Before the PMA, the Pilates world felt like a bit of a “wild west” landscape with people taking Pilates in vastly different directions. The PMA has brought consistency to our community and advocates for the highest quality of Pilates education. My own relationship with the PMA has shifted over time, and the current leadership and vision has made the PEI team confident that we are headed in the right direction. 

 Joining a Dedicated and Encouraging Community

I started working in rehab in 2001 and opened my first Pilates studio in 2005. It wasn’t until 2015 when I went to my first PMA conference.Up until then, I had mainly focused on Pilates to aid in rehab. The conference was amazing: 1,200 Pilates teachers from over 26 countries. That conference showed me how Pilates helps all people get healthy, no matter their background or fitness level. This was when I truly fell in love with the Pilates Method! I found incredible, well-educated peers, teachers, and mentors. Being surrounded by so many Pilates teachers and their positive energy made me want to be a better teacher. I decided to join the PMA right then and there. 

 As a PMA member, there was so much more to learn about the deep and rich history of Pilates. I needed continuing education credits to maintain my membership, which led to more conferences and workshops.  

I am grateful for the way the PMA drove my desire for excellence. After 23 years of Pilates experience, I still want to be a better teacher with greater skill, all while helping others achieve their health and fitness goals. 

The State of the Pilates Community in 2023 

In the past several years, there’s been an increase in the number of people using the Pilates Method for sports, physical rehab, and weight loss, and the results are amazing! The PMA contributes to ensuring new practitioners experience the high standards of practice that Joseph Pilates advocated for: professional, thoughtful, evidence-based, and effective exercise. Pilates is truly a level above all the other exercise programs and will continue to be so; the PMA ensures the continuity of this work!  

Learn more about our platform that lets you train highly qualified Pilates instructors on our website, and reach out directly if you’d like to talk about the benefits of adding a Pilates teacher training program to your studio.  

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Once you begin teaching classes in the real world (and I know all my veteran instructors understand), you realize that there is still so much more to know about being a Pilates instructor. Whether you want to find your niche and unlock all the information about it, or you simply want to broaden your knowledge, continuing education workshops are a key element to mastering your skills.

Here are 3 top reasons you should continue your education:

1. It will inspire you.
   • It’s so easy to get stuck doing the same thing over and over again. Taking other people’s classes, attending conferences, and participating in workshops can open your eyes to different ways of doing things. There are so many incredible Pilates Instructors to learn from and you can find them both in person and on-line.
2.  Grow your community.
   • Growing your Pilates community is key to growing as a teacher. Whether these friends are virtual friends or local friends, these relationships have the potential to unlock opportunities for you. It’s also common to feel alone when you’re focused so hard on your practice. Branching out and connecting with like-minded people is a great way to not only support each other but to also learn from each other.
3.  Find your niche.
   • Being a master Pilates instructor doesn’t mean you have to be a master at everything. Finding a speciality that fits you can be the most rewarding thing! Maybe you want to teach a specific type of clientele (athletes or seniors) or maybe you really love the fitness element of Pilates (like me). While narrowing your scope of practice may feel like you’re saying no to future clients, it actually allows you to attract and have a deeper connection with your ideal clients and become well known for your speciality.

Hopefully, I sold you on all the benefits of continuing education and you’re now ready to dive headfirst into all the options out there for you to learn. If so, here are 3 tips from my best selling

Pilates Workshop Good to Great to Awesome:
1. Take other people’s classes.
2. Attend Conferences and Workshops.
3. Take classes on presentation skills.

If you’d like to get inspired, improve your craft, and have fun… then you’re going to love John Garey TV and Pilates Grad School.

John Garey TV is the world’s most comprehensive online Pilates and fitness studio with over 1000 online classes, series, and challenges. And every workout comes with teaching notes you can download. Also, join me for live classes, a supportive online community, and teaching tools
to increase your knowledge.

Pilates Grad School is the place to be for Pilates teachers who want to take their practice to the next level. Whether you want to hone your craft, deepen your understanding of the body, or become a more masterful and compelling teacher, Pilates Grad School has something for you. Take one of our workshops and earn CECs while doing it.

