Six Keys Pilates of Manayunk and Philadelphia

    Inspired by a client, this package of 30 Private lessons will have you ready by Memorial Day! This challenge is a way for you to stick to a goal, gain benefits and loose inches! Remember, your body likes to move and feel flexible and strong, Pilates is a non-impact way for ANYONE to restore [...]

This time of year we usually kick up our workouts and eat better in anticipation of Memorial Day weekend. We focus on our middle, toning our arms and legs and skin. But what about the most important thing? What gets us around all day and holds us up? Besides your powerhouse… your FEET. These little guys [...]

6 Keys Pilates is offering a Complimentary Pilates Mat Class for the community! In honor of our 2 Year Anniversary we are opening up the studio for a Complimentary Mat Class for the community. Come out and get a taste of what Pilates really is and why it does a body good.   We want you to [...]

  This past month I attended the Arizona Pilates Conference and spent 3 days with Kathi Ross-Nash, Chris Robinson and Brooke Siler just to name a few. We began each day with a mat work out followed by lecture and practice. I decided to take 3 extra workshops to deepen my training and thought, which [...]

Pilates is a form of exercise that can become a way of life. Being healthy IS a way of life. Joseph Pilates claims he “never took an aspirin a day in his life.” I have to admit, I have been doing Pilates since ’98 and I don’t take anything either. There are humans around me [...]

Lately I have been hearing how people want to try pilates, but they don’t have the funds. Or, I am too old to start a new exercise program, I am not flexible enough. To me these are all excuses. Lets look at the first excuse… I don’t have the money to invest in my own [...]

This past Sunday, I had the pleasure of attending a St. Jude benefit at True Pilates New York. I was in the presence of Mari Winsor, Brooke Siler and of course Daria Pace and Sari. The day started with a donation to St. Jude (rush for the Cure) and proceeded into demonstrations on the Cadillac. [...]

Are you a golfer looking to improve your swing? Maybe you are new to the game and want to condition your body effectively and efficiently. Or, maybe you have been a golfer for years and are ready to enhance your body and game? Whatever the case may be, Pilates can and will change all of [...]

Can you touch your toes?? Once you read this, you may want to try Pilates. Did you know that,”stiff blood vessels make your heart work harder?” If not, here is why… Like our muscles in our back and hips, artery walls contain the same ingredients, smooth muscle cells and connective tissue. So not being able [...]

Recently I have had a slue of clients with some form of Kyphosis or Scoliosis. Kyphosis can be described as forward rounding of the upper back and sometimes referred to as “Hunchback” or “Roundback”. The symptoms include: fatigue, spinal stiffness, mild back pain and hunchback or slouching. Scoliosis can be described as a sideways curvature [...]