It was not my intention to do all of them during the same week , and particularly not back-to-back. Yet, Thurs morning, when I woke up, and after rubbing Arnica on my shoulders, drinking half a cup of coffee and preparing for a full day of teaching, (including my brother’s first session with the AquaSwing ), I recognized the sensations in my body and noted that my shoulders, muscles and joint tendons simply were not used to clearly being pushed the way I had over the course of these three days ….in that way…. in quite a while. 😳
In fact and truth, it had been two weeks since I had a good, serious Pilates session. I swung ropes, rode my bike, pool and noodle play, a little matwork, but no apparatus work. Bad move.
Clare, Brett, and Phoebe
It’s best to break them up. And I usually try to do so, but the schedule fell this way, and I wanted the sessions as well as the camaraderie of the work with my other #PilatesSisters.
Monday Virtual Teachers Ritual is always with Clare in MA, Lisa always joins from CO, Deidre from NH. I love this hour and it always helps me realign myself for the week.
Tuesday bi-monthly Private Session with Brett goes anywhere we need to and has rarely been missed or canceled in the 11-12 years of our teacher/student relationship; and the Wednesday Teachers session with Phoebe at Grasshopper Pilates, with Jessie and I onsite (Damien, Melissa, Maribeth virtually connected) just happened to fall in the same week.
Doing the work with others automatically adds a second dimension that I miss and enjoy as a solo practitioner/teacher. The trick, as Brett reminds me it’s to “conserve my energy” so I could do the work fully, and find the release my body needed and still have some “umph” left so I would be ready for what was to come.
Going into the city is a delightful chance to leave my space physically and mentally and immerse in the energy of the community around me. Casual walk across the city is always welcome. Work with colleagues, who know the work, allows us all to laugh, move and flow as one, even when/if we are tired, beat and or inevitably nursing a joint, spot or issue.
