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Client Reviews From KUDZU.COM

Couldn't ask for more	member's rating
Reviewer: MJPoli - posted 2007-03-08
I've been working with Diannah for 6 weeks. My husband, a chiropractor, suggested I regularly do Pilates to help correct a posture problem that was becoming more pronounced and painful. While my back didn't get in this shape overnight, I can already tell and feel a difference with my twice weekly sessions. I can tell that the muscles that need the most work are responding. Diannah has echoed several things my husband has said about my problems, what I need to do now to correct them, and the certain results in the future if I don't, and they have never met or talked to each other! She could just look at me and tell what my 'issues' were. She has been very good about tailoring my program to fit my needs & problems, researching various exercises in between my sessions to work on the areas where I need concentration, and she's always ready with many different exercises and alternatives to try. Having had a personal weight trainer in the past who was very good, Diannah is even better. She has a real passion for what she does and a wealth of knowledge. She is good about sticking to our appointment schedule and makes sure we have our next weekly meeting times scheduled. I highly recommend her. I do not think you will be disappointed with her or the physical benefits you will receive. I also have a lot more energy nowadays as this has been my only form of exercise over the past few months. I don't feel nearly as tired as quickly as I did before I started working with her		Add Reply

Invigorating	member's rating
Reviewer: KJurgen - posted 2006-11-02
I've been working with Diannah for a couple of months and the difference is amazing. I have gained strength and flexibility. She is very patient and brings a wealth of knowledge and energy to the practice. She is a joy to work with.		Add Reply

Amazing Results!	member's rating
Reviewer: Naradi - posted 2006-07-30
I never dreamed that I could do Pilates.It seems so complicated. But thanks to my expert teacher Diannah, I am experiencing amazing results after only four private lessons and a couple of group sessions. Diannah is patient, gentle, and inspired by this work. I am noticing greater strength and focus in other areas of my life as well. I intend to keep going with Pilates.		Add Reply

Wonderful Results	member's rating
Reviewer: karenmorgan - posted 2006-07-29
I began taking pilates with Diannah last month and have had 1 or 2 private sessions a week and I also attend a group session when possible. I am very overweight and out of shape. Pilates have helped me to be inspired to get more fit and to lose wieght. I feel so much more in control of my body and I have much more flexibility and much better posture. In addition to pilates, I do aerobics at least 30 minutes a day and I am watching what I eat. In the past 3 weeks I've lost 5 lbs. I hope to continue pilates for a very long time. Dinnah has been wonderfully patient and is very knowledgeable. I would highly recommend her as a teacher. Karen Morgan		Add Reply

Home for the Mind & Body	member's rating
Reviewer: iliyas - posted 2006-05-21
It is my secret hideout where I achieve total body treatment as well as mind theraphy. My pilates instructor Diannah is the best and would recommend her to the world. I look foward to my class sessions every week and dont feel the same if I miss one. Pilate Your Body is the Best!		Add Reply

Get your Pilates on!	member's rating
Reviewer: damlynar - posted 2006-05-21
Diannah is awesome, and her pilates workout is so thorough! She really targets specifics and helps you work muscles you didn't know you had! She will definitely make sure that you keep proper form, so that you can get the most effective workout. You really do feel a little "pooped" after working out with her, and that's a very good thing!		Add Reply

Totaly encredible	member's rating
Reviewer: joemichel - posted 2006-05-11
What a great workout, what knowledge,patience.		Add Reply

Pilates with Attention to Detail	member's rating
Reviewer: GoToGirl - posted 2006-04-25
Proper form is so important in any workout and Diannah works hard to ensure you are using the best form possible in order to get an optimal workout. She really has a passion for what she teaches. She told me that pilates changed her life and now she's working to help change others' lives, too.		Add Reply

Really great!	member's rating
Reviewer: KimberlyASpencer - posted 2006-04-11
I love this place! Great place to get your workout in, not very crowded. Really enjoyable!		Add Reply

Great! Great! Great!	member's rating
Reviewer: nscott - posted 2006-03-10
Now this is a WONDERFUL Pilates studio to get your body lean, lean, lean!! I am a self profound workout-a-holic, and there techniques were absolutely devine!! They have my vote!		Add Reply

Student / Client Ten Week Reviews

Nicole Schmitz

Is a personnel trainer at IQ Fittness in Buckhead

My time with Diannah was beneficial in many ways.  One of the biggest things I appreciate about her training is that she really focuses on form – she takes nothing for granted.  She taught me more fully how to engage my core – not only for specific exercises but for everyday life things as well such as walking.  I feel like I know better now how to carry myself and hold my posture.  Another great thing about working with Diannah is that she is very attuned to working with muscle imbalances and doing exercises that feel therapeutic and corrective in nature.  This is huge for me as I deal with pretty significant muscle imbalances in my legs due to a leg length discrepancy.  Overall, I felt much better after leaving my sessions with Diannah.  And even after my sessions, the benefits of good posture and a deeper knowledge of my core and how to carry myself stick with me to this day ... Thanks, Diannah!

Nicole Schmitz

Kimberly Jurgen

Is a Professional Actress

Before working with Diannah, I had dabbled in yoga and Pilates at exercise clubs. There is no comparison between the anonymity of working in those group settings and the individual attention I received from Diannah. She was attentive and adaptive to the condition my body and spirit were in each day. She was very supportive and encouraging throughout our weeks working together. I saw physical and mental changes as I dropped dress sizes and gained energy and focus. Pilates is a wonderful discipline and I appreciate Diannah sharing her love of Pilates with me.

