Pilates By Kim Ip

And she pushes me to go just a little further - which I need!

Prior to the pandemic I was dancing, hiking, stretching, and generally involved in some movement practice approximately 15 hours weekly--I was a former dancer and this brought me joy and balance.

Pilates is the full-body workout that I wanted without all of the compression on my spine that kept me from doing more dynamic activities.

I was honestly intimidated to try pilates because it always felt like a niche exercise, but Kim really took the exercises and broke them down in a digestible way.

Org) and EMDR therapy, acupuncture, physical therapy, bodywork (Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais, rolfing), energy work and guided meditations (which only prompted me to notice my breath but didn't get me to notice that I wasn't fully breathing my whole life).

I needed specific attention for my injury (so group class wouldn't fully meet my needs), so I went looking for private pilates instructors.

She has a good sense of how to rehab people and help them to get to a point where they have more resilience, better posture, functionality and generally helps you get out of old patterns that had caused chronic pain and dysfunction in the body.

Although the recommended chiropractic and physical therapy sessions helped with the initial injury, the physically demanding nature of the work I do made it difficult for me to make a full recovery.

I feel an amazing shift in how approach my daily workouts and stretches and have continued to implement what I've learned from Kim's intuitive and caring teaching.

She took in so much information in a short preliminary phone call and turned around with an incredible plan of action that has me feeling so taken care of and optimistic!