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Monday, March 31, 2014

Mindful Mondays by STOTT PILATES® Martch 31, 2014


Monday, March 17, 2014

Spring 2014 Registration is now OPEN!

Registration is now OPEN! http://www.mplscommunityed.com/

Spring 2014 classes begin April 14th!  

 
Pilates 1 Mat Class- Experience a low-impact, gentle-to-the-joints body conditioning class. Improve your posture, balance, and flexibility with this unique method of conditioning through stretching and strengthening exercises. Build strength in your abdomen, lower back, and hips with the focus of making your torso the power center of your body.

Pilates 2 Mat Class- In this class is for those of you who have taken Pilates 1 and are looking for a little more. This class is sure to test your conditioning with both strengthening and stretching exercises. The focus is on making the torso the power center of the body. 


Pilates/Yoga Power Sculpt Mat Class- In this Class we begin with Yoga Sun Salutations to heat the body then continue with Pilates at an intermediate level adding resistance-bands for resistance. Resistance-bands are available through me to borrow or to purchase for $5.

Minneapolis Community Education 2014 Spring Class Schedule. 

*Monday and Tuesday evening Winter/Spring/Fall session Classes are held at
Washburn H.S. 201 49th Street W., Minneapolis, MN 55419  
In the Black Box Theater Room.  
Enter Door 3 (the community ed entrance) on 49th Street at Washburn H.S. walk through the double doors and make your first right. The room is down a short hallway with black doors labeled The Black Box Theater Room. 
http://www.mplscommunityed.com/ OR call 612-668-3450 (Washburn H.S.)

Monday (6 classes) 
April 14- May 19, 2014  
Pilates 1 6:00pm-7:00pm 

Tuesday (6 classes) 
April 15- May 20, 2014
Pilates 1 6:00pm-7:00pm
Pilates 2 7:15pm-8:30pm 

*Wednesday evening Winter/Spring/Fall session Classes are held at 
Lake Harriet School 4912 Vincent Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55410 
In the lunch room located in the center of the school
Community Ed doors are located on Washburn and Vincent Avenues South and between 49th and 50th Streets West.
http://www.mplscommunityed.com/ OR call 612-668-3330 (Lake Harriet School) 

Wednesday (6 classes)
**Please Bring a mat! Mats are NOT provided at Lake Harriet School**
April 16- May 21, 2014
Pilates 1 6:15pm-7:15pm 
Pilates 2 7:15pm-8:15pm 

*Please note Lake Harriet School does NOT provide mats! If you are attending this class as a make up and do not own a mat please contact me prior to the evening of the class and I will bring a mat for you to use. *

http://www.mplscommunityed.com/ OR call 612-668-3450 (Washburn H.S.) 612-668-3330 (Lake Harriet School) 

http://www.mplscommunityed.com/

Monday, March 3, 2014

Mindful Mondays by STOTT PILATES® Martch 3, 2014

This is an excellent Mindful Monday!!

Monday, February 24, 2014

Mindful Mondays by STOTT PILATES® February 24, 2014

Today's focus: Intense Body Blast: Pilates Interval Training, Level 2 with STOTT PILATES® Master Instructor, PJ O'Clair!

Monday, February 17, 2014

Mindful Mondays by STOTT PILATES® February 17, 2014

Today's focus: Intense Body Blast: Pilates Interval Training, Level 1

Monday, February 3, 2014

Mindful Mondays by STOTT PILATES® February 3, 2014

This is a really great addition to the Mindful Mondays library!!


Monday, December 9, 2013

Celebrating Joseph Pilates 130th Birthday!

Via Well + Good NYC http://www.wellandgoodnyc.com/
Full article here

A birthday tribute to the (half-naked) father of Pilates

http://www.wellandgoodnyc.com/2013/12/08/a-birthday-tribute-to-the-half-naked-father-of-pilates/
Tomorrow (Today, Dec 9) would be the 130th birthday of Joseph Hubertus Pilates (1883–1967), whose namesake fitness method, originally called Contrology, is now practiced in thousands of studios around the world.

Vintage Life Magazine articles may document the pioneer in poses, contraptions, and outfits that would make us nervous (or LOL) today, but Pilates was always serious about his practice and the stellar health-promoting benefits that came with it.

Of course, the lineage of Pilates teachers who cite him as an anatomy and movement genius clearly lives on, and his concepts of alignment in daily life and core stability, for instance, have infiltrated the fitness world at large.
To celebrate the often half-dressed, German-born visionary, who lived to the flexible age of 83, we took a closer look at how Joseph Pilates reformed the way we move. (See what we did there?) —Sarah Sarway
Continue full article here: http://www.wellandgoodnyc.com/2013/12/08/a-birthday-tribute-to-the-half-naked-father-of-pilates/

(Photo: HeidiMillerPilates.com)

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

SOMN Polar Bear Plunge

Polar Bear Plunge for the Special Olympics of MN

Pledge Susie! plungemn.org/plunger/susiequarstad

Susie Q and Her Crazy Crew 

http://www.plungemn.org/team/susieqandhercrazycrew

It was early January 2006 when a flyer on a bathroom wall for the Special Olympics of MN was spotted presenting an interesting and somewhat strange way to raise money and awareness for their wonderful cause. So along side two friends and many other crazy strangers I plunged into White Bear Lake in the middle of January on a very cold day. As cold as it was (still the coldest yet) I made the decision that day to plunge for the SOMN every year for as long as I was physically able.
When January of 2007 rolled around five of my friends plunged along side of me and marked our first year as an organized team.
The third year we came up with a name, Susie Q and Her Crazy Crew, t-shirts and a photo team with a crew of eight plungers.
Every year the plunge season kept getting bigger and more exciting for the Crazy Crew, in 2010 we started our own Facebook and Twitter pages.
In January of 2011 we had our first Crazy Crew Pledge-Raiser and with a total of 24 plungers the Crazy Crew raised just under $10,000!
In 2012 with 36 plungers we raised over, $14,000 and in 2013, 39 plungers raised over $18,000!!!

