Are you in search of something to look forward to? How about a way to get your Pilates brains and muscles working alongside a worldwide community? Look no further: the Contrology Freak™ Challenge is back! In short, it’s a celebration of the Pilates system and Joseph Pilates’ birthday, and a social media challenge we absolutely adore all rolled into one weeklong event.
The Contrology Freak™ Challenge is the brainchild of Kira Lamb, NYS Licensed Massage Therapist and Pilates Teacher certified through Power Pilates® and The New York Pilates Studio®. While currently in private practice, she began her teaching career in 2002 at boutique studios & fitness clubs in Los Angeles and NYC. She was also the Resident Pilates Teacher & Therapeutic Massage Specialist at COMO Parrot Cay, Turks & Caicos for 2.5yrs. Kira’s love of the Method was nurtured during her 20yr career as a professional dancer and aerial artist. She credits Pilates with her ability to sustain such a physically demanding career into her early 40s.
Her collective experiences in the performing, teaching, & healing arts have solidified her belief that, how you move and feel in your body, translates into how you move and feel in life. Her motivation is to help people feel so present, empowered, and resilient in their physical bodies that they can embrace life with that same strength and flexibility.
Read on to learn more about the Contrology Freak™ Challenge and how to participate and tell your friends—we are raffling off a 1-year Online PLUS membership alongside many other goodies provided by fellow sponsors. We can’t wait to see everyone #workthesystem ????????
What is the Contrology Freak™ Challenge?
The #contrologyfreakchallenge is an annual event on Instagram from Dec 9-15. It’s a weeklong birthday celebration in honor of Joseph Pilates and the timelessness of his Method. The goal is for Pilates teachers around the world to demonstrate how we #workthesystem. Each day features a different party theme/Pilates exercise. And the way you join the party is by posting pics, collages, &/or videos that demonstrate other Pilates exercises you might use to 1.) INTRODUCE 2.) REINFORCE &/or 3.) CHALLENGE that specific movement pattern across different pieces of Joe’s equipment. When you add the hashtags #contrologyfreakchallenge and #workthesystem you’ll appear in the live party feed at KiraLamb.com/Challenge
And, if you register for VIP ACCESS and participate in all 7 days of the challenge, you qualify to win a raffle prize from one of our 7 sponsors!
How did you come up with the idea for the #contrologyfreakchallenge?
I taught Pilates at a resort for 2.5yrs. While teaching in such a transient environment I noticed this trend of Pilates enthusiasts who didn’t know who Joe was or even his most Basic exercises. That really magnified our responsibility as teachers to keep Joe and his work alive if we claim to teach the Method that bears his name. So I thought it would be fun to create an interactive, engaging, and educational platform to help do that.
What do you hope the community will take away from participating in the
#contrologyfreakchallenge?
Contrology Freaks™ like me are super-passionate about the Method. We know from experience that it’s an extremely comprehensive and cohesive training system that needs no added bells & whistles if you practice it the way Joe intended. So there’s this collective frustration we share when we hear so many misconceptions and see so much misinformation about it. And since education is the key to understanding, I created this challenge as a way to collectively demonstrate what we do, how we do it, and why. And it’s an opportunity for us to meet other Contrology Freaks™ around the world and learn from one another.
How can we participate in the #contrologyfreakchallenge?
For full challenge details and VIP access, go to KiraLamb.com/challenge. And be sure to follow your party host @KiraSLamb on Instagram.