b'MOVING WITH JOYTaking CareBy Joy Puleo Education Director for Balanced BodyBack in 2013, from my studio in New York, I took a phone call that was about to change my life. A l Harrison and Nora St. John, Directors ofwe touch day to day (clients). I believe this because I Education at Balanced Body, were working to buildhave lived this experience time and again. First, with out a curriculum beyond Pilates and offered me amyself and how I found Pilates, a story for another day, position at Balanced Body. At the time, my daughter wasthen with my clients and the aspiring Pilates instructors I in 4th grade and my son was graduating high school, sotaught for many years while living in New York. Now with if I was going to take a leap of faith and move my familyBalanced Body Education, this reach is expandable, has across the country, it was as good a time as any. So, Ia great amount of energy and provides the resources said yes. It was hard to leave a family, and equally as hardneeded for the larger Pilates community to be successful to leave my studio community as each relationship wasin taking care of their own studio communities. It was all unique and meaningful. Clients would ask me, why? the possibility that education brings to the unique and special spaces that are Pilates studios that compelled my It is almost ten years later, and I now have the greatfamily and me to make the cross-country trek and what privilege of writing to you as the Director of Educationinspires me today.for Balanced Body. Al has, as we like to say, graduated, and Nora has elevated to a wholly creative position. It isThe future of education is very clear to me, as is the a rather sizeable change in a sea of pandemic-relatedvision of Balanced Body Education. I look forward changes, and, once again, the question, this time that Ito sharing with all of you throughout these next asked of myself, Why? weeks, months and years. It will be clear in the way we communicate, the education we create, and the value The answer is remarkably simple and hopeful. Education,we place on building on our movement and Pilates in particular Pilates and mind-body movement education,education foundation.is how we take care of ourselves, of each other and those I am so grateful for that initial phone call from Al and Nora and grateful to them for the foundation they created. Equally, I am grateful for Ken Endelman and Balanced Body for insisting that Education place its focus on building and supporting the Pilates community, instructors, and students with a wide variety of important, relevant and sound offerings. Also, for having deep principles around sustainability and inclusivity of the diverse styles of practice, ideas and persons within the Pilates and mind-body fitness space. Balanced Body Education itself will keep moving with movement as its bullseye, as this is where change is created. The more people we move, the healthier we are as individuals, as a society, and a world community.This is Why.Take care, Joy99'