Kimberly Jurgen

Karen Morgan

Ownes a Wholesale Bakery with husband John

Karen is also a Professional Actress

Diannah is amazing. I had never done any pilates before and she was very patient with me while I

ssion was for 10 weeks, and I really feel that her inspiration and coaching made it a great success. One of the biggest changes I’ve noticed is in my posture. I don’t slouch in my chair at the computer anymore and even when I’m standing in line somewhere I can practice the things she taught me.

She really knows her stuff! Sometimes she would say, “now we are going to do this” and I would be amazed at what she could help me to accomplish. I really never thought that I could actually move my body in that way. Even though I have a long way to go as far as losing weight and being fit, Diannah has given me a great start and is still encouraging me all the way. Because of pilates with Diannah I feel more in control of my body and more flexible. 

Karen Morgan

Kent

Kent has attended one private session and on mat class for the last few weeks.

Kent is training for his first Iron Man. He is apply the basics of Pilates to his training

and I am looking forward to his report on how using the Method changed his workouts.

Kent over all conditions is good. He has forward head and tight hamstrings. His Pilates work

outs have gotten stronger more fluid. We are working of Flexiblity and over all conditioning.   

Kent

Kent's first session was July 2006, Kent is physicaly fit professional who is training for his first iron man this fall. Kent is also an actor below is a link to his webpage.

Body Scan. Over Kent's posture is fairly good there is a weakness in his adductors, forward head.

Linda

Linda, seems so much more connected to her workout since our first session. There is much more body awareness and control over movement. She is able to make her on corrections by doing checkings during workout sessions.

We are working on the reformer and caldilas to strengthen, stabalize and correct over all posture inbalances. She seems more comfortable during her session her breathing is more controled and complete. I am adding increasingly more difficult moves building on the basics.

Kimberly

Kimberly has attended two eveing matt classes and two private sessions since my last posting. We are working on over all stability and strengthing.  Kim has weak adductors so there is a cloasping of the arch of the feet. I have added standing leg work skating and using spirngs for side lying leg work. I have her using props that encourage inner thigh connection during workout.

Kimberly has good body awareness and is progressing very well she is able to do more intermidate moves.

Nicloe

Nicole is very dedicated to her good health from her work outs to her diet.  She ran her first Peachtree Road RAce this July 4th, see her here ready to go

Durin out last work out Nicole appeared tired form her big week of training. We decided to do more of a recovery workout. I started her out on the foam roller some leg work on the refomer, shosrt sets of mid back and abs a lot of assisted stretching.

Knowing when to rest is a very important part of being healthy and it complete your workout. Your body is understress during workouts may want more rest, especially when your are just begining to workout or making changes to workouts to include weights, running, just longer workout, or more workout per week. So be sure not to short yourself at least 8 hours of rest per night and don't be suprised if you need naps sometimes. Just don't ignore the call for rest from your body.

Nicole is training for her NASM personal trainers certificate. This is one of the most respected certifications for personnel trainers.  Good Luck Nicole!

Kimberly

                                            

Kimberly,

39 years old, actress

Kimberly is an actress, she currently runs and works out with weights 3-4 times a week.

Kimberly is looking for more balance, flexibility and focus from Pilates practice.

Body Scan:

Slight Anterior Pelvic Tilt, forward head, sholder rolling in, elevated shoulders.

Kim will attend both private and group matt classes each week for ten weeks.

Then she will post a review of her experience.

Karen

                         

Karen is a 48 year old actor and entrepreneur.

With forward head, fanning scapula, anterior pelvic tilt, medial rolling of feet weak abs.

Karen works out with light weights and the elliptical machine.

Karen will have two sessions per week for ten weeks.

At the end of twenty session, Karen will be reassessed and will write a review of her experience.

Nicole

Nicole is a 30 year old excutive studing for her NASM personal training certificate she is also a fitness modle. Nicole has a long lean physic she works out on a regular basis.

Body Scan

For the most part Nicole's posture is good.  She has inactive gluts, and over active quads, hip flexors and lower back.

Due to a leg length difference. Nicole has a shortening on the right side of her torso. A little over a year ago, she began incorporating lifts into all of her shoes to correct this anatomical difference.  The lift has helped tremendously but after 29 years of her body iusning improper muscle compesantion to make up for the difference there are still issues to be resolved.  Her goal is to use the Pilates Method to help strengthen her internally and alleviate pain while helping to correct this muscle imbalance.

Nicloe will train with me for ten sessions once a week.  Her homework is to practice the technique of "wrapping the muscles" of the upper leg around into the sits bones with a slight posterior tilt to bring the pelvis to neutral. She is also to practice walking in proper form: toes facing front, ribcage closed, abs in, shoulder blades down and concentrating on pulling toes to shins to check the balance of weight throughout the feet.

At the end of the ten weeks, we will retake pictures and perform a new body scan.  Nicole will then write then write a review of her ecperience.

June 22, 2006

Today was Nicole's second session during this study. She is very strong and her form is really good. Nicole has taken several session prior to this and is familiar with the termanology. She is now able to move through the reformer series with a flow and is doing more intermediate moves.