Mary’s story
Mary Craig first learned Pilates as a young ballet student in 1967. Her ballet teacher, Kay Armstrong had studied with Joseph Pilates.
When Mary began dancing professionally several years later, she used Pilates as part of her warm-up before class or a performance. It was a natural workout. She couldn’t remember what her ballet teacher had called these exercises, she just knew they worked.
Near the end of her dance career, Mary re-discovered Pilates. A colleague told her about this amazing exercise technique that he was learning and was good for dancers. In 1987 she signed up for some classes. It was Pilates. She realized all those exercises that she had been doing for so many years were Pilates exercises. She had forgotten the name of the exercises her ballet teacher had taught her almost three decades earlier.
After several months of taking classes Mary was invited to start teaching Pilates. She has been teaching and practicing Pilates ever since.
Mary received her formal training and certification from Romana Kryzanowska and Sari Meija Santos at the Pilates Seattle International studio in 1995.