{"id":5967,"date":"2016-04-01T08:26:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-01T08:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/?p=5967"},"modified":"2016-04-01T10:56:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-01T10:56:27","slug":"collective-movement-energy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/collective-movement-energy\/","title":{"rendered":"Collective Movement & Energy #MarchMatness2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

What a blast the month of March has been for Pilates teachers, Pilates lovers and students worldwide! \u00a0A glorious way to focus together in preparation, practice and support of each other with a little bit of #PilatesEverd<\/strong>a<\/strong>y<\/strong><\/em> as our collective focus through #MarchMatness2016.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Much love and respect to all for watching, smiling, laughing and inspiring us all through the month. Special thanks to my favorite brother <\/span>@cwjiphoto<\/a>, and the <\/span>#CheerleaderTeacherSquad<\/a> I am proud to be included as a member\u00a0with\u00a0Anula in NY\u00a0<\/span>@sixthstreetpilates<\/a>, Kevin in MI\u00a0<\/span>@pilatesdwell<\/a>, Lisa in Australia\u00a0<\/span>@pilatesextension<\/a>, \u00a0Catherine in London\u00a0<\/span>@catherinetruscott<\/a>,\u00a0Heather in NC\u00a0@pilatesbabe<\/a>, Sevda in Turkey\u00a0<\/span>@pilateswithsevda<\/a>, Trey in MI\u00a0<\/span>@pilatestrey<\/a>, Aliza in CA\u00a0<\/span>@atozpilates<\/a>\u00a0and Juliet in NY\u00a0@beaconpilates<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

[su_pullquote align=”left”]”Every day in March, participants across the global Pilates community share their love for the work in a synchronized social media campaign. IT\u2019S NOT A CHALLENGE. IT\u2019S NOT A CONTEST. IT\u2019S A CELEBRATION OF UNIVERSAL PASSION!” \u00a0[su_spacer size=”10″]<\/strong>Benjamin Degenhardt<\/em> [\/su_pullquote]<\/p>\n

OMGoodness! \u00a0This crew kept each other\u00a0going with constant\u00a0thumbs up, applause to the mistakes as well as\u00a0the good moves, back-pats\u00a0and general support\u00a0and encouragement of everyone making an effort to teach and share. \u00a0There were\u00a0an endless\u00a0gazzilion others that created the daily contributions to the month of media<\/a> over our respective social networks.<\/p>\n

Standing applause, praise and warm thanks to Benjamin Degenhardt <\/span>@benjamindegenhardt<\/a> for creating the thought and momentum of\u00a0<\/span>#MarchMatness<\/a>. \u00a0This is my second year of participation, but it was his third year of “orchestrating” the collaborative effort.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

It is an effort that was almost hard to ignore or not participate in as a teacher of the method. \u00a0I loved every minute of every bead of sweat. \u00a0It was almost like being a little kid back in school with a pop quiz everyday.\u00a0\ud83d\udc95<\/span><\/p>\n

I am also especially thankful to Blossom Leilani Crawford\u00a0<\/span>@bridgepilates<\/a> for carrying on Kathy Grant’s work and through which I learned the use of ankle weights was\u00a0encouraged.<\/a>\u00a0 With that\u00a0‘aha’ and seeming ‘permission’ I got from her workshop, I challenged myself and used the ankle weights throughout the month. \u00a0Thereby, also challenging several of my students to do so as well.\u00a0#AnkleWeightsRule<\/em><\/strong>
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Needless to say, we all dug it immensely. \u00a0Check out the clip from the First 19 Days<\/a> of the month as well the last 10 days below.<\/span><\/p>\n