The holidays feel very strange to me this year. I’m not used to the weather and am freezing much of the time. I am slow because most of my clients are away, either home with family or vacationing at a place like Parrot Cay, where this is the busiest time of year. And I am…
Subscribe via RSS
Lynda Lippin's adventures as an American Pilates, Fitness, Reiki teacher returning home to NYC after 6 years working and living at a luxury resort spa on a small Caribbean island
Category Archives: Musings
Vacation Home
OK, last night we watched one of the funniest and goriest movies we’ve seen in a long time, Tucker and Dale vs. Evil, starring one of my very favorite comedians, Alan Tudyck. Without giving too much away, I will say that the twist of this movie is that the bumbling country boys who seem to…
Maintaining Your Pilates Equipment
Last week I went to train a client in her building’s brand new and beautiful Pilates studio. The only problem was that some of the equipment, namely the cadillac, was not put together correctly. The poles were set too high, the eye rings for the bottom tower springs were set too low (under the poles),…
Coins
An interesting collectible that has come out more recently is silver and silver coins, including morgan dollar coins. Silver is rising in value as the value of money drops, yet it is still affordable. If you have the space and funds to buy now it could be very worthwhile to invest in silver, since gold…
Male Grooming
The other day I was waiting for an elevator in building around 7pm. Another woman was waiting with me, and as we went to get on the elevator that opened we were assaulted by the smell of way too much men’s cologne. In fact, we smelled the young man in the elevator before we saw…
Living Around Occupy Wall Street
As I continue to debate with several active Wall Street Occupiers on Twitter, I am astonished at how generally closed and small minded they are. When I brought up the inconveniencing of service workers, who are solidly in the 99%, an occupier replied, “protest is inconvenient….what is being protested is somewhat worse so I can’t…
Snowing In New York
When hubby and I were planning our Caribbean departure, we actually spent a couple of years plotting things out. Between our personal experiences of living in the NE US and info from friends, guests, the tablet for pc, the blackberries, and the laptops we were able to put some decent weather data together. You see,…
Good Manners
When exactly did it happen that manners became unimportant? When did it become OK to not say “please” and “thank you”? I was taught that being thoughtful was a necessity. As I was taught, when someone gives you something or does something for you, you thank them and possibly return the favor with a small…
How Not to Lose a Diamond Ring
Last week I taught a kettlebell session to a few female pilates teachers, and before we started we all took off our rings. Two of us are married and had Both our wedding and engagement diamond rings on, and one was engaged. So we started joking about reminding each other where the rings were so…
Food, Glorious Food
Since we arrived in Manhattan on September 6, hubby and I have been basically gorging on all the fabulous foods we could never get in the Caribbean. From simple things like seeded Jewish rye bread and hot pastrami, to a good chewy bagel and cream cheese, to macarons and croissants from myriad french bakeries, to…
-
-
Crucial reading for any Pilates or Fitness teacher working with osteoporosis or osteopenia (low bone density) patients! Learn more about osteoporosis, which exercises not to do, and which Pilates mat exercises are helpful to build and maintain bone density.
-
If you teach Pilates or Fitness and teach Golfers you must buy this manual! Learn more about the game, swing faults, and golf-specific Pilates exercises.
-
Check out JenniferKries.com for her fabulous Pilates DVDs, books, blog, and news!
