{"id":6077,"date":"2016-04-28T19:02:39","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T19:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/?p=6077"},"modified":"2018-10-23T20:08:20","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T20:08:20","slug":"inspiring-others-as-a-pilates-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/inspiring-others-as-a-pilates-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Inspiring Others as a Pilates Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Very proud and thankful to be included in the mix of <em>non-traditional<\/em> Pilates teachers that are inspiring others to find and use Pilates for their health and personal fitness regimens. \u00a0Real people doing really hard work is always an inspiring story. \u00a0This Pilates Style Magazine article\u00a0profiled\u00a0a few of the\u00a0&#8220;rule-breakers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6079\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6079\" style=\"width: 223px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PilatesStyle-May-June-2016.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6079 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PS_MayJune2016_Cover-223x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pilates Style May-June 2016\" width=\"223\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PS_MayJune2016_Cover-223x300.jpg 223w, https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PS_MayJune2016_Cover-768x1032.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PS_MayJune2016_Cover-762x1024.jpg 762w, https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PS_MayJune2016_Cover-700x941.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PS_MayJune2016_Cover.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 223px) 100vw, 223px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Click the Image to Download the Article<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Color me giddy about my participation as one of four <strong>Pilates teachers<\/strong>, that &#8220;broke the traditional mold&#8221; \u00a0in the\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pilatesstyle.com\/2016\/articles\/dont-look-like-pilates-teacher\">May-June issue of Pilates Style Magazine<\/a>. \u00a0Students, family and friends were equally delighted to read the details, as it helps to solidify the connection and relationship we have with each other. \u00a0Pilates is good for and to you no matter your size, color, shape or age.<\/p>\n<p>I love being a &#8220;rule breaker&#8221; or &#8220;rule bender.&#8221; \u00a0Turns out, as woman of color and a member of the #Over50 gang, I am just that as a Pilates teacher. \u00a0\u00a0And, it seems there are a lot more non-traditionalists coming to the fold. \u00a0For the most exciting and fulfilling part of participation with this profile article was all the comments and responses I\u00a0received from other women <em>and<\/em> men around the world that commented,\u00a0via\u00a0social media, how inspired they were with the story.<\/p>\n<p>Putting oneself out there to reveal your own truth is a courageous\u00a0act, for sure. \u00a0Hearing the words of how it moved, encouraged\u00a0or inspired others\u00a0to walk strongly in their own path is the gift\u00a0I received in return.\u00a0In particular, as a <strong>woman of color<\/strong>,\u00a0I am hopeful there will be more conversations and features of the richness we all bring to the table.<\/p>\n<p>After you read the article, I&#8217;d love to hear what you think!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very proud and thankful to be included in the mix of non-traditional Pilates teachers that are inspiring others to find [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6078,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[74,159,9],"tags":[79,101,41,98,100],"class_list":["post-6077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-58thyear","category-teachers","category-the-scoop","tag-pilatesinstructor","tag-pilatesover50","tag-pilates","tag-pilates-teacher","tag-woman-of-color"],"featured_image_url":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PS-200x200.jpg","medium":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PS-300x165.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PS-768x423.jpg","large":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PS.jpg","1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PS.jpg","2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PS.jpg","uncode_woocommerce_nav_thumbnail_regular":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PS.jpg","uncode_woocommerce_nav_thumbnail_crop":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/PS.jpg"},"post_author":"Gina Jackson","assigned_categories":"58thYear, Teachers, The Scoop","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6077"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6088,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6077\/revisions\/6088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}