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Why Pilates Keeps You Doing More of What You Love
Fitness can be fun! Let's say you love to run, play pickleball, go dancing and play golf. If one of those activities is a main form of...
Laura Bond Williams
Apr 152 min read
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Free Mat Pilates Class on July 3 at Circle C Community Center
Exercise your freedom to move your body at our third annual free Pilates class celebrating Independence Day in the USA on Thur., July 3,...
Laura Bond Williams
Apr 151 min read
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Tips for Beginning Pilates
Growth Mindset Tips for Beginning Pilates, part 1 Deciding to try a Pilates class may feel a little daunting, right? Let’s talk about...
Laura Bond Williams
Apr 143 min read
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How to Use Exercise Bands in Mat Pilates
Do you have a random stash of elastic exercise bands, maybe from physical therapy or a random shopping trips to Marshall's? (ask me how I...
Laura Bond Williams
Apr 13 min read
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Q&A Mat Pilates ATX Classes
Some of our frequently asked questions at Pilates, mat classes, how to schedule a class and more. Our open level mat Pilates class in...
Laura Bond Williams
Feb 111 min read
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Mat Pilates ATX Offers New "Mat and More" In-Person and Virtual Class on Mon/Wed/Fri
Our new early morning "before work" exercise class adapts to your fitness level, whether you are "getting back into it" or want to add...
Laura Bond Williams
Jan 241 min read
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How to Do Pilates for Free
Join us for a free online mat Pilates class on Thanksgiving Day 2024!
Laura Bond Williams
Nov 12, 20243 min read
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How to Make Exercise Less Scary
Why we feel scared when we think about doing something new
Laura Bond Williams
Oct 8, 20243 min read
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How Mind Body Exercise Like Pilates Helps Cancer Patients and their Caregivers
By Laura Bond Williams, Owner of Mat Pilates ATXÂ Â Mat Pilates ATX recently led two Restorative Pilates workshops for the Texas Oncology...
Laura Bond Williams
Sep 14, 20246 min read
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How to Do Five Simple Foam Roller Exercises for Shoulders, Back and Core
Why use a foam roller in a Pilates mat class? And what exercises can I do at home with a foam roller? Mat Pilates and foam rollers are a...
Laura Bond Williams
Jul 19, 20243 min read
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How to Do Pilates for Free This Summer
My rapport with my private students sometimes goes something like this: Them: [talking about their dog while doing footwork on the...
Laura Bond Williams
Jun 6, 20242 min read
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How Exercise Becomes Your Happy Hour and Your Healthy Hour
Ah the happy hour: that space in between work and home, usually between the hours of 4:30 and 7 p.m. (When my kids were little, those...
Laura Bond Williams
May 20, 20242 min read
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Five Mental Benefits of Getting Started with Exercise
When you start a new exercise program, you are eager for change. We may feel like it can’t happen fast enough. I started taking Pilates...
Laura Bond Williams
May 1, 20243 min read
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Why I Started Pilates
Sometimes we are one thought away from a life-changing decision. If you're expecting a "love at first sight" story, it's not. The first...
Laura Bond Williams
Apr 16, 20242 min read
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How to Have a Healthier Mindset about Exercise
One spring I enjoyed a large splashy event celebrating women’s accomplishments in business. I was wearing several "hats" at the time:...
Laura Bond Williams
Apr 10, 20244 min read
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How to Get Stronger with Pilates
In a mat Pilates class, the load on your muscles comes from the weight of your head, arms, legs while sitting, standing, lying down...

Laura Bond Williams
Mar 22, 20242 min read
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How to Make Pilates Moderate Intensity Exercise
Exercise is self-care. We are born to move, and our brains reward us when we learn new ways to move. As modern lifestyles became more...

Laura Bond Williams
Mar 22, 20242 min read
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How to Increase Desire for Exercise
Backstory: At a wellness fair last year, we* met dozens of people ages 25 - 65 and taught them simple activities to test strength,...

Laura Bond Williams
Feb 6, 20243 min read
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How to Do Pilates for Free
Doing Pilates for free is pretty simple. First, decide you're going to learn Pilates. Here's a few ways to learn and do Pilates for free...

Laura Bond Williams
Jan 30, 20243 min read
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