3 Ways How to Make Your Healthy Habits Stick

Written By Martine Dedek

Pilates for Beginners Classes

If you’ve been thinking about starting some new healthy habits, Studio Evolve, a Seattle Pilates Studio, can help! Here are some tips to make those habits stick, along with a perfect introduction to Pilates:

Here at Studio Evolve, we know that creating healthy habits requires a supportive environment. This includes having the resources you need, some form of accountability, and making sure you actually enjoy the new activity!

  • You have the resources you need!

Studio Evolve offers a variety of resources to support your health goals, including educational workshops, private sessions, and a welcoming community. For example, if you want to get started with. Pilates Classes - we offer Essential Level Pilates classes for beginners to start in a group setting.

  • You have some form of accountability.

Signing up for a program like Pilates Essentials Classes at Studio Evolve creates a sense of accountability. You've made an investment and committed to showing up, which can be a powerful motivator. Plus, the small class size (limited to five students) fosters a supportive environment where you can connect with classmates and hold each other accountable.

  • You enjoy your new habit:

Exercise shouldn't feel like a chore! Studio Evolve's Pilates Essentials Classes is designed to be fun and accessible, even for beginners or those new to exercise in general. Our instructors are passionate about creating a positive and encouraging environment, making movement enjoyable for everyone.

This class is designed to give you all the basics you need to succeed in other group Pilates class. You'll learn the foundational moves, practice using the Reformer machines, and get personalized attention from your instructor to find modifications that work for your unique body.

And YES - we make exercise FUN!

Our teachers LOVE to help folks learn to enjoy movement - ESPECIALLY if you dreaded gym class as a kid, or have found gyms or other studios uncomfortable, stressful, or boring.

This series, like all of our Reformer classes, is limited to FIVE students to maximize attention from your teacher.

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P.P.S. Did you know that you can use your FSA or HSA account to fund Pilates classes and sessions at Studio Evolve? We have a simple instructions here that make it easy to get a doctor's letter validating Pilates as a health expense!

Martine Dedek

OWNER; SPRE® EDUCATIONAL FOUNDER, PRACTITIONER TRAINER & PRACTITIONER, SHE/HER

Martine enjoys the diverse learning opportunities studio ownership has allowed her. She began her career in the field of movement and bodies as a Pilates Instructor in 1999. Soon after her original Pilates certification, Martine pursued numerous other certifications and sought to bring her client offerings and business acumen to one place in the founding of Studio Evolve, Pilates, Gyrotonic & SPRe® Bodywork.

Along her journey, Martine partnered with Jill Ableson for the development of the SPRe® Practitioner Training Program. Together they have brought the SPRe® Training Curriculum to its current evolution as a licensed Somatic Education Training Program and WA State Vocational Training School.

Working with Martine is both grounding and expansive. She enjoys the practice of energetically, verbally and somatically attuning with and guiding clients. Her use of SPRe® Bodywork, as well as her curiosity and engagement leads to delightful moments of clarity and greater physical comfort for her clients.

Martine feels an essential component to building a strong partnership with her client is a foundation of trust, openness and curiosity. This allows for the safe and supportive exploration of whatever difficult, confusing or conflicting emotional and somatic experiences arise in the journey they take together. Ready to take the first step? Martine is currently seeing SPRe® clients online and in person and looks forward to hearing from you.

Education & Training:

Queen's University, BA Honors, Psychology & Sociology 1995

Stott Pilates Certification 2001

Yamuna Body Rolling Certification 2002

Duggan French Approach Certification 2003

Founded Studio Evolve, Pilates, Gyrotonic & Bodywork 2006

Advanced Myofascial Techniques, Til Luchau 2008-9

Anatomy Trains Workshop 2009

Advanced Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Continuing Education Certification 2010-12

Gyrotonic Expansion System Instructor Certification 2011

Co-created SPRe® Practitioner Training Curriculum with Jill Ableson 2011-2013

Qi Gong for Movement Professionals 2016

Reiki Level 1 2019

She also co-teaches the SPRe® Training Program and runs Studio Evolve. More information at sprebodywork.com.

https://www.studio-evolve.com/
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