
“It eases back pain and helps clients to tone and streamline as well as offering other health benefits. Your body becomes more resilient,” she said. “It focuses on proper alignment of the spine. Svard explained that Pilates improves whatever a person does, from extreme sports to living one’s daily life.
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I’m happy to work with your medical professional to help you become pain free and heal your body.” Classical methods are very effective, but contemporary methods allow for more modifications to deal with medical concerns and specific problems.

“Contemporary equipment uses lighter springs and works the body only when pulling out. “Classical equipment is smaller and relies on spring-loaded resistance and works the body both pushing out and pulling in,” Svard said. Classical Pilates is the work of Pilates originator, Joseph Pilates (1883-1967) who created The Pilates Method of Body Conditioning (also called Contrology) in the 1920s to help rehabilitate wounded servicemen.

Svard teaches both classical Pilates and contemporary Pilates and her studio has both types of equipment. “There is no question that 18 months of Pilates has significantly improved my posture and addressed a number of age-related weaknesses in my body since I’m almost 80.,” Bill said. Godwin and her husband Bill do “couples duet” sessions at TopNotch. In fact Pilates has improved my overall sense of well being to the point that I don’t like the thought of doing without it!” What I have found after a year and a half is that I am much better aligned, I have better posture, I am stronger, and I am moving easily and well. “After experiencing a number of pain responses to my exercise programs I decided to try Pilates primarily because I knew I could get careful personal attention. “I am a woman who has exercised for decades,” she said. Most people who start Pilates have never done an exercise system. Even though the focus might be on one muscle group, it is an integrated system. “Of all the exercises I’ve done, Pilates is what makes the most sense for people’s bodies,” she said. Svard got hooked on Pilates around 18 years ago. She is a certified NSCA strength and conditioning specialist, ACE Certified Personal Trainer, 200 Hour Registered Yoga Teacher, ACE & AFAA Group Exercise Certified and a black belt in TaeKwon Do. She is a Balanced Body Pilates and Barre Master Instructor, NETA Master Trainer, former AFAA Certification Specialist for over 20 years, is certified in Classical Pilates through Peak Pilates Systems, PhysicalMind Institute, and is trained in Essential and Intermediate Stott Pilates. Svard holds a number of impressive credentials. She has been teaching exercise and fitness for more than 33 years, around the U.S. Prior to moving to Santa Fe five years ago, Svard owned a studio in New England.

You feel better, more energized, more aligned and in tune with your body.” After doing a Pilates session with Sabrina you don’t feel pain.

“For me, exercise has always involved long suffering afterwards (lingering, horrid suffering) but Pilates does not do this. “Pilates breaks the connection between exercise and suffering,” client Susan Coleman said. The new space is three times the size of the old in order to accommodate new equipment and growing clientele, owner and teacher Sabrina Svard said. Los Alamos Daily Pilates has a new home at 166 East Gate Dr.
