In pilates, as in life, if something seems easy, then chances are that I am doing it wrong. When I first started taking classes I smugly thought gosh, I'm pretty good at this, I must be really strong and naturally gifted. But it turns out that I just wasn't doing it right.
As classes have progressed we have focused on various [...]
Three of the four elevators in my building are out of service and it is an eternity before the fourth arrives. I am pacing and mumbling and I have pressed the call button with increasing force maybe twelve times. Finally the doors open only to stop at every floor between mine and the lobby while the elevator becomes so packed that I can scarcely breathe let alone move. [...]
As a doctor who addresses patients' desires for facial perfection on a daily basis, I am the first to point out that we are all asymmetrical. I know, for example, that my right eye does not open as wide as my left eye when I smile, and that a bump on the right side of my nose makes it very difficult to find sunglasses that sit straight on my face.
[...]
