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 Lynda C. Smith
We all have an Egoscue moment when destiny calls. Mine was in 2005 when a friend
walked up to me and said, "I just found a book titled, 'Pain Free'. You should get trained
in this Egoscue work and teach it to the community." She was a homeopathic
practitioner with well developed intuition. I was too busy with my own business
(teaching Stott Pilates) at the time...but she was very persistent.
Months later, I finally went to the library and ended up reading ʻPain Freeʼ in one sitting.
I blurted out: "This is the missing link!" This work can fill in the gaps in my 25 years of
fitness knowledge and experience in exercise, yoga, dance and Pilates. I had to be
sure Pete Egoscue was for real. I searched the internet, and then ordered an old
cassette tape series of his first book, 'The Egoscue Method of Health Through Motion',
narrated by Pete. I already had the book, and I wanted to hear his voice.
Near the end of the cassette tape, Pete told the story about a boy named Max. He had
been diagnosed with cerebral palsy at birth, and basically grew up confined to a wheelchair.
At the Egoscue Clinic, Pete had him try crawling back and forth on the floor like a
baby. The next day Max's mother reported that his abdominal muscles were really sore.
This was very good news! A dormant muscular function had been reawakened. After 3
weeks of doing his E-cise menu, Max walked for the first time in his life at age eleven.
"Now you know why I like my job. Now you know why I wrote this book", said Pete.
I could hear it in his voice. He was genuine. I picked up the phone and signed up for
PAS 1. I completed PAS 1 certification in July of 2006 and PAS II in October of 2008.
I am currently in the Accredited Exercise Therapist (AET) program.
I have a BA degree in Psychology and Community Studies from UC Santa Cruz, and
graduate work in Therapeutic Recreation from San Jose State University. My bio also
includes a great deal of modern dance training. I performed with the Cabrillo Dance
Ensemble in Calif. and with Ernest Morgan & Friends around the Big Island of Hawaii.
I taught creative movement in the schools of Santa Cruz County through the Santa Cruz
Arts Council. I was director of the movement exploration program at Live Oak Elementary
for five years, where I had 350 students. I also worked individually with learning
disabled children, who all had skipped the developmental stage of crawling as a baby!
I taught modern dance, body awareness, and senior fitness classes through Cabrillo
College in CA for 5 years. I was an Ayurvedic massage therapist for 6 years & have also
studied Maharishi Ayurveda for 20 years. I became a yoga teacher and taught asanas
for 3 years at an Ayurvedic Health Spa in the middle of the golden corn fields of Iowa.
After completing Stott Pilates training, I started my Pilates Fitness business out of my
home in 2000. I changed the business name to Blissful Fitness when I added Egoscue
in 2006. My clientele is now 80% Egoscue.
I am very happy doing what I do in my intimate home studio, assisting clients in becoming aligned, pain free, and reaching their goals. My business is 100% referral.
Thank you, Pete, again and again, and congrats on your fabulous new book!
I wish you all peace in your mind, joy in your heart, and perfect posture.
Lynda C. Smith
Blissful Fitness
blissfulfitness@gmail.com
Fairfield, Iowa, USA
641-209-9394 |
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