Our next Teacher Training Program will begin September 18, 2010!  If you are interested in becoming a certified Pilates Instructor, sign up today.  Enrollment is first come first served and spots are limited.  You can begin accruing observation hours NOW (we have several locations available for observation throughout LA and the Valley).  All you need to do is to complete the registration forms and place your deposit.  Just click on the "Contact Us" button to get started on your new career as a certified Pilates Instructor.  Don't forget, spots fill up fast, so sign up TODAY!

Come meet the instructors and ask questions at the Open House, Sunday August 15 between 11:30am-12:30pm at Ocean Pilates 1727 Ocean Park Blvd. in Santa Monica.  Hope to see you there!

As the job market starts to recover, people all over the world are beginning to make career moves again.  A recent study shows more people voluntarily left their jobs than were fired or discharge for the first time since October 2008.  The study says that many individuals had felt it was too “unsafe” or “unreliable” to make a move to a new company during the turbulent economic times of late.  At PTC we have already witnessed many of our students turn economic uncertainty into opportunity. Unlike other industries, Pilates teachers were weathering the storm quite well.  So now as the economy seems to be shifting and changing and even adjusting to the new reality, how might we as a teaching community adjust? In reading this study I asked myself if our teachers might be broadening their horizons and thinking of the job market as a chance to make a move. I asked two PTC graduates and one soon-to-be graduate to write about how they re-imagined their lives with Pilates.  Their responses were so wonderful I have made this into a three part series.

I hope you will find their stories as interesting and as inspiring as I did. And please feel free to post your thoughts or share your stories on our Facebook page.

Here is Julie Gustafson’s story:

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Kathy GrantOn Thursday, May 27th, Kathleen Stanford Grant passed away.  Her career as a dancer and Pilates instructor has touched many and inspired people around the world. 

Born August 1, 1921, Kathy started her life-long commitment to movement at the Boston Conservatory of music.  She danced on and off Broadway, in television and toured in companies in the U.S., Europe, the Middle East, Africa and South America.  Her accolades in the dance world abound, but for many of us, it is her skill as a Pilates teacher for which we know her.

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Upcoming Events

Sun Aug 01 @10:00AM - 11:30AM
PTC4 Business Lecture #2
Mon Aug 02 @01:00PM - 02:30PM
PTC4 Lab4B
Mon Aug 02 @06:00PM - 07:30PM
PTC4 Lab4B
Mon Aug 09 @01:00PM - 02:30PM
PTC4 Lab4C
Mon Aug 09 @06:00PM - 07:30PM
PTC4 Lab4C
Sun Aug 15 @09:30AM - 10:30AM
PTC4 Level 4 Test
Sun Aug 15 @01:00PM - 02:30PM
Workshop-Well-Balanced Workouts for Special Communities
Sat Aug 21 @01:00PM - 06:00PM
PTC4 Level 5 Lecture
Sun Aug 22 @09:30AM - 02:30PM
PTC4 Level 5 Lecture
Mon Aug 30 @01:00PM - 02:30PM
PTC4 Lab5A
 

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