Each month we feature an exceptional client at Pilates 1901.
This month we’d like you to meet Helen Emmott, who loves what Pilates has helped her do in the past two years!
Watch this video and see why we love Helen and why she’s been to 1901 over 125 times this year!
Here is Helen’s email to me…
“I always read Tina’s Blog. I learn a lot and always feel inspired. However, lately, as the focus has been more on weight loss, giving up sugar, and many things related to diet, I began wondering if the studio is still a good fit for me. I admit, I am not a tiny person. Soon to be 60 years old, I weigh at least 165#. The more I thought about my experience at with and pilates and Studio 1901, the more I decided my story is worthy of hearing.
Two years ago, for my birthday, a friend gave me a tandem, one-on-one, private session with her and an instructor at the studio. It was challenging but I liked it. Only a couple of weeks later I noticed a Groupon for Pilates 1901. $39 for 10 classes was quite a deal! I became more and more comfortable learning the in’s and out’s of pilates concepts…breathing without letting my ribs and belly pop, pulling my shoulders back and down, learning how to do an ab prep, and last but not least, finding my abdominal muscles that had been MIA for many years.
Only 6 months into my new-found way of exercising and my new-found pilates friends, I tore my meniscus. “Yes”, I was dancing in the middle of a bachelorette party that I had crashed and, “yes,” I had gotten a little lower to the floor than I usually do when dancing. I was so sad when I found out that I would need surgery and rehab and so disappointed that pilates would have to go by the wayside for a period of time.
On a whim, I emailed Tina and told her about my situation. She said she could work with me, my doctor, and my physical therapist soon after surgery. I began one-on-one reformer sessions with her only 8 weeks post-op. When Tina had her own surgery, she sent me to another instructor, Miriam. She was as amazing with me and my injury as Tina had been. I never got lost in the system.
I got stronger. I began mat classes again, even accomplishing mat challenge classes with the likes of Miriam and Kara! They helped me modify moves and concepts whenever I needed to take care of my knee. It has been only a year since my knee surgery.
Since January of this year, I believe I have been to Pilates 1901 well over a hundred times! I gave my husband, David, private session for Christmas last year. He comes to mat challenge with me on Thursday nights. I recently gave my hairdresser a Groupon. He loves the studio!
My life has had many highs and lows in the past two years, but there is one thing in it that has been a constant … pilates at Studio 1901. My handicap in golf is the lowest it has ever been, my waist is smaller, and my attitude is positive because of the changes in my body, mind and soul.
So, as I think about sugar intake and weight loss, I think most of all about how Tina and Pilates 1901 have actually made my life bigger and sweeter! Is it still a fit for me even if I don’t wear a size 6 dress and am still working on my roll overs? ABSOLUTELY! Why? Because I am the healthiest and happiest I have been in years.
See you in class real soon…”
~Helen
To find out how you can get started with us at Pilates 1901, click here!
We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to all the positive changes you can make in your life at Pilates 1901!
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