The Pilates Diaries · Stories of the impact of Pilates
What could Pilates change for you?
It’s hard to tell from the outside. So we ask the people who found out — teachers, studio owners and passionate enthusiasts — to open their diaries and tell it straight. Hosted by Bruce Hildebrand, teaching Pilates since 2000.
Twenty-three entries from four countries. Start with the one that sounds like you, and take one idea into your next class.
Latest entry · No. 23
Cheryl Burgess & Ava Rodriguez — The Pilates Expo
“In many ways I could say Pilates saved me.”
Tania Huddart · Entry No. 02
From the diary
Six recent entries
Entry No. 23Cheryl Burgess & Ava Rodriguez
The Pilates Expo
“Pilates is not choreography, and it’s not a repertoire.”
Entry No. 22Cie’Jai (CJ) Zarb
The Pilates Journal
“There’s no right way to go about it. It’s got to feel right for you.”
Entry No. 21Bridget Garlick
Equestrian & Pilates, Lismore
“The big one, after the head injury, was getting my balance back.”
Entry No. 20Melissa Turnock
BodyWisdom, Sydney
“It’s the way it makes you feel that I really fell in love with it.”
Entry No. 19Anthony Lett
Yin Pilates & Pilates Kinesiology
“Once you’ve driven a Rolls Royce, it’s hard to go back to a Corolla.”
Entry No. 18Jen Findlow
Freedom in Motion, Melbourne
“I felt 100 times better within a matter of weeks.”
Why this show exists
Pilates has to be experienced to be understood
- Explaining the method rarely works. A story does.
- Each entry is one person’s honest account: why they started, what changed, why they stayed.
- Our health is far more ours to influence than we tend to think, and it starts with how we move.
Your host
Bruce Hildebrand
Teaching Pilates since 2000, in London, Edinburgh and Melbourne. Bruce started the podcast to get past what the method claims and hear what it actually does for people.
Partners
The Pilates Diaries is supported by Trimio, which connects Pilates instructors with studio space. Our partners →
Got a Pilates story worth telling?
Teachers, studio owners, physios, dancers, devoted clients — if Pilates changed something for you, we’d like to hear it.