What's in a Name?
Friday March 2, 2007
I recently received a fun question from a reader. She asked: "If someone who does yoga is a yogi, what is someone who does Pilates?".
I actually don't know any official name for someone who does Pilates. I often say, Pilates practitioner. But I started thinking, what could we call ourselves? Maybe a Pilates practitioner could be something cooler sounding like a Pilati, a Pilatian or, maybe Contrologen (Contrology being the name Joseph Pilates originally gave his work).
After the big hub-bub (read lawsuit) a few years ago over the ownership and meaning of the name/word Pilates, I'm not about to take up any position on getting us an official practitioner name, but it is fun think about.
Do you have an idea for a name for Pilates people? Click on the comments link below and let's see what we can come up with.
Some relevant links:
What Does Pilates Mean?
Issues in Pilates Certification, How the Pilates Trademark Battle Changed Pilates Teacher Certification
I actually don't know any official name for someone who does Pilates. I often say, Pilates practitioner. But I started thinking, what could we call ourselves? Maybe a Pilates practitioner could be something cooler sounding like a Pilati, a Pilatian or, maybe Contrologen (Contrology being the name Joseph Pilates originally gave his work).
After the big hub-bub (read lawsuit) a few years ago over the ownership and meaning of the name/word Pilates, I'm not about to take up any position on getting us an official practitioner name, but it is fun think about.
Do you have an idea for a name for Pilates people? Click on the comments link below and let's see what we can come up with.
Some relevant links:
What Does Pilates Mean?
Issues in Pilates Certification, How the Pilates Trademark Battle Changed Pilates Teacher Certification
How about PPM – Practioner of Pilates Method… Controligist….Pilates Methodoligist…..Pilatini!
Pilatitian