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Not so long ago, Body Contrology teachers were hesitant to use the word “Pilates” for fear of being sued. Even now, there continues to be discussion about the differences and merit of true/authentic/classical/real/contemporary Pilates, as well as the ownership of certain historical documents and images, but we’ve established much more common ground since the inception of the PMA. Since then, hundreds of experienced Pilates teachers from around the world have collaborated to develop and establish the primary pillars of professional development necessary to support our expanding Pilates industry.

To date, our profession can boast the establishment of the following:

• A Professional Association (Pilates Method Alliance – PMA)
• A Certification Program (National Pilates Certification Program – NPCP)
• Research standards (Pilates Research Forum)
• Pilates initiatives for specific demographics, ex.: Pilates 4 Youth, Heroes in Motion

The Pilates industry and I have grown up together professionally. Since initiating a Pilates school in 1999, I have felt a responsibility to establish a stronger foundation for our profession and leave things better than they were when we (long-timers) started practicing, teaching, and educating in this field. These years have been well spent to ensure that Pilates practitioners around the world have access to legitimately educated and certified Pilates professionals to help improve their quality of life. Likewise, much progress has been made to ensure that our teaching community has access to quality research, continuing education, and the ability to develop a career based on the application of this knowledge.

To be a part of the development of industry standards is beyond fulfilling for me. As a school, Fletcher Pilates has moved successfully through each applicable industry development opportunity and is proudly poised as an example of what alignment with standards can mean. We have been licensed at a vocational school in the State of Arizona since 2006, and we are honored to represent our school and work by presenting research studies, offering continuing education, and providing other valued information at meetings and conferences for our profession. Our Fletcher faculty are all NPCP certified and we encourage all of our graduates to apply for the only accredited Pilates certification.

I’m amazed by how far our school, and the Pilates industry in general, have come in a relatively short period of time. I encourage each of you to have a hand in the next steps toward the future of this industry by:

• Volunteering for the Pilates Method Alliance
• Promoting the NPCP credential
• Participating in Research Forums
• Developing continuing education

The development of a profession takes a community, and many perspectives. The Pilates community is now brilliantly equipped to carry the torch and light the way for the next generation of Pilates teachers and practitioners.

Director of Fletcher Pilates, Kyria Sabin preparing to teach the Fletcher Pilates Comprehensive Program of Study students a piece of movement on the Guillotine Tower.

Kyria Sabin, NCPT, Director of Fletcher Pilates

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Whatever spatial orientation the pelvis is in, supine, sitting, kneeling, prone, the Sit Bones maintain curious connections, behaving like precocious twins. One can go upwards, one can stray from the other. Weight can be more forward on one and toward the inside, medial side of the other. Countless variations.

Focus on their use in Pilates is legendary. Although they receive frequent mention in a class or session, their greatest opportunity for guidance or correction often escapes attention.

The cue of the “magnets between the Sit Bones” is now my mantra.

First a warning about the use of this cue. Many people immediately grip the ubiquitous “buns” or “bum”, holding the elusive quarter between the cheeks as if to stop an embarrassing accident. So, an introductory explanation is helpful.

Ask your clients to bend over and cradle the gluteals with soft hands and squeeze that soft tissue together. Then relax. Next place the fingers a bit more to the mid-line and gently pull the tissue between the gluteals together. It’s different, and more specific, creating a central tail-bone focus and balanced platform at the bottom of the pelvis.

After mastering the basic idea, try implementing the cue before a double leg stretch, providing good central leg tracks, or a Reformer feet- in straps leg circle sequence, where leg-opening imbalances may then pop out more clearly.

Recently, a client suffered an epic fall down a flight of stairs causing a tibial plateau break. Her right leg was hugging toward the left, giving her knee pain and weakness.

A favorite exercise addressing this imbalance is the ball-in-groin exercise. Take a soft nine-centimeter ball and place it high in between the legs at the groin. Bring the feet to the neutral leg position, something I call first parallel, where the second toe (next to the Great Toe) is lined up with the knee cap and mid-pant line, as much as possible. Cue the Sit Bone magnets. Next plie’ (standing elongated leg bend) in that form. Stay at the bottom of the bend with feet firmly on the floor. Linger a few seconds. Exhale, relax the ankles to soften into the bend a little more. Use the exhale to recoil at the bottom of the motion, straighten the legs and take a little heel rise. Gently lower. Soon, the errant Right Sit Bone then complied to give an equal distance to the mid-line.

