Tag: Pilates

How to Get Away With Racism & Exclusion in Pilates

A recent article called “Is This the Most Expensive Pilates Class?” published by the New York Times (April 25, 2022) sent the Pilates community into an uproar. Depending on who you speak to, there were different interpretations. For me as a Black Pilates instructor with 15 year...

Was Pontius Pilate a historical figure?

Many ancient authors mention Pontius Pilate, including Tacitus, Josephus Flavius, and Philo of Alexandria. In 1961, during excavations in Caesarea Maritima, Italian archaeologists found a fragment of a stone inscription among the ruins of an ancient theater: “Pontius Pilate, Prefect of Judea, ...