I decided on Pilates because at that time, going back to Medical School was too daunting to me and no other ideas I was having made as much sense. I handed my credit card over to the owner of my Pilates program, gave her my deposit, and walked out feeling lighter and happier.  I have been teaching now full time, for 6 years.  Each year I watch as Pilates brings something new and amazing to my own life by teaching it to other people.  I am employed solely as a Pilates Instructor.

I am currently writing this article from London, where I am a guest teacher at a studio here.  If you would have told me that 6 years ago, when I became a ‘corporate jumper’, that Pilates was the career that was going to give me world travel, I would have looked at you like you had a third eye. Only bankers, academics, marketing, and hoteliers got to be world travelers!  I was going to have to wait a really long time in my Hollywood job to get to come to Europe to work.

The ‘five year’ question has always been hard for me.  I know self help gurus often urge us to make goals, set plans, make collages, chart out your wants, but in five years…I just don’t know! That is what makes my life exciting.  I no longer dream of owning my own studio but I have great respect for those that do, and I for one, work for a few of those people. I work hard for them.  I am hoping that Pilates will parlay me into my next field and endeavor.  I often still have med school dreams although; I know that this is not the penultimate goal.  Perhaps something else will be revealed. I work hard for my clients, I do my best to keep the original Pilates method intact, and I am enjoying my career in a way that most people do not.

I feel very lucky every day.