Schedule with Sarah

Best thing to eat for breakfast?

Quinoa with almost milk during the work week and 4-cheese egg soufflé at Panera Bread on the weekends.

What celebrity would you most want to teach a one-on-one Pilates session to and why?

Derek Jeter. Because I love Yankees Baseball and Pilates would suit both his A-list athleticism and classy personae!

I don’t leave home without?

My Mac Office: Iphone, Ipad, Macbook

What qualities do you most admire in a teacher?

Confidence, patience, innovation within the Pilates System, longevity

What is your signature fashion style?

I am a Lululemon junkie – EVERYTHING coordinates from headband to socks

Favorite blog?

I love webinars. In my spare internet time, currently, I’m in Tom Myers’ Anatomy Trains Series.

What’s your favorite exercise to teach and do you have a special spin to it?

I love to teach Boomerang and often include it in my Tower classes as a challenging variation coming out of Teaser with the Push Through Bar. And of course, push ups, serratus push ups, any kind of push ups!

If Joseph Pilates were alive today, what would you ask him?

Were you really black and white about the Method as it seems to be pitched by die hard classicists today?

Top 3 places you’ve traveled?

Belize, Hong Kong, Ireland

Top 3 things on your “To Do Before You Die” list?

I don’t keep lists like that. It pulls me out of the present and puts too much pressure on the future for me. I feel very fortunate to say that everything I want to do in life I’m doing right now.

What’s the farthest point from the Core studio (or NYC) that you’ve done Pilates?

Hong Kong

What’s your Pilates “a-ha” moment?

Instructor Willow Blish teaching me the Elephant as an apprentice…. So THAT’S how you move from your lower abs…

Two words that describe your teaching style?

Da Vinci meets Jeter

Favorite type of sessions or classes to teach and why?

This question is like Sofie’s Choice. I can’t answer it. If I say I love teaching Tower then I think about the subtle but amazing break throughs that happen in privates. And if I say Basics Mat then I think of all the awesome Express classes that we’ve busted out in 45 minutes. In short I love teaching every hour and every class for both the people and perimeters.

Care to share any teaching blunders?

I often forget the reverse on one leg of Single Leg Circles… and have no idea why really. I think it stems back from being nervous back in the Mat Course when I had to get up and teach this exercise for the first time in front of the class.

I am an expert in ____________________ ?

Cleaning, packing and moving heavy objects. I believe in a past life I may have been a pioneer on the Oregon Trail. One look at my daily 20lb backpack that I tote to and from the burbs will attest to this theory.

Where can we find you on any given Friday eve?

On a train up the Hudson River on my way to Joe’s hockey game.