Pilates Houston Association is a newly formed professional organization for Pilates and other mind-body teachers and students. Our goal is to transform our city thorugh healing movement, and inform and educate the public. We plan on doing outreach and professional development. The dream was to bring together Pilates teachers from across the city and across different certifications, and find the things that we have in common, develop relationships and impact the community. We are off to a great start: we have about 20 members, a board and our first events are up and running. We are volunteering to teach at a women's transitional living center sponsored by The Salvation Army. It so far has been a great success: each week about 20 women of all ages, races and walks of life who for one reason or another found themselves without a home are joining in the class. They are so much fun, no competition or pretension, they "just want to feel their abs." We are also planning our first city wide workshop, calling on some of our own experienced teachers in the city to teach. We are looking forward to that in September. We were inspired by the community goals of the PMA, and encourage you to think about starting your own association in your city!