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| Cathy Thomas, owner/teacher of InForm – In 1998, Cathy was trained and certified through Physical Mind Institute in Los Angeles by the esteemed Jillian Hessel. She subsequently studied Stott Pilates in Toronto, Canada and later trained with Power Pilates. After exploring various philosophies, she discovered the method that fit her ideals of what Pilates should be through Romana's Pilates™. Trained and guided by Janice Dulak on her basic and intermediate work, Cathy received her advanced training with Romana's daughter and lead instructor, Sari Mejia Santo, in 2007. She continues to train numerous times a year with top Romana's teachers throughout the U.S. |
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Romana's Pilates™ – Romana Kryzanowska
(kri-za-NAHV-ska) began her work with Joseph Pilates in the early 1940s. She is the only protege of Mr. Pilates who remained working with him until he died in 1967. Her training program, carried on today by her daughter, Sari Mejia Santo, is the “gold standard” of Pilates teacher training, requiring 600 hours of training, observation and supervised teaching. |
"If your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, you are old.
If it is completely flexible at 60, you are young."Joseph Pilates |
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About
Cathy Thomas, owner of In Form Pilates, has always lived a life in motion.
Cathy understands first-hand how beneficial motion is to the body. By junior high school, she was battling weight issues and eventually discovered an improved path toward good nutrition and healthier living through Weight Watchers. |
She continued to lose weight in high school by walking home every day and subsequently took up dancing her junior year.
"I have continued with some form of movement ever since," the Kansas City native says. "It is essential to my well-being to move."
Cathy then attended the Conservatory of Music at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) and graduated with a B.A. in dance with an emphasis in modern dance. |
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She danced with Kansas City-area choreographers for 10 years and was one of five dancers who started Aha! Dance Theatre in Kansas City, Mo. She produced concerts for Aha! and City in Motion and also created dance publication "Friends of Dance News" that focused on dance in the Kansas City and Lawrence areas.
In the mid-90s, she turned her interests toward Pilates. After undergoing extensive training and certification, she opened In Form Pilates in 1998.
"Once I started learning the exercises, I felt like I understood my posture and my body so much better," says Cathy. "It seemed like something I had always needed but didn't know it." |
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