Month: June 2026

Meet Marilyn Heinemann: Pilates Enthusiast and Inspirational Client of the month

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Marilyn Heinemann is Le Bureau’s spotlit client of the month.

Marilyn has been practicing classical Pilates with me for 14 years plus!  I met Marilyn shortly after I started working as the Pilates coordinator at Seattle Athletic club in Seattle.  At the time she was lifting weights and looking to try something new for overall strength and flexibility; I remember her enjoying the leg springs series on the Cadillac. She has been a regular practitioner ever since, practicing 2x a week when she can!

When she is not practicing Pilates at Le bureau, you can find Marilyn tending her immaculate garden, preparing new culinary delights to share with her family and friends, attending some ‘arts’ event, or just watching her favorite new show.  She is respectful of others and herself, always dressed to a tee, and stays up to date with the times!  Her positive attitude and mental/physical abilities reflect someone much younger than she is. Thank you Marilyn for inspiring me in so many ways.  I love working with you and learning about all the things you are up to.

“The things I gain most from Pilates is a sense of greater balance in my movements and it has enabled me to develop and keep strength in my body. I just feel more aware of how my body allows me to keep doing the activities I enjoy as I age.”

-Marilyn

How Pilates Reformer Becomes Your Best Friend

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If you practice Pilates you know that the reformer or any of the other Pilates apparatus acts as a ‘good friend.’

Not only does a good friend listen and support you when times get tough, a good friend is also responsive and receptive to your actions and tells you when you’ve pushed your boundaries too far!

Building any sustainable relationship takes time. Nurturing our own friendship with ourselves is the most valuable relationship we will ever have. Investing in ourselves and the practices that enhance this relationship with ourselves is ALWAYS worth our efforts.

In this short clip, I use the reformer to be my ‘friend’ – to give me boundaries, and also something to reach, root, expand, grow, pull, push, lift into.

Feeling my toes connect to my nose, my crown to my tail, my left hip to my right shoulder, my feet to my seat, and my arms to my back etc etc…

Finding a ‘good friend’ is a good idea. Just don’t forget to love ‘it’ back.

See this Pilates workout on my youtube channel

John Saul’s Inspiring Pilates Practice: Age 77

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Le Bureau client Spotlight – Meet John Saul, 77 years young!

He has been practicing classical Pilates for 12years.

His favorite Pilates exercises are anything that works to articulate the spine such as short spine and long spine on the reformer, and rolling stomach massage and airplane on the Cadillac.

When he’s not at Le Bureau, you can find John gardening, on his bike, or cheering for his favorite rugby team.

It’s a privilege to work with John.

I genuinely look forward to our sessions together.  He shows up, no matter what, devoted to his practice, and always open to learn something new.

Thank you John for being so devoted to your practice, you inspire me to keep going and showing up for myself and the things I love to do!

“Training (running, weights, etc.) has always been the foundations I did to participate and have more fun doing other activities (rugby, climbing, hiking, kayaking). Twelve years ago, I started Pilates with Brooke. What a foundation!”

“Pilates gives me the strength and limberness for other activities. And, Pilates keeps my gut from getting out of control, despite my big appetite.”

-John