Susan Willson
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(315)566-9588
Pilates stresses the importance of the "core" muscles of the abdomen, back and buttocks, and works to strengthen the center, lengthen the spine, improve balance and posture, and improve flexibility and body-awareness. We will perform a number of exercises interspersed with stretching and balancing, so that muscles do not become overly tense. Pilates is different than Yoga in being a fitness-based rather than more-spiritual based practice, but Pilates complements Yoga in many ways, including an emphasis on the use of breath. Exercising using the Pilates method is an intense experience, but postures can be modified for both beginner and more experienced exercisers.
Susan Willson has been practicing Pilates since 2001, when she was introduced to the exercise form as a student of Laura Roeder, of Body by Pilates in Missouri. Susan has taught fitness both formally and informally, all the way back to a stint in the late-1980s as a Body Pump and Step Aerobics instructor with the health club Living Well Lady. Today, Sue focuses on teaching flexibility, lengthening, and using the core muscles in her Pilates workouts. Sue loves Pilates for its common-sense approach to working the muscles as a connected system, rather than separate parts, in order to gain flexibility, strength and balance that are useful in everyday life.
When she's not teaching her Pilates class, she's likely teaching in another form – Sue is an Associate Professor of Biology at St. Lawrence University, where she loves sharing her knowledge and wonder of the natural world. She does most of her research on bird communities in the Neotropics and locally here in the North Country. She lives in Canton with her husband Fernando and daughter Gigi, as well as their many cats, goats and chickens.
[email protected]
(315)566-9588
Pilates stresses the importance of the "core" muscles of the abdomen, back and buttocks, and works to strengthen the center, lengthen the spine, improve balance and posture, and improve flexibility and body-awareness. We will perform a number of exercises interspersed with stretching and balancing, so that muscles do not become overly tense. Pilates is different than Yoga in being a fitness-based rather than more-spiritual based practice, but Pilates complements Yoga in many ways, including an emphasis on the use of breath. Exercising using the Pilates method is an intense experience, but postures can be modified for both beginner and more experienced exercisers.
Susan Willson has been practicing Pilates since 2001, when she was introduced to the exercise form as a student of Laura Roeder, of Body by Pilates in Missouri. Susan has taught fitness both formally and informally, all the way back to a stint in the late-1980s as a Body Pump and Step Aerobics instructor with the health club Living Well Lady. Today, Sue focuses on teaching flexibility, lengthening, and using the core muscles in her Pilates workouts. Sue loves Pilates for its common-sense approach to working the muscles as a connected system, rather than separate parts, in order to gain flexibility, strength and balance that are useful in everyday life.
When she's not teaching her Pilates class, she's likely teaching in another form – Sue is an Associate Professor of Biology at St. Lawrence University, where she loves sharing her knowledge and wonder of the natural world. She does most of her research on bird communities in the Neotropics and locally here in the North Country. She lives in Canton with her husband Fernando and daughter Gigi, as well as their many cats, goats and chickens.