Try the Sitz Bone connection in half-kneeling positions such as the half-kneeling thoracic rotation on the Reformer.  This exercise is great for clients with anterior approach hip replacement. There might need to be some investigation or pre-stretching to be sure the client is at a point to benefit with the exercise.

Scar tissue in the pelvis can remain indefinitely. It’s best if the client can half kneel on the Reformer carriage straightaway, yet modify as needed. Observing the client’s pelvis from the posterior, note which side promotes more hip hike on the bent leg side. Consider performing the exercise on the easier, non-replacement side first. Spot the client while they hold the rope’s hand grip and begin to rotate. Afterward, try the more difficult side. Use the fascial re-shaping principles of bracelet-rubbing the soft tissue around the thigh, creating friction and heat. Next cue anchoring the high kneel support-leg Sit Bone. Then cue the flexed leg Sitz Bone to the support side. Heat, repetitive motion, and tensioning body pressure will help your client to bone balance, one Sitz Bone at a time.

Finding neutral Sit Bones, and guiding wayward Sit Bones through fascial re-shaping, aids in correcting asymmetry.

By Dr. Suzanne Clements Martin

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This highlights one of the challenges that Pilates teachers face in helping clients measure progress similar to more traditional methods of fitness, such as strength training or cycling. In strength training, you can track repetitions, sets, and the amount of weight used over time. In cycling, you can calculate speed, resistance, and distance.  When a client walks into a Pilates studio for the first time, not having those familiar metrics can be disorienting.

As Pilates instructors, we’re taught that the foundations of Pilates are concentration, control, center, flow, precision and breathing, factors that are far less straightforward and measurable than pounds moved on a weight rack or miles run on a treadmill. All of this can make it more challenging for data minded clients or clients with body awareness challenges to see their progress, because it’s difficult to see improvements on factors that you can’t track.

Adding AI technology to a Pilates machine can bring a new lens to measuring and tracking progress on a Reformer, creating a whole new way to experience Pilates. Of course, it doesn’t replicate or replace the experience of working with a teacher. It expands on it by giving your clients concrete data about their performance and quantifying their quality of movement, so they can see their progress over time through actionable data.

With Flexia, we track a number of variables with the use of tech. For example, the total amount of weight moved per exercise over a series of repetitions and the entire class. This in part gives clients a more concrete answer when they ask how springs translate to resistance moved in pounds. We also track control, which analyzes an exercise specific combination of factors like smoothness of carriage movement during a bicep curl, or how still the client holds the carriage during a bridge.  Additionally, our sensors calculate consistency of movement across multiple repetitions, encouraging repeated range of motion, speed, and control.  Finally, based on the appropriate tempo of an exercise, our technology also has the ability to sense if you are matching the correct speed and give you feedback on if you need to speed up or slow down.

All of these variables can come together to create a Movement Quality Score (MQS) that indicates the quality of movement used during an exercise and through an entire class.  Over time, the objective is to increase your MQS by improving your control and consistency scores during class.

You’re probably wondering, how can anything in Pilates be standardized? This is why we’re creating a Pilates “genome”– classifying qualities of each exercise we teach so that its unique intention is captured and reflected in our real-time feedback during class. While there is no one right way to do things, this genome creates a level of consistency for our clients and tracking metrics.

As technological capabilities expand, so should the capabilities of your equipment. The smart Pilates reformer space is currently in its infancy and we look forward to leading innovations with how we practice and experience Pilates.

Learn more about how Flexia is moving Pilates forward.

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See ELEMENTS Ambassadors in action on our Instagram profile.

The most beautiful part of the whole experience has been our sole focus on people and how ELEMENTS help people feel better and move better. We made you happy offering ELEMENTS in your favourite colour. We made your client emotional as they felt cared for. We surprised you with improved Fuzzies and fancy faux fur straps and super soft Wide Slings. And we also made ELEMENTS to your measure! 

Time ago, there was a customer asking a question, via email, that made me take extra time to carefully format the reply. I much prefer in person communication, including video calls, as they have the non-verbal part of communication too, which shows and gives so much more than written words. She asked: Which straps are the best for the Tower? I ended up making a video and talking about variety of straps and the benefits of using them. 

