Today I received an email from a dear friend from Uruguay, the tiny South American country of 3 million people and my home nearly all of last year. While living in the capital of Montevideo, this friend introduced me to the Monica Passaro Pilates Studio. Looking for a way to spend my free time, the Pilates studio started out as a bi-weekly exercise routine and then turned into my "second home away from home".
It was here that I was Pilates Mat certified, and also taken under the wing of the owner, Monica, who is a Polestar trained instructor. From Decemeber to June I was able to intern with her by attending her mat and machine classes almost daily for 2-4 hours. My participation was a mixture of taking the classes, observing, and assisting with her clients. Monica also trained me privately, and taught Pilates through her experience with the Polestar training, the classic Pilates Method of Joseph Pilates, and her extensive anatomy background through her studies as a bioligist and a dancer.
Above is a clip of Monica being interviewed by a local daily news show, and yours truly as the demo student.
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