Monday, August 2, 2010

The Blog

Blogging has become such a funny hobby of mine. I am a great collector of hobbies. I think when I first thought of starting a Blog it was to market my fitness life. It makes sense since my main money maker is fitness, and yet when I began to write it took on a life of its own. It became more personal and I liked where it was going. It is of course still linked to my website but unless you understand the subtlety of my "Method" or my work you may miss the connection. I love fitness and anatomy and one day I will actually get it together to post those articles and information I have in my computer, but really I don't think we need another website with exercises and information on how to get skinny and fit. Do we need another Blog written by a single mom-probably not. So what is it that I am doing Sometimes I wonder myself, but I know it all makes sense. 

In the spirals and circles of thoughts and Universal energy it makes sense. My professor Art Robbins use to always talk about how he spoke in circles and I actually understood what he meant. It frustrated many but I go it because I process, think, write, and exist in the spirals and circles of life. Things are not always linear and do not always make sense. I guess that is an attraction I have to Pilates. It is based in alignment and fact. For the most part it makes sense. And I think my Method and this blog make sense in that way. Mind, Body, Spirit are connected but it took me a while to completely understand and practice the meaning. One can not exist in balance without the other. The difficulty comes in finding the balance. Balancing a triangle is never easy. 

This blog began as a platform to help others. To highlight the strengths of others. To write about fitness and the body. It has become something else and I am OK with that. It has become a place where I process my own jumbled thoughts. It has also become a place where I get to connect with my dear friend Liz who lives across the pond. For a bit I was contemplating calling it "Dear Liz" but I think it is good to just keep it as it is. It is a place to make sense of life as I know it and also to share with a dear friend the thoughts and events of my life the way we use to share things on a daily basis. It's like a letter or an email but you get to add photos.  So this one is for you Liz.