{"id":2163,"date":"2018-09-27T09:51:03","date_gmt":"2018-09-27T01:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/primer.com.ph\/study\/?p=2163"},"modified":"2019-12-26T10:29:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-26T02:29:07","slug":"mindful-movement-asia-pilates-in-makati-the-only-pure-stott-pilates-and-rehab-studio-in-the-philippines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/study\/2018\/09\/27\/mindful-movement-asia-pilates-in-makati-the-only-pure-stott-pilates-and-rehab-studio-in-the-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Mindful Movement Asia Pilates in Makati: The Only Pure Stott Pilates and Rehab Studio in the Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pilates is an intelligent exercise tailored for everyone. It teaches you how to relate the exercise with the mind and is designed to bring back your body to where it&#8217;s supposed to be \u2014 neutral.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Here in <strong>Mindful Movement Asia Pilates Studio<\/strong>,<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span>Pilates means<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0doing what is right: not too much, not too little.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-34712\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/09\/Mindful-Movement-7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"911\" height=\"683\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Pilates equipment including the Cadillac, Stability Barre, and Stability Chair.\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Situated along the busy streets of Sen. Gil Puyat, inside Pacific Star Building, is<strong> Mindful Movement Asia Pilates Studio,<\/strong>\u00a0formerly known as the Vivian Zapanta Pilates Studio. Mindful Movement Asia Pilates Studio\u00a0is the only pure Stott Pilates Studio and Pilates Rehab Studio in the country. On the other hand, Vivian Zapanta Pilates Studio is known to be the first licensed training center in Asia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The licensed training center is named after\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Asia\u2019s first Merrithew Stott Pilates Lead Instructor Trainer, <strong>Ms. Vivian Zapanta<\/strong>. She won the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Miss Philippines title in bodybuilding in 1988 and was the F<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">irst Gold Certified Personal Trainer for American Council on Exercise. She is also Franklin Method Educator Level 1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-34720\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/09\/Mindful-Movement-5-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Ms. Vivian Zapanta<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Ms. Vivian Zapanta is an instructor-trainer and is definitely hands-on when it comes to training her students. Aside from her exemplary passion for the craft, Mindful Movement Asia Pilates Studio takes pride with <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">their instructors being trained\u00a0as rehab pilates instructors who specialize in knee replacement, scoliosis, hip replacement, and all kinds of injuries. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The best part here is, trainers are not just trainers, they are Physical Therapist. They\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">will carefully assess the\u00a0person first and evaluate whether they can join group classes or have a private one-on-one class.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-34721\" src=\"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2018\/09\/Mindful-Movement-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Ms. Vivian Zapanta in the middle of a one-on-one class with her student<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>About Stott Pilates:<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Pilates was founded by the late Joseph Herbetus Pilates and was redefined by\u00a0Moira and Lindsay G. Merrithew, along with a team of fitness professionals as <strong>Stott Pilates <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2014<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0a modern pilates with principles of posture alignment.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Stott Pilates, a modern exercise intertwining science and spinal rehabilitation is one of the safest and most effective methods of improving posture and achieving leaner muscles. The exercise can be customized either for rehab, pre-natal and athletic patients.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from being a Stott Pilates Studio, Mindful Movement Asia Pilates Studio also offers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">regular pilates workout<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">athletic conditioning<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pre and post natal conditioning<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">stott pilates rehab studio<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Rates start from <strong>Php 600 to Php\u00a02,500<\/strong>\u00a0depending on the class you take.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">First timers should undergo the intro to Stott Pilates and are not allowed to attend group class right away.\u00a0Mindful Movement Asia Pilates Studio is open every <strong>Mondays to Fridays from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><em>With\u00a0Stott Pilates, it s<span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hould make you work, but not make you too tired and exhausted.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Get yourself assessed and visit Mindful Movement Asia Pilates Studio at\u00a0<strong>1402 14F Pacific Star Building, Makati City<\/strong>. For inquiries, you may call them at<strong> (02) 886-7744<\/strong>.\u00a0Like their Facebook page at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Mindful-Movement-Asia-Pilates-Studio-169418690347568\/\">Mindful-Movement-Asia-Pilates-Studio<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\">This first appeared on Philippine Primer Japanese Magazine&#8217;s October 2018 issue.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At Mindful Movement Asia Pilates Studio, the only pure Stott Pilates Studio and Pilates Rehab Studio in the country, they take pride with their rehab pilates instructors who specialize in knee replacement, scoliosis, hip replacement, all kinds of injuries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2166,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,353,33],"tags":[352,349,350,351],"class_list":["post-2163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-makati","category-pilates","category-sports-and-fitness","tag-mindful-movement-asia-pilates-studio","tag-pilates","tag-stott-pilates","tag-vivian-zapanta"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2163"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2879,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2163\/revisions\/2879"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/primer.com.ph\/study\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}