from 3:00PM to 5:00PM.

Back by popular demand, Dominique Fradin-Read, MD, MPH, will present:

“Why your Genes are not Your Destiny” and “How to Keep Your Brain Young”

Dr. Fradin-Read will explain how the new Science of Epigenetics is revealing ways lifestyle choices can effect gene expression and influence longevity. She will examine the role of nutrients, hormones and vitamins in gene function and how environmental factors can disrupt gene expression. She will discuss the recent discovery of SIRT3, the “Metabolic Syndrome” gene and the practicality of testing for disease susceptibility. Finally, she will dispense the latest research on maintaining and enhancing cognitive functioning as we age. This information-packed lecture is not to be missed.

Also as we age, gravity takes a toll on our posture. Minor imbalances that we weren’t even aware of in our twenties and thirties now come to light as pain in our everyday movements. Because Pilates targets structural misalignments and muscle imbalances, you can improve functional movement or at the very least stop the progression of dysfunction. Lying supine on the reformer allows you the support you need to reestablish ideal posture and alignment.
Finally, Pilates also maintains and builds bone density. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, any exercise in which you are working against gravity in a standing, sitting, supine or prone position will strengthen bones.

The best news of all: it’s never too late to start exercising. If you place a demand on the body’s muscles and bones, it will respond by becoming stronger. Our bodies have amazing potential at any age. It is all the more reason to choose your exercise routine wisely. Pilates’ respect for the body’s wisdom is one I appreciate more and more as I get farther away from my aerobics days!

Dr. Catherine Veritas who graduated Magna Cum Laude from the Cleveland College of Chiropractic in 1982 will present, “The Chiropractor: the Detective of the Body”. She will discuss how the relationship between structure (primarily the spine) and function (as coordinated by the nervous system) affects our health. She will take the mystery out of chiropractics by explaining how she diagnoses and treats structural pain and muscle imbalance.

Dr. Veritas’s years of rich experience and extensive post-graduate training in Kinesiology, Soft Tissue and Mind-Body-Energy techniques have led her to establish a holistic practice. Her approach recognizes the interplay of physical, emotional and spiritual aspects of being. She will demonstrate how she diagnoses muscle imbalances and discuss how muscles communicate information about the health of the body. Is a muscle imbalance telling us something about the nervous system, the spine, the organs or the emotions? Dr. Veritas will show us how she arrives at her answers.

Dr. Veritas’s office is one you pass each time you come to Pilates. She has had a thriving practice in our building for 25 years. From personal experience, I can say that Dr. Veritas has a gentle touch, healing energy, a keen diagnostic ability and a depth of knowledge that comes from years of experience and training. This is a lecture you won’t want to miss!
Space is limited. You must R.S.V.P.

If you are new to us, pay only $49 for a Private Pilates Session (Reg. $75)

If you like us and want more, you can purchase 3 more sessions at $49 each!

Still want more? After learning the basics, join one of our group reformer classes for as low as $25 per class!*

‘Tis the season to be jolly! Or is it?

For many of us who struggle with a few extra pounds, it’s a time of endless temptation to overindulge. Overeating during the holidays is so common that the average American gains five pounds.

One of the biggest mistakes we can make during the holidays is “all or nothing” thinking. Such thinking leads to the conclusion, “I might as well wait until the new year to workout since I’ll be partying so much during the holidays.” On the contrary, the goal is to strike a balance. Join us at Westside Workout this holiday season. Get into shape and enjoy your cake too!

We will have a booth at the Brentwood Health Fair which is held on San Vicente Blvd. between Barrington and Gorham (the street is closed to traffic), on Sunday, October 23rd, from 10:00am to 6:00pm. There is also an art show in conjunction with this and it makes for a fun, neighborhood event.

Erica has a thriving psychotherapy practice in Santa Monica, and serves on the board of directors of the American Art Therapy Association. In addition to teaching at Loyola Marymount University, she has presented widely for universities and organizations including USC, UCSD, Kaiser Permanente, and Mom’s Club International.

Erica has been quoted as an expert source in media outlets such as “Annals of Psychotherapy”, “Women’s World Magazine”, “Integrative Health”, and “Always New You”. Erica is a writer for an online parenting resource and co-editor for an online health and wellbeing website focusing on the arts and art therapy. For more information about Erica please visit: www.TherapyWithErica.com.

**Space is limited. You must R.S.V.P. to westsideworkout@yahoo.com

Yet given today’s realities of schedules and budgets to meet, a group reformer class is a realistic choice (once you’ve gotten the basic method down). In a group class, it is crucial that you stay in touch with your body (not how the other participants are doing). You should do only as many repetitions of an exercise that you can do properly and then stop. If you ignore when the deep muscles are fatigued, either the superficial muscles will take over or, worse yet, an entirely “wrong” muscle group will “try” to compensate. Bringing muscles to fatigue is not failure. Quite the opposite, it is the only way to effectively strengthen the muscles.

If a reformer class seems too easy, then you should monitor how you are executing the exercises. After teaching and doing Pilates for 25 years, I can say that no Pilates exercise, if properly performed, is an easy exercise. To use your whole body in perfect alignment with the deep, intrinsic muscles recruited is a tall order. Keep yourself focused and disciplined enough to work deeply and you will be challenged at any level that a group class is taught.