Teachers get their butts kicked by Senior teachers. Senior teachers are reminded what it is that they still don’t know by working with a Master teacher. Master teachers got that way as a result of having worked as an apprentice (back in the day) or having been trained and mentored by an “elder” of the Pilates community. There are only a few elders still amongst us. Cara Reaser, one of the Master Teachers of the community and mentee of the elder teacher Kathy
S. Grant had the vision to pull together a number of her colleagues and collectively they have filmed a few sweet hours of history and supplemental training via video and conversation with the elders and the teacher’s created under tutelage of these elders in the PilatesAnytime Legacy Project.
I admit. This may be old news to some, as the Pilates Legacy Project was brought to life in October 2013, spearheaded by Cara Reaser in conjunction with Kristi Cooper and PilatesAnytime. However, it took a sweaty, butt kicking with Master Teacher Brett Howard and a conversation during the session to open my eyes to the existence of the project. Brett consistently talks about and/or refers to Romana Kryzanowska, Kathy Grant, Carola Trier and exercises, adjustments or adages he took from his training, relationship and experiences with many of the master/elder teachers.
The Legacy Project is an ongoing, ever-growing archive of the history of Pilates. It tracks the growth and evolution of the Pilates method from Joseph’s original students to the people who continue to keep the torch burning today.
I admit 
was blown away, not only by the content, depth of discussion and revelations from the video segments of the series. I was virtually brought to tears with the jewels and nuggets in the Kathy Grant Documentary, “The Story of My Song.” It was my hands down favorite of the series.
I have to also admit I was equally blown away by the very few number of views, comments and “thumbs up” on each of the videos! The latter said to me, not enough of the world’s Pilates practitioners, students or teachers have seen the Legacy Project. #JustSayin’ #JustAnObservation
#JustWonderingWhy???!!!
Lastly, while I am so envious that I was not privileged enough to train under any of the elder teachers, I feel humbled, blessed and thankful that I was able to personally meet Kathy Grant, Lolita San Miguel and Kathy Corey a few years ago at Alycea Ungaro’s RealPilatesNYC studio in workshop.
I am also very grateful to every teacher and practitioner that I have been touched by, sweated under the instruction of, and laughed with on or off the mat – whether online or in person. As a result of every interchange with each of you, I will forever have my eyes, ears and heart open.
We are all always a student of the beauty of the Pilates Method of training.
Gina Jackson, is a classically trained Pilates Teacher and has been teaching along the Gold Coast of Hudson and Bergen County, NJ for the past fifteen+ years.
Certified by Power Pilates of New York, Gina has trained with Master Teachers Bob Liekens, Susan Moran and Brett Howard; loved workshop training with Cary Regan and Blossom Leilani-Crawford and has particularly enjoyed listening to the personal stories as told by Pilates Elders, Kathy Grant and Lolita San Miguel.
An active teacher and blogger, Gina manages a private personal training business supporting a myriad of clients, teaching all to honor their health, strength and life with the principles of Pilates at its core.