With over 9 million Americans practicing Pilates, the popular core exercise system is taking the world by storm. While many find the system helps to strengthen the core, improve posture, and recover from or prevent injuries and pain, Pilates has been clouded in controversy since the beginning. Its origin story is one of greed, ego, celebrities, and lies, with heated legal controversy that threatened the industry. In The Pilates Effect, Stacey Redfield and Sarah Holmes reveal the hidden history of Pilates. From humble beginnings, Joseph Pilates founded the groundbreaking regimen in New York City and worked closely with his partner Clara to rehabilitate and renew dancers who had been injured or were aging. Although Joseph’s core strengthening regime was touted as "fifty years ahead of [its] time," finance and health issues plagued Joe and Clara’s business. A small and devoted group of followers, including Carola Trier, would fight to spread the practice that they felt gave them a second chance at life and rehabilitated their bodies and souls. A fascinating and inspiring story of fitness in America, The Pilates Effect showcases the people and events that formed an iconic industry. Redfield and Holmes offer inspiration and practical advice for how Pilates can offer change for everyday people regardless of gender, ethnicity, or background.
This crochet pattern book includes fabric crochet pattern instructions for: Oval Placemats, Heart Placemats, Round Chair Pads, Rocking Chair Pads & Three Piece Bathroom Set (Toliet Base Rug, Toliet Lid Cover & Rippled Oval Rug). Many of the books by Sarah's Rag Rug Studio include photographs of the finished projects. This book is an exception to this rule. For photos of the finished projects, you can visit Ruglady's website at: http: //www.ruglady.net
Create Crochet Rag Rugs with a simple Q crochet hook & some fabric. These crochet rag rugs are washable, durable & easy to create. Find out how!Patterns to Create these Shag Rag Rugs:Oval Crochet Shag Rag RugStunning Sunflower Crochet Shag Rag RugRound Shag Rag RugRectangle Shag Rag RugYou can create any size rug for any size room using these amazing instructions. Create gorgeous masterpieces for any room inexpensively. Your friends will gasp in amazement!
Have you ever wondered why the book of Revelation is left out of most Children's Bibles? This was the question Sarah Lee Holmes asked when she came to the end of her brother's Illustrated Children's Bible and the book was almost completely missing. She then embarked on a search for a children's Bible that had the book of Revelation. When her search came up empty, she did the only thing she could... She made her own! This illustrated book of Revelation can be used in private home study, Sunday school classes, or just for fun! Children love the illustrations and are engaged as they read about the final chapter in human history as we wait for the return of our Lord Jesus Christ...
Ryan Flanagan's life is on a downward spiral to destruction. He has strayed far from his Christian upbringing and his faith is non-existent. He shocks everyone when he walks away from a full scholarship to join the Marines. Almost immediately after this life-altering decision, he comes to a saving knowledge of Jesus. Never would he have expected that his enlistment would bring him to the woman the Lord had made specifically for him. Isabelle Kennedy's world has been shattered as a terrorist bombing claims the lives of both her parents in her native home of Ireland. At the Lord's leading, she leaves Belfast to enhance her education in England. It is here that she meets the handsome Marine that is far from home. Through many trials, fears, war and death, Ryan and Isabelle will build a relationship not upon shifting sand but rather upon the solid rock, Jesus Christ.
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