Today, my reply is super concise:  

ELEMENTS are for people, not for the equipment. Tell me about your client… 

The reason WHY we started ELEMENTS in the first place and HOW we continuously expand our offer is: To make people comfortable!  From our first 3 products: bench cover, Pilates Loop and Roll, and Small Double Loops that were meant to make my sister and myself more comfortable, we grew into specialists for Pilates and Gyrotonic equipment accessories. People have been contacting us and asking for Shoulder Loops, Lumbar Belt, Standing Straps, Hanging Straps, adjustable Fuzzies, Cuffs (see all), and more that would make them feel and move better. They are all experienced teachers who felt the need for additional tools.

Pilates and/or Gyrotonic teacher are noble professions. Our work helps people to improve their lives. We are delighted that ELEMENTS play part in this. There is a perfect pair of ELEMENTS for all body sizes and shapes, levels of fitness and types of exercises you wish to practice. 

ELEMENTS have you covered for your Personal Straps and all needed for your studio, including the covers for all Gyrotonic equipment.

For more information about ELEMENTS visit our website, Instagram and Facebook accounts. 

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By Erika Nickless, Education Coordinator & Teacher Trainer, Natural Pilates

When COVID-19 brought the world to a grinding halt in March of 2020, employers and employees had no idea what to do. Small businesses were hit especially hard. We all had to get a little more resourceful, and a lot more comfortable doing everything from home. 

At Natural Pilates in Los Angeles, Owner and Master Trainer, Laura Wilson, was forced to temporarily shutter her four studio locations. Feeling responsible for her large staff, she immediately jumped into action and set up daily online Mat classes (on a then-unknown platform called Zoom). It was difficult to find props at that time, so she made goodie bags of bands, balls and weights to distribute to clients and encouraged us to use household items in a pinch. “Need free weights? Use water bottles!” (or wine bottles, she sometimes joked). She sold some studio equipment to clients who wanted to continue Reformer and Chair sessions from home.  Laura also started NPTV, an online platform for classes, which now includes thousands of hours of content on all Pilates apparatus (https://www.naturalpilatestv.com). 

In June of 2020, the state of California allowed certain businesses to re-open. Natural Pilates was ready with masks, gloves, gripper socks, sanitizer and electronic temperature takers at all locations.  Laura has two young children at home and was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis several years ago, so she was especially concerned with safety.  Reformers were spaced 6 feet apart and curtains were placed in between each machine. Late cancellation charges were waived to discourage people from coming to the studio sick.  Laura’s mother is a great seamstress, and she sewed vinyl coverings for all Reformer and Tower straps, so they could be easily cleaned. Classes and privates were spaced 15 minutes apart to allow for thorough cleaning in between sessions. It felt a little like Pilates meets science fiction, but everyone was elated for something that resembled normal. 

That new normal lasted only one month. In July 2020, Los Angeles County closed bars, restaurants, gyms and salons. Everyone at Natural Pilates – clients, instructors, and administrative staff – was crushed. 

But Laura began thinking outside the box. Natural Pilates’ West Hollywood location had an outdoor patio that was sometimes used for Mat classes and photos.  Within 10 days, she had moved all eight of the studio’s Merrithew V2 Max Plus Reformer Towers from inside to outside.  Voilà – Natural Pilates in the open air!  

As time moved on and the pandemic continued, there were many additions to the WeHo Outdoor Classroom: bed sheets and tarps were put on each night to protect the equipment from the elements, then later tents were installed to further shield clients and the equipment from sun, rain and wind.  Additional Reformers were added as the classes became more popular. Southern California is blessed with very mild weather year round and little rain, so the outdoor classes were a big hit… so big that Laura began looking for other outdoor spaces.  Many businesses were suffering during this time, especially tourism, so she looked into hotels.   

Enter the next NP outdoor location: The Luxe on Sunset in Brentwood. The valet parking lot stood empty, and there was space for a “private room” by the pool.  In September of 2020, Laura moved all the equipment from the Natural Pilates Brentwood studio location to The Luxe Hotel. 

