Pilates For Everybody: Towards a More Inclusive and Accessible Pilates Industry
When The Pilates Journal reached out and asked me to write an article for instructors, with solutions for shifting our historically...
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Ivy Baron
Feb 20, 20232 min read
Look No Further, I've Found The Perfect At-Home Reformer
So many of us have pivoted to at-home workouts in the last few years, and Pilates is no exception. However, I often hear you say, while...
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Ivy Baron
Dec 8, 20223 min read
A Step towards Accessibility: Why I've changed to a Pay What you Can Sliding Scale for Group Classes
This is a letter I sent out to clients. I'm sharing it in a blog as a jump-off point to consider our accessibility, in whatever service...
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Ivy Baron
Jul 14, 20223 min read
How Do I Continue My Movement Practice With an Injury?
Maintaining a movement practice when you’re injured can be tricky because injury and fear go hand in hand. Fear of pain, or re-injuring...
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Ivy Baron
Mar 6, 20222 min read
8 Reasons to Practice Pilates that have Nothing to do With Your Appearance
Do you know why I named my studio Requisite Pilates? It came from this quote by the man himself, Joseph Hubertus Pilates. My...
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Ivy Baron
Jan 20, 20223 min read
Twas a Winters day in 2022-A Guest Blog
If ever there was a story that sums up 2022 so far, both the frustrations and absurdity of living in these times, AND the resilience that...
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Ivy Baron
Dec 12, 20212 min read
Slow Down, Walk Fast: The Road to Okay
In Buddhism there is a concept of the subtle body. It’s non dualistic, somewhere between the physical body and the spiritual body, or...
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Ivy Baron
May 10, 20212 min read
"There is a Crack in Everything, that's how the light gets in."-Leonard Cohen
This mother's day I wanted Roller Skates. When I lived in San Francisco in the 90's my favorite thing to do was to watch the skate...
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Ivy Baron
Mar 18, 20213 min read
Kill it with Kindness: How to Quiet Your Self Saboteur.
I promised myself, when I started Requisite Pilates, that I would write a regular blog post….every Wednesday, rain or shine. I thought...
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Ivy Baron
Mar 3, 20214 min read
Love the One You're with. How to Celebrate your Middle Aged Body!
News flash: Women’s bodies are meant to change throughout our lives! In western culture, we are taught that a (racist) beauty standard of...
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Ivy Baron
Feb 25, 20212 min read
What I learned from Unlearning "Perfect" Posture.
Posture is not one size fits all. Our bodies are like fingerprints. A unique curve here, a slight rotation there. No two are alike so...
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Ivy Baron
Feb 14, 20212 min read
Free Your Ribs and the Breath Will Follow
Maybe you’ve recovered from Covid and have some lingering breathing issues, perhaps you have Asthma, or allergies that affect your...
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Ivy Baron
Feb 9, 20211 min read
Your Body is a Wonderland
I mean, seriously. We have an entire galaxy living under our skin.
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Ivy Baron
Feb 7, 20213 min read
What Happens in Vagus Stays in Vagus
I don’t want to project, but I think most of our nervous systems are pretty shot these days. Therapists have wait lists for their wait...
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Ivy Baron
Feb 4, 20213 min read
Tales From a Recovering Butt Clencher
Hi. My name is Ivy and I clench my butt when I stand up. I’m not proud, but admitting it is the first step towards recovery. But(t)...
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Ivy Baron
Feb 2, 20212 min read
Meeting the Sticky Places
“We can do hard things.”-Glennon Doyle “Pilates?!?! I’ve wanted to try it but…. it’s too hard.” If I had a nickel for every time I’ve...
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