Nonna Gleyzer: Flex and flexibility
Jewish Journal
March 7, 2016
Nonna Gleyzer’s West Hollywood Pilates studio has seen the sweat of Natalie Portman, Kerry Washington and a parade of Victoria’s Secret models.
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Dancer’s Second Act as Pilates Instructor
Judy Gruen
November 24, 2005
As the owner of Studio 613 — located on South Robertson Boulevard, between Olympic and Pico boulevards — Friedman has found her niche. Her women-only Pilates venue is providing a safe space for Jews and others to get in shape while maintaining their modesty.
Got Baby Weight? Try Pilates
Maria Leone
February 24, 2005
Too many \”When are you due?\” comments that came weeks after I gave birth to my second child were all the motivation I needed to reclaim my body. I had gained 60 pounds with my first child, but I bounced back into shape with little effort.
Exercising the Mind
Ani Dumas
May 3, 2001
As we enter the new millennium, fitness professionals are becoming more aware of the movement toward spiritual forms of exercise. Programs like Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi, meditation, and body work are common in fitness clubs and community centers. To keep up with today\’s stressful lifestyles, we must do more than increase our heart rates and pump iron to maintain maximum health. Mind and body fitness can facilitate this by achieving inner balance and harmony in mind, body and spirit.
The Novice
Amanda Hesser
October 26, 2000
It is called Pilates, and I had been hearing about it for some time but dismissed it as a faddish \’90s workout. It fit the mold perfectly: It had the requisite exotic name (pronounced puh-LAH-tees), you had to go to a gym to do it, and celebrities hailed it as a miracle workout that managed, with perfect \’90s perversity, to give shapely women the bodies of 12-year-old boys.
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