Pilates While On Vacation

Matwork on the beach in Punta Cana, DR

I love continuing my pilates practice while on vacation.

Taking a vacation? Let’s find a studio.

It began while vacationing in OKC in Spring 2014. I wanted to visit a pilates studio. For more than a year I had been practicing on my own and I missed having a teacher. After some research I found Four Graces Pilates on the north side of the city. From this trip forward, I found myself looking for a studio everywhere I went. Texas, North Carolina, Colorado, Illinois, it didn’t matter, I wanted to always go to a new studio and learn from a new teacher.

I didn’t realize I was doing this until one day my good friend, Tonya, asked, “So is this a thing you’re going to do?” I shrugged and said, “I guess so”. Had I really not realized it before? Sure, I love pilates and it became a regular staple in my life but on vacation? People found this to be odd. If I’m being honest, I can’t really blame them. Most people simply work out in the hotel gym or go for a walk/hike. Pilates is different than these traditional exercises so I suppose it was a bit weird.