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Fat Pilates Teacher

This was a phrase I heard a lot the first two years I began teaching Pilates. It’s, 2010, and I’ve just completed a year-long, 600+ hour training program; I’m forty years old, down over ninety pounds since 1997, and in the best shape of my life. I’m stronger than I’ve ever been, more energetic than I’ve ever felt. Pilates—like writing—is a passion, one I love teaching.

And, yet, there’s that phrase I keep hearing: Fat Pilates Teacher. And it’s not coming from other people. It’s coming from inside me...

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