Blue Ridge mountains with family enjoying each other and tasting wines, whiskey and strawberries.

My objective: Keep it simple. Travel light and stylishly.

In the last two years, I have traveled to Egypt and Morocco and enjoyed the work of a favorite #MovementSister and #YogaTeacher, Anayra Calderon and so, I am thrilled to not only have Pilates matwork on the schedule, but apparatus sessions with other #PilatesSisters, as an integral part of the “week of daily pilates, surf and jungle explorations.”

You know me and apparatus. 😉

You should know, Bonnie has been one of the most frequent participants in each of the #PilatesSisterSquad MasterClass sessions over the past four years, she along with a few other #PilatesSisters were key sounding boards while brainstorming the development of the #PSS. She is one of the teacher trainers in the LEAP program of ThePilatesStandard, the legacy program built by Bob Liekens in 2013. I am excited and grateful to be included in the mix of teachers that will enjoy this excursion with her.

So many of my teachers and therefore, my Pilates training lineage comes thru Bob. He was the first #2ndGenMaster that got me hooked on Pilates and specifically, the rigor and quality of the Classical Pilates methodology.

I say hooked, because I believe it is an addictive system, the best money can buy.

“The Pilates Standard started 2013 with Bob Liekens as a co-owner and coordinator, creator of its educational programs and materials. The Pilates Standard goals were to ensure that the legacy Joseph Pilates gave Romana Kryzanowska and she passed on to Bob, Phoebe Higgins, Cary Regan and others was kept; to create clear and structured training manuals without the material becoming too much/overwhelming for future students.”

The inspiration to the LEAP was to finely create a second manual that would ensure that the knowledge was kept to the ”new generation of Pilates Teachers”

For more on the cute little SmartBirdy Bag that I plan to use getting to Costa Rica, as well as the next excursion with Anayra, not to mention all the tech travel goodies a girl could want that came with the bag, check the post  here. It’s all part of my “PilatesLifestyle.”