2007
2008




On January 11th 2014 the Crazy Crew will be holding it's FOURTH ANNUAL PLEDGE-RAISER Silent Auction at Sweeney's Saloon in St. Paul! Click for more details!

2009
2010

Holding up my end of the deal I will make my 9th consecutive plunge in the year 2014, plunging on January 25th at White Bear Lake! For the 2014 plunge I have set my personal pledge goal at $1,000 with hopes of reaching beyond $1,500! Please consider a donation to assist me in getting closer to my personal goal, consequently helping the entire Crazy Crew in reaching our collective teal goal of 20K.

The following link
http://www.plungemn.org/plunger/susiequarstad 
will send you to my personal pledge page. Here you will be able to make a secure online donation and you will also receive an automatic receipt.
You may also send a pledge in the form of a check to the address below. Be sure to include the my name name so they know who to give credit to at the main office. 
Your generous contribution that IS tax deductible.


Mail pledges to:
Special Olympics Minnesota
Attn: Polar Bear Plunge
100 Washington Avenue South
Suite 550, Minneapolis, MN 55401

2011

2012
Polar plunge events help support thousands of SOMN athletes around the state of MN. Special Olympic athletes around the world follow the oath: "Let me win. But if I can not win, let me be brave in the attempt." Polar Bear Plungers follow this example by bravely taking a chilly dip for a wonderful group of people. http://www.specialolympicsminnesota.org/


On behalf of Susie Q and her Crazy Crew from years past, present and future, I thank you for your consideration and support of the 2014 Special Olympics Polar Bear Plunge! Stay Warm, I will do the plunging!! -Susie Q
2013
 www.facebook.com/SusieQCrazyCrew www.twitter.com/SusieQCrazyCrew

Monday, November 25, 2013

Mindful Mondays by STOTT PILATES® November 25, 2013

Via Stott Pilates® on facebook "Mindful Mondays" https://www.facebook.com/stottpilates 

Welcome to "Mindful Mondays"; starting the week off on a positive note by taking a moment to think about quality exercise and movements. Check out a demo clip from our latest DVD series and incorporate these exercises into your routine.
Today's focus: Pilates Towel Workout for Strength and Mobility


Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Fall 2013 Community Education Registration Is Open!

Registration is now OPEN! http://www.mplscommunityed.com/
Fall 2013 classes begin September 23rd!  

Pilates 1 Mat Class- Experience a low-impact, gentle-to-the-joints body conditioning class. Improve your posture, balance, and flexibility with this unique method of conditioning through stretching and strengthening exercises. Build strength in your abdomen, lower back, and hips with the focus of making your torso the power center of your body.

Pilates 2 Mat Class- In this class is for those of you who have taken Pilates 1 and are looking for a little more. This class is sure to test your conditioning with both strengthening and stretching exercises. The focus is on making the torso the power center of the body. 


Pilates/Yoga Power Sculpt Mat Class- In this Class we begin with Yoga Sun Salutations to heat the body then continue with Pilates at an intermediate level adding resistance-bands for resistance. Resistance-bands are available through me to borrow or to purchase for $5.

Minneapolis Community Education 2013 Class Schedule. 
*Monday and Tuesday evening Winter/Spring/Fall session Classes are held at Washburn H.S. in the Black Box Theater Room. 201 49th Street W., Minneapolis, MN 55419 Enter Door 3 (the community ed entrance) on 49th Street at Washburn H.S. walk through the double doors and make your first right. The room is down a short hallway with black doors labeled The Black Box Theater Room.  It is a nice private, quite comfortable room for pilates!  
http://www.mplscommunityed.com/ OR call 612-668-3450 (Washburn H.S.)

Monday (8 classes) 
September 23-November 11, 2013

Tuesday (8 classes) 
September 24-November 12, 2013
7:15pm-8:30pm Pilates 2

*Wednesday evening Winter/Spring/Fall session Classes are held at  
Lake Harriet School in the lunch room located in the center of the school.
4912 Vincent Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN  55410 Located between Washburn and Vincent Avenues South and between 49th and 50th Streets West.
http://www.mplscommunityed.com/ OR call 612-668-3330 (Lake Harriet School) 

Wednesday (8 classes) Please Bring a mat! Mats are NOT provided at Lake Harriet School
September 25-November 20, 2013 (no class October 16)
7:15pm-8:15pm Pilates 2


*Please note Lake Harriet School does NOT provide mats! If you are attending this class as a make up and do not own a mat please contact me prior to the evening of the class and I will bring a mat for you to use. *

http://www.mplscommunityed.com/ OR call 612-668-3450 (Washburn H.S.) 612-668-3330 (Lake Harriet School)