Two years later, these two outdoor spaces remain favorites of both Natural Pilates clients and instructors.  Although we have since re-opened our flagship Beverly Hills location for indoor classes, and will soon open two new locations (in Sherman Oaks, CA, and Soho, NYC), many of our clients prefer doing “Pilates al fresco.”  

Natural Pilates Owner, Laura Wilson, in the “private room” of the Brentwood outdoor studio, located at The Luxe Hotel on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, California.

The pandemic completely changed the world as we know it, but it also taught us – about ourselves, the people close to us, and people on the other side of the globe. The Natural Pilates family is very grateful to Laura for thinking outside the box, for demonstrating creativity and resilience in the face of the complete unknown, and for making the seemingly impossible, not only possible, but amazingly successful. 

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A challenge many new teachers face – as they transition from their teacher training program to the reality of teaching real people in a real, not “pretend” setting – is to recognize if their students are doing the exercises correctly. Some clients might “complain” that they don’t feel any work, but their movement looks okay. What to do?

Obviously, if they don’t feel the effort of an exercise, they must be missing something, not engaging a muscle here and there. What are they doing wrong?

This is when it’s helpful to shift your focus on learning the common mistakes of each exercise. Knowing what can go WRONG in each exercise, is a great way to prevent those mistakes before they happen.

Any seasoned Pilates teacher can attest that everyone makes the same mistakes. There are typically two to three common mistakes in each exercise.

Once you know them, you can anticipate the problem by:

1. Watching for the common mistakes when observing your student and
2. Cueing ways to avoid the common mistakes before they even happen.
   

   Feet in Straps on the Reformer

For example, in Feet in Straps on the Reformer, the two most common mistakes are:

• Locking the knees, and
• Losing neutral pelvic alignment

Here’s how you can use the common mistakes as a teaching skill:

1. Setup the equipment for the exercise and choose the desired springs.
2. Instruct your student on how to get her feet into the straps.
3. Begin teaching either the Frog pattern or Bend & Stretch. Choosing a bent knee pattern before straight leg patterns such as Lower & Lift or Circles eliminates the locked knee mistakes completely so you and your student can focus on her pelvic placement.
4. Watch your student’s pelvis as she bends and straightens her legs. Her pelvis should stay neutral, not tipping forward and backwards with the leg movement (anterior/posterior tilt). If she is able to keep her pelvis still, then you don’t really need to say anything more (save your voice). If her pelvis is moving, cue her to keep her pelvis still.
5. If she’s able to keep her pelvis still, then move on to teaching straight leg patterns such as Lower & Lift or Circles. Continue to keep an eye on the pelvic placement, because it’s much more difficult to maintain lumbo-pelvic stability with straight legs. If her pelvis is stable in neutral, shift your focus to her knees. If they are locked, correct your student. Just remember to use positive cues. Instead of saying “Don’t lock your knees”, tell your student what to do instead, for example: “Keep a tiny bend in your knees. This activates the muscles behind your knee and thigh.” (I love adding a convincing reason to my cues.)

Inside the Pilates Encyclopedia member library, you’ll find common mistakes and ways to correct them for every single Pilates exercise on all apparatuses. Learn more about the membership.

~ Mara Sievers
Founder and CEO of Pilates Encyclopedia

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BASI is a world leader in Pilates Teacher Training and education, but it is more than a company. It even transcends a community…

We are a family. We are a rainbow of people driven by love, acceptance, support, and inclusiveness. People yearn to be part of a community, and we take this one step further at BASI. There is a different level of intimacy when you move beyond a community

and become a family. There is more transparency and vulnerability, which builds trust. This defines our BASI family. Family is never about one person. Although founded by one man, Rael Isacowitz, BASI only exists because of the incredible people who are part of our family—a global, tight-knit network of diverse individuals passionate about the same goal: making the world a better place through Pilates.

There are no borders at BASI. We aligned our global family with one purpose: well-being. When we inspire well-being within one person, we create a ripple effect that can change the world. Founded by world-renowned Pilates Educator Rael Isacowitz, BASI Pilates has been a leader in top-tier Pilates education and certification for over four decades and counting. One thing has become certain: BASI is not just about Pilates. BASI has become just as much about people and serves as a force for positive change in the global community. 

