Spring Challenge: Revitalize your practice!

It’s 2022, and let’s face it - a lot has happened over the last 2 years that likely has impacted your practice. It at least certainly has impacted mine (virtual classes at home with 3 cats, walking all over the computer, could only last so long). So let’s work together to re-ground ourselves and find meaning and routine in our practice again… with a challenge! (and yes, rewards are involved!)

This year’s spring challenge, “Revitalize Your Practice,” focuses on LSQP's key mission to ignite confidence and vitality in our community through the principal teachings of Pilates: concentration, control, center, position, breath, and fluidity.

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You Always Win With Pilates

Earlier this year, dozens of our community members participated in our 30 Session Spring Challenge with the goal of completing 30 sessions or classes in 8 weeks. We are excited to announce that one client, Maria D., reached 30 sessions during the challenge and won a free month of membership!

Maria shared her challenge experience with us on the LSQP Blog this month:

"I confess that I haven't been this proud of myself in a while. I was so happy to have this challenge as a way to do something good for me as we emerge from all the upheaval of the past year."

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3 Reflections & 3 Celebrations for Our 3rd Birthday

As we look back upon what we hope was the hardest year we’ll face as a small business, we’d like to share 3 reflections and 3 celebrations.

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LSQP’S Logan Square Holiday Shopping Guide

The holidays can be a stressful time for everyone. The lists, the traffic, and the mindless gift browsing for your one family member who honestly has it all. There is no need for unnecessary shopping drama when you have everything you need for everyone on your list right here in our beautiful neighborhood. Logan Square is home to so many amazing small businesses offering everything from clothes to toys.

We’ve put together this nifty gift guide just for you!

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Staying Nourished in November

Did you know that the earth produces food for you based on the season you will need it? In the summer we find foods with a higher water percentage to help keep us hydrated during the hotter months.

In the fall, we get a variety of colors and flavors to choose from. The best part is, the offerings we get during this time of the year make it so much easier to stay fueled during our workouts!

Here is a list of in-season foods to help you power through and stay energized during your workouts at LSQP”

The LSQP Team November 16, 2020Logan Square Pilates + Core Studiowellness, pilates, nourishing Comments

How to Work Out from Home + Love it

The bad news: you’re stuck at home and can’t make it to your favorite studio. The good news is that everything will be okay with a simple shift in perspective. Your at-home workout can be just as effective as any training you do within a studio or gym. You can still apply Joseph Pilates’ principles to your workouts in your living room, dining room, kitchen or bathroom (we won’t judge).

The key is to set yourself up for success. Here are a few tips to keep you happy and healthy as you commit to stay fit from home and navigate through your new workout routine.

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Deepening Our Mission Commitment with Explicit LSQP Antiracism & Inclusion Goals

While I am proud of the studio we’ve built and the positive impact we’ve had on the health and wellness of our community over the past two years, I’m also acutely aware that we have not been doing enough to truly advance our mission. Our community of staff, instructors, and students is a bit more diverse than the “average” Pilates studio in this country, but it is still a far cry from being truly inclusive and representative of wellness seekers of all races, ethnicities, gender identities and sexual orientations, shapes, sizes, and abilities. And this is on me.

Logan Square Pilates & CoreFebruary 3, 2020pilates, antiracism, inclusion, community

Pilates + Mental Health

As I began studying in an apprenticeship program to become and instructor and began regularly practicing Pilates and began to experience the physical benefits of Pilates, I also experienced a strengthening in my overall mental well-being. It was a strengthening of my mind and my spirit. It was this discovery that most impacted me, and the reason I’ve continued to feel passionate about teaching this work.

Aileen MayDecember 5, 2019pilates, Joseph Pilates, mental health, anxiety, breathing, mental wellbeingComment

The Benefits of Pilates from Prenatal to Postpartum

Pilates can be helpful to restore that abdominal strength and stability, heal a Diastasis Recti, improve posture, establish a gravity-eliminated position for those moms who are experiencing pain in standing, prolapse, pubic separation/instability, and create a safe and enjoyable environment to move for your overall well-being.

Logan Square Pilates & CoreNovember 8, 2019pilates, chicago, pregnancy, prenatal, postpartum, fitness, wellness Comment

Pilates and Physical Therapy

While Pilates and physical therapy are not the same or interchangeable, there is an interesting relationship between the two, as well as distinctions that need to be made with regard to their approaches and limits in addressing health and disease.

Pilates as a Paradigm Shift

Upon beginning my Pilates teacher training in 2009, I was immediately struck by the freedom I felt while trying this new health/wellness/movement paradigm on for size. It felt expansive. It felt restorative. It felt challenging in a muscle-”burning” type of way, but was also equally as challenging in that muscle “releasing” type of way.

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