Julie Christensen
INSTRUCTORPilates has been an instrumental part of my life: facilitating general health & wellness, the mind-body-spirit connection, and more specifically, recovery and healing from a traumatic motorcycle accident.Simply put, I love Pilates! I’ve been practicing for close to a decade now, and I can say its truly the greatest, most trans formative gift of my entire life. Through my passion, personal practice, and love for Pilates, I’m inspired to assist others in living as comfortably as possible in their bodies. Through mindfulness, physical awareness, effective breathing, and consistent, continual practice of these vital ingredients Pilates is a powerful yet simple tool for living a full, healthy, and inspired life. Practicing Pilates routinely provides a sense and basis of strength I have never known before. Not only has my posture and the way I carry myself changed over time, but more importantly, my stance on life and the way I embrace the world around me. Pilates is not only a physical process, but a psychological one, if not spiritual. Of course, everyone has their own unique path, but we do all have bodies that can teach us a lot along the way. Self awareness is the key, and Pilates teaches one how to access that awareness, through steady incremental growth over time. Small but significant changes begin to happen when we become more aware and awake to ourselves and the world. I’ve learned that the more I live in my body with presence and intention, the more I embody my life with presence and intention. Simply said, Pilates charges my battery. I love how I feel physically, mentally, and spiritually after I have worked out on the mat, reformer, Cadillac, foot corrector or low chair. My life, how I feel about myself and my body, and how I feel about those around me in this world has changed for the better thanks to randomly attending a noon Pilates mat class in little Ennis, Montana taught by the dynamic Master Pilates Instructor, Shauna Laszlo.
