{"product_id":"the-little-black-reformer-book-krn-pilates-then-now-in-between-the-lesser-known-exercises","title":"The Little Black Reformer Book KRN Pilates Then, Now \u0026 In-Between The Lesser Known Exercises","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor more than forty-five years, I have been devoted to the method Joseph and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClara Pilates shared with their students, originally called Contrology. I have spent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emy life studying not only the exercises themselves, but the thread that connects\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand runs through every exercise in this method.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book contains the lesser-known Reformer exercises and variations I was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etaught over my decades of direct study and teaching of these exercises. Work that\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewas only shared with a few students.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany of these exercises have been seen in photographs or videos and copied\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewithout clear understanding or instruction. Exercises such as Stretch Pull, Jackknife\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreparation, Coordination Head Down, Short Spinal Control, and Scorpion are\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epresented here with clarity, context, and purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book offers clear photographs and detailed instruction for the Reformer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ework, these lesser known exercises, as I teach it, along with notes on how my\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eteachers taught these exercises and how Mr. Pilates' students were taught-both\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ein their studios and in their teacher training programs. It includes insights drawn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efrom historical photographs and from what Mr. Pilates passed on verbally to his\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estudents: Lolita San Miguel, Kathy Stanford Grant (through the eyes of Sarita\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllen), Romana Kryzanowska, and John Steel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book honors that thread, the extraordinary teachers who carried it forward, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the legacy Joseph Pilates entrusted to us. It is my hope that this work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edeepens understanding, preserves lineage, and enriches the journey through the Pilates Method.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kathryn Ross-Nash New York Pilates","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48515875438841,"sku":"9781951007065","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/1811\/7625\/files\/imageloader_7d753d64-9eda-490c-aa53-f6cf18c52cbd.jpg?v=1781209472","url":"https:\/\/hookeandplotte.com\/products\/the-little-black-reformer-book-krn-pilates-then-now-in-between-the-lesser-known-exercises","provider":"Hooke and Plotte Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}