Owning and operating a successful Pilates studio for decades was a huge responsibility. First of all to each student who comes in your door. Imagine the rare and unique circumstances that put me in the first and only west coast studio at the precise time of its expansion. I believe that it was predestined, because I never intended to follow this career path…it chose me. I can’t say that I ‘decided’ to be a Pilates Professional. Natalie Wood What made you decide to make Pilates your profession? I particularly enjoyed Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, French Riviera, and London. I traveled through Western Europe during the four years that I lived in Paris. I was soon asked to teach Pilates privately, and occasionally lectured about the method. In 1994, I sold my Pilates business, and moved to Paris, France for a sabbatical. In 1988, I opened a third location in Studio City, Los Angeles. In 1986, I opened a second location at the Le Mondrian Hotel in Los Angeles. In 1982, after my divorce I opened my first independent Pilates studio called Body Balance by Bouvier. Wanda, can you tell us more about your Pilates career?įrom 1976 until 1981, Bouvier and Lee, our reputation growing fast, expanded to open an enormously successful Pilates studio in Beverly Hills working with over 100 celebrities in the movie television and music industries. This was the beginning of the Pilates equipment company Balanced Body, Inc. They commissioned Kenny Endelman of Current Concepts, to build their Pilates Reformer equipment to their own specifications. ![]() In 1975, they opened their own Pilates studio in Beverly Hills with her business partner, Richard Simmons. In 1971 he trained her, Wanda Bouvier, and her spouse, Kim Lee, to run the first Pilates studio in California. Her Pilates career began at the premiere West Coast Pilates studio in Beverly Hills, where she was trained by Ron Fletcher, who was taught at the original Pilates studio in New York by Joseph Pilates. She is a true Pilates advocate cu rrently 67 years of age. ![]() She is a Pilates professional for more then 45 years plus.
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