The Scoop: International Pilates Day in Scottie's style [giveaway!]
Our fave day of the year!
Here at Scottie's HQ we’re all about bringing you the scoop, and when Kristin said she wanted to launch the blog with an International Pilates Day feature, it kind of reminded us of our second favourite day of the year — World Pancake Day (a whole day dedicated to pancakes… what a time to be alive!)
Back in February we were all too happy to switch out our pomegranate sprinkled avo smash for pancakes whilst brunching in solidarity with our besties who love a short stack (maple syrup, anyone?) — but as much as we love World Pancake Day, what we love even more is International Pilates Day, because who doesn’t love a day dedicated to appreciating the art of our fave exercise — Pilates!
(Speaking of Pilates & Pancakes, we had a yummy idea — stick around to the end of this post to find out!)
International Pilates Day falls each year on the first Saturday of May (mark it in your calendar to join us in 2025!) and so today we celebrated in-studio with the Scottie’s crew with two of our fave classes — Power & Sculpt — where the groups enjoyed transformative workouts followed by Scottie’s cupcakes (what a combo!)
After the Sculpt round, we asked studio director Kristin Scott (the OG Scottie!) what she personally loved about International Pilates Day;
"What I find most fascinating about the history is probably through the lens of Dance.” Kristin shared.
"Originally it was developed as a practice to help rehabilitate prisoners of war in WW1 . It evolved into a method embraced by some of the world’s most highly acclaimed dancers like Martha Graham (a pioneer of contemporary dance) and choreographers like George Balanchine who sent dancers of NYC Ballet to train in Pilates to improve their strength and performance.
I love that it's principles (breath, concentration, control, centering, precision, and flow) are timeless - they are still the essence of what I teach at Scottie’s but I can infuse my dance knowledge, experience and creativity into the style and sequences of movement."
Today has been a day for us to appreciate the history of Pilates, and while we may do things a little different at Scottie’s compared to our stretchy forefathers of the 1920’s, International Pilates Day is a day we celebrate the 100 year practice that set the foundations for what we know and love in the studio today.
Introducing our Instagram GIVEAWAY!
YOU + YOUR BESTIE + PILATES + PANCAKES
We've decided to combine our two fave P's into the ultimate week for one lucky winner & their bestie.
The vibe: a week of in-studio pilates classes at Scottie's and a Sunday pancake brunch date to top it all off.
To enter all you need to do is head to our giveaway instagram post & tag your bestie to enter!
Terms & Conditions:
One winner and their tagged best friend will be drawn at random from the instagram giveaway post comments on Friday 10th May 2024, and announced via the @scottiespilates instagram stories on the same day. Prize recipients must be available to travel to Wollongong, Australia to redeem their prize. Giveaway is also open to members. Prize includes one week of access to Scottie's in-studio classes, classes must be taken over the period of one week. Prize also includes a pancake brunch date to the value of $80 for the winners to be redeemed on the Sunday of their chosen week in the studio. Prize is not redeemable for cash.
[This promotion is in no way sponsored, endorsed or administered by, or associated with, Instagram]
