Jessica Barzell Pilates

Pilates on the beach. Catch it until October 1st when we go indoors Sundays at 8am

teaser missing my Pilates certification students but enjoying myself ;)

a couple new stamps i carved. First one is of the recent North Node (destiny), Uranus, Mars conjunction in July. Second one is a beautiful face off ♥️ third is the postcard made.

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Lead Pilates Teacher Jess on “why I love my job” 🔜Our Fall 2022 Comprehensive Pilates Certification is accepting deposits this week. DM for more information! ​​​​​​​​
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🔹As an artist, I want the option to be creative in teaching movement. The original 34 Pilates exercises has expanded 100s of exercises I have learned from experimenting and learning from others. Pilates teaches concepts which can be applied to anything and that leads to creativity rather than rigidity. There is no one way to teach the exercises and most students will agree that no one teaches the same exercises the same way. ​​​​​​​​
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🔸Teaching Pilates inspires me to appreciate the body. I am constantly amazed by the challenges and hardships my student’s bodies have endured. I am inspired to find ways to help bodies in pain, bodies who are looking for the next big physical challenge, bodies who don’t feel like they fit in, bodies who don’t identify at fit, bodies that don’t fit into to one exercise system, bodies that have trauma and bodies that just want to move to music. ​​​​​​​​
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🔹I love teaching the tools I have gathered that help me see bodies and ways that they move. I love teaching anatomy and biomechanics. It lights up different parts of my brain when I sit down to lecture on finding posture through movement and I love that feeling.

flowers

works in progress although this one is done bc it’s before I started making photocopies on mixed media canson paper which enables me to f-k it up the way I like to without it being the one and only bc there is no one and only anyhow

tan n black // work in progress

stencil marbled paper with gauche paint

playing with photocopies to see what i like and giving myself space to f-k it up

.... if she lived in a fancy office (with violet detail)

For sale 11 x 14 in on paper. Unframed, but can suggest two frames (one very inexpensive and one more that would look great). Selling here or in person June 19th.
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For my next big birthday I plan to go to Morocco. It's not that far away ☺️ who's with me? ⁠
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This series is for sale. 11 X 14 inches or coming soon 22 x 36 on white paper (image may look off white). I can recommend a very inexpensive frame that I use often or a more detailed frame pictured here from ⁠
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DM me for prices and commissions (colors and sizes). Selling here and in person in Bath, ME June 19th ⁠
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I decided the technique based on serving the image that inspired me. Draw, cut pieces of a very light weight printing surface (monotype plate), ink, run through the press.⁠
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BarreSalud Certification 
taught by Jess Shaps + Dorienne Lewin 
25 Hour Barre Certification 

Comprehensive Barre Including Anatomy, Biomechanics/ Movement principles, Posture and Common Injuries and Prevention, Cueing - Verbal and Hands on, Building a Barre Class, Tips on Teaching Group Classes
• 10 hours of Instruction and Lecture, 5 hours self practice, 5 hours Barre Classes, 5 hours Supervised Teaching/Observing others teach
• June 3,4 - 10 hours of lecture and instruction Fri- 3-8, Sat. 12-5
• June 5-18 - self guided time to finish self practice, classes and study
• June 18 - Sat. 12-5 group teaching, observing and written exam
• Certificate of Completion given on Saturday June 18th upon passing written and performance exam #
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Better late than never. Love my workout dress they sent especially for this am Pilates Stretch / Myo Class

I got to speak to CEHS students last month about my journey as a dancer and teacher. I didn't expect writing it to change the way I think and act. It really did. I didn't think I still felt I needed to prove myself as an artist; this talk made me face that and my nervous breakdown at age 20 in GREAT WAYS. Both the talk and what I wrote about the process are linked in bio.

I got to speak to CEHS students last month about my journey. I didn't expect writing it to change the way I think and act. It really did. I didn't think I still felt I needed to prove myself as an artist; this talk made me face that and my nervous breakdown at age 20 in GREAT WAYS. Both the talk and what I wrote about the process are linked in bio.