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Too much is taken away from us without our permission, like the violent losses that seems to have become the norm.\u00a0 Those of us with gifts, ideas, thoughts and wishes to share should give them away<\/em><\/strong> to avoid losing them in a senseless, ignorant act like what occurred in El Paso and Dayton and hundreds of other cities across the country.<\/p>\n The energy, creativity, full and joyous expression of my #PilatesSisters at the Pilatium Pilates studio can been seen in all the images from this day.\u00a0 There is no mistake that we felt good about what happened.\u00a0 A thousand words are not necessary to express it; nor the gazillion images I pulled from the video shot while working.<\/p>\n Yet, the experience of it led me to follow through with the “whimsical thought” I have been “hugging” (i.e., over-thinking) for far too long. \u00a0 I have been wallowing in<\/em> the thought for years and am inspired and moved to finally do something with it after the events of the past two weeks. That of building a collaborative platform, with a crew of women, and a process that I hope may inspire us to maintain it.<\/p>\n What if it can be repeated, again and again, over and over in many more places?\u00a0 My intention is not to obstruct, compete or sideline anything or any other existing, developing or ongoing effort of work in the Pilates community. My desire and intention is to co-create and collaborate with any\/all like-minded #PilatesSisters that choose to place their “stamp of expression” in the world.\u00a0 For, we only have, as Toni admonished, “language, image and experience” to share with each other.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Afterall, it will be 2020 in six months and it is one of the intentional commitments I have for myself.<\/p>\n While Lisa, Michele and I had previously met at a workshop <\/a>a few years ago, all of our initial connections were created via social media.\u00a0 Like-minded energy finds its match and the circle grew.\u00a0 No one knew the other, nor had physically met before we entered the studio together and fell inline under the teaching lead of Maria.<\/p>\n <\/p>\nThoughts Turned To Action<\/h2>\n
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[su_pullquote align=”right”]Last week’s work inspired me to put the time and effort into building the Pilates Sisters Squad<\/em>[\/su_pullquote]<\/h2>\n
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I am grateful for the collective energy of Maria, Lisa, Michele, Nicole and Danica as #PilatesSisters<\/a> last weekend. Pilates is the glue that brought us together.\u00a0 Our love for the work will keep it going.<\/p>\n