#romanakryzanowska

[joefornabaio]

Romana Kryzanowska, pilates instructor. Romana was a protégée of Joseph Pilates after being introduced to him by her mentor George Balanchine in 1941 because of an ankle injury. #RomanaKryzanowska #JoeFornabaio #portrait #pilates #JosephPilates #TimeMagazine https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj0Yc0LAveX/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[joefornabaio]

Romana Kryzanowska getting up unassisted on the Cadillac at 81. Romana was a protégée of Joseph Pilates after being introduced to him by her mentor George Balanchine in 1941 because of an ankle injury. #RomanaKryzanowska #JoeFornabaio #portrait #pilates #JosephPilates #TimeMagazine https://www.instagram.com/p/Cj0TCNIgVso/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[borboletahealingarts]

Perfect description. #pilates #pilatesinstructor #Repost @pilatesnerd (@get_repost) ・・・ ...and the Control part is the most important part because it makes you use your mind” 💫 . PILATES possible side effects: #enchancedfocus #connecttoyourmind #getsmarter #creategoodvibes ✌🏼 . repost from @pilates.unlimited 💥🙏🏻 . . #Strengthstretchcontrol #CONTROLogy #PilatesfortheMembrane #mindfulfitness #PilatesfortheMIND #Pilatesforthebody #PilatesfortheSpirit #RomanaKryzanowska #romanaquotes #pilates #Pilateslegend #pilateslegacy #pilateswords #justControlit #Pilatesmovesme #pilatesfix #Pilatesnerd #peace #innerpeace #bethechange #returntolife #pilatesmovesme

[bodytonicbklyn]

Romana Kryzanowska 1923-2013

Dear Romana, 

I am forever grateful for your spirited and demanding teaching. You are forever woven into the fabric of my teaching and I hope I convey a fraction of the wonder and genius of Joe that you conveyed in your teaching. I will never forget your athleticism (in your 70's!), your enthusiasm and your use of the word po-po. You gave me my final exam. You reprimanded me for drinking too much water. You called me something like "galupchek." You inspired me and terrified me and therefore, sculpted me. I hope to do you justice in my years in the practice of Pilates, always a student first, and I as move forward as a teacher and a teacher of teachers, I will quote you often and honor you always. I will only regret not remaining closer to you and Drago's in my later days. But that is all okay; you could be there and I could be here and you could be a diva and I would always admire that. My highest honor was accompanying you just once to a convention for dancers as a demonstrator...a dream for me really and I know there is a photograph somewhere of you and me there, and I hope someday to come across it. I congratulate you on a life well-lived, which we all know now is not simple or easy. As the world mourns the loss of a Pilates goddess and an icon I imagine a lot of applause among the tears and the deep sense of loss. I wish you and your family peace. With love and gratitude...

Jennifer DeLuca

A memorial to honor Romana's life will take place on Friday, September 13, 2013 at 4 pm at: St. Patrick's Cathedral 14 East 51st Street New York, NY 10022