Really invaluable quotes from the Body Mind Spirit Expo in Santa Clara, California April 2010. These quotes are only from the instructors I worked with… Can you imagine if we could collect all the amazing quotes from all the instructors there??? If you were there and have a quote to add, please do!
P.S. Most of the quotes are from Mary Bowen. She was our wonderful keynote speaker, instructor and I had lunch with her one afternoon. And let’s face it. She is extremely quotable!
Inspiration from the Conference
‘My spine finally released at 75 years old. I can’t die now I have so much more to do!’–Mary Bowen, 80-years-old at the time of the conference
‘There are as many ways to do Pilates as there are people doing Pilates. There is no method that will adequately represent you. The more original you get the more successful you will be.’ –Mary Bowen
‘I love cats. Cats taught me how to release the spine.’–Mary Bowen
‘I didn’t breathe until I was 37, after work with Joe stopped. Everything was too locked and tight and breathing only happened in the chest.’–Mary Bowen
‘Joe left you very creatively, freely to explore. If he approved of what you were doing, he [Joe] would gruffly say, ‘That’s good. Use your whole body.’–Mary Bowen
‘At the conference, do your second best. You’ll have a much better time and it will give you some breathing space.’–Mary Bowen
‘I just love this necklace. It is made up of the fur of all my dead cats.’–Mary Bowen
‘To be terrific, you have to be specific.’–Allen Menezes
‘Effortless power.’–Eric Cobb
‘Google out, Zoom in.’–Madeline Black on assessing your client’s alignment
‘Shotgun approach.’–Madeline Black on looking at a global approach as opposed to looking singularly at one system
‘Don’t have an enemy because you’ll turn out just like that person.’–Mary Bowen
‘I give absolute permission for each of you to do Pilates however you want to do it. As long as you are genuine.’–Mary Bowen
‘I couldn’t create a training program because it means committing to one god.’–Mary Bowen
‘If you are doing what you love and doing it from the roots of your being you are going to be valuable. It’s going to work out.’–Mary Bowen
‘The most important thing you can do is get them [your clients] in the soles of their feet and keep them there. Then they know where they are coming from.’–Mary Bowen
‘Never assume that what you say, they [your clients] know.’–Pat Guyton
‘Star everything you don’t like to teach and practice it. Figure it out.’–Pat Guyton
‘No breath, no core.’–Allen Menezes
‘I move my body and see if the equipment follows, that’s my journey right now.’–Pat Guyton
‘You all need to take the PMA exam.’–Mary Bowen