It was 1989 when Rael recognized the explosive growth that the Pilates industry was about to experience. Although Joseph Pilates had developed his exercise method many years before, a new level of enthusiasm was emerging. Rael felt a surge of interest in this forward-thinking method with its emphasis on core strength, functional movement, body alignment, and the mind-body connection.

Rael has long shared a passion for movement, and this passion has helped him create BASI as it stands today. He had been a competitive swimmer since his youth, practiced yoga since his teens, and Pilates since 1978. Rael studied physical education at the prestigious Wingate Institute of Physical Education in Israel. His studies included anatomy, physiology, exercise physiology, biomechanics, and kinesiology. In 1980, Rael was invited to join the faculty at Wingate. He was instrumental in educating future teachers and developing a wide range of curricula and programs. Rael danced professionally for many years and completed his Master’s Degree in Dance Studies at the University of Surrey, England, in 1986. Rael’s experience, coupled with people’s requests to teach them, caused him to channel his passion for Pilates into creating his first Pilates teacher training program. Body Arts and Science International(BASI) Pilates was born; the rest is history!

 BASI has developed a unique formula and methodology for successful educational programming that effectively shapes BASI Pilates students while maintaining the company’s goals: to preserve the classical repertoire and the essence of Joseph Pilates’s philosophy while supporting and encouraging evolution based on experience and scientific knowledge. To address every level of the human condition to better each individual, as well as the world around us, in pursuit of the ultimate goal: physical, mental, and spiritual well-being.

BASI Pilates honors Pilates history and the legacy handed down by Joseph Pilates, providing students with a foundation in all aspects of the Pilates Method. The BASI program is solidly grounded in the original, classical repertoire on the full range of equipment, including an introduction to the groundbreaking F2 System.

BASI combines respect for history and tradition with adherence to scientific and technological advances. This innovative approach has produced the BASI Block System, the F2 System, BASI Interactive, and many other innovations that organically supplement the pioneering work of Joseph Pilates. Every movement of the Pilates method can and should be substantiated scientifically and artistically.

BASI stands for excellence and professionalism. Adhering to these concepts, we continue Joseph Pilates’s work and ensure our students’ growth and success.

Written by: Rob Hayek

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It wasn’t until many years later, upon working at the front desk of a Polestar Pilates studio, that my interest in Pilates was piqued again. I loved what I was hearing from this teacher! The cues sounded so clear, yet at the same time, expansive, freeing, and opening! The teacher was creative, yet clearly grounded in her understanding of proper alignment. She taught a diverse range of clients and every session was different, depending on the needs of the person in front of her. This was the approach I was hoping for.

Fast forward 12 years and I now have a satisfying career teaching Pilates from a Polestar perspective.  Although I am not a physical therapist and am clear on the limits of my scope of practice, I work every day with a wide variety of clients. The broad majority has some sort of physical limitation, pain, or injury and Pilates helps them to feel better, move better, and to enjoy living in their bodies. The fact that each client is different keeps my job fresh and interesting and I have networks of support to which I can turn when I have questions or get stumped.

Generosity & Inclusion at the Heart of Polestar

Through Polestar, I learned not only how to teach exercise choreography, but I also learned how to see and evaluate the biomechanics of movement. I learned how to teach with precision; to cue, both verbally and tactilely, so that when I see a faulty movement pattern, I can offer support to help address and remedy that faulty pattern. I learned the Polestar Principles of Movement and the building blocks of proper biomechanics. From that ground, I can go in any direction, vary or modify exercises, provide support through the use of props or equipment adjustment, or create new approaches until I can meet the physical needs of almost anyone who walks into my studio, provided they are cleared by their physician or physical therapist for exercise.

More recently, as an educator for Polestar, I have had more of an inside view of the heart behind the company. It is a generous and inclusive community – one that demands a lot from its teachers and students and gives a lot back in return.

Once you enter the Polestar family and show a concerted effort to study, practice, and teach the principles, you will find a community ready to be at your side every step of the way. The time, energy, and financial commitment required of a Polestar education are significant. This is true about almost every worthwhile venture. For me, the return on my investment has been invaluable.

I am grateful to my Polestar educators and the many others in the community helping to promote and teach this important work.

—- Arica Bronz

Arica Bronz has been a Polestar Educator since 2014 and hosts Polestar trainings in Burlington, Vermont.

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