Episode 1
Brooke Siler

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Yoga and Pilates are like third cousins once removed. In this episdode, I talk to Pilates teacher Brooke Siler about her latest book, The Women's Health Big Book of Pilates.

Brooke studied under Master Instructor Romana Kryzanowska, who was one of Joseph Pilates’ protégés for more than 30 years. Brooke ran her pilates studio re:Ab since 1997, which was New York City’s most successful studio for authentic Pilates. In addition to teaching Pilates, she is an author, teacher trainer and lecturer. She has been featured in dozens of national and international publications and has now written her third book about Pilates.

We talk about Joseph Pilates, the story behind the apparatus and complex machinery that he built that continues to be manufactured today.