A client here at Mind Your Body Pilates & Gyrotonic, New York City’s BEST Pilates studio, has been a loyal and committed student for the past three years.
She committs to three classes a week and feels that Pilates has improved her general sense of self, which includes her body image. In her younger years, this client was a dancer, athlete and had which she calls, a “boyish figure”. She seems to have enjoyed this figure and misses it because it was slim and without the curves which is what she sees now when she looks in the mirror. She is very frustrated and almost disappointed by her female curves, voluptuousness and added weight. She states that the Pilates classes have helped her feel positive about her self image, and as a post-menopausal woman, she feels that Pilates movements have improved her circulation, digestion, overall health and energy. For months, I have been encouraging her to shed the over, over sized tee and try one that fits her beautiful! feminine! figure. Today, she purchased a few tees from the retail corner at Mind Your Body and she looks fabulous! I congratulate her for her courage and WOW! she looks great!! …but she didn’t need the small tee for me to know that. As her Pilates trainer, I knew how gorgeous she was under the over-sized tee. Stay tuned for continuued conversation.
-Gail Giovanniello

My favorite part of working at Mind Your Body Pilates & Gyrotonic is seeing the happy clients. Seeing clients come in with a smile on their face ready to work out is great, for it changes the energy and in their bodies. Observing this daily, weekly and monthly, I feel like I have witnessed clients become alive again. As a dancer I know it takes work and it takes more than a few classes to feel it or see it but the work is worth it. The change is physical, emotional, mental and overall just positive.