Sweet Charity... Pilates Style! Open Thread

Though not yet published as of this posting, I'm writing to alert readers here to the ProZone feature article I recently authored for the January/February 2009 issue of Pilates Style Magazine entitled, "Sweet Charity."

As you might guess, the article targets how one can effectively incorporate philanthropy and charitable giving into the ordinary and ongoing activities of running a professional Pilates practice or studio.

And how one can ensure at least a modicum of reciprocal benefits and returns for one's efforts.

I'm grateful to Pilates Style for inviting me to guest-author this ProZone piece and for deeming the subject worthy of such high-profile attention. ProZone is one of the magazine's regularly featured columns and it typically enjoys very high visibility, readership and response.

I hope you will read the article (upon publication, it can be found quite easily here - on page 86 - at Pilates Style Magazine online). I'm posting this open thread in hopes of stimulating a lively discussion - a "give-and-take" if you will - on the article itself, on its ideas and suggestions, on the anecdotes in the essay, or on any other aspect of "Sweet Charity" you'd like to toss back and forth.

So, please consider this Open Thread one in which your thoughts and comments are welcome and encouraged. And I will make every effort to moderate, participate and reply as much as necessary or as requested.

Thanks for reading the article and I hope you'll share your thoughts and reactions.

Kyria