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The Union - Dec 02 4:25 AM
Bingo- 1:15-3:45 p.m., Gold Country Community Center, Grass Valley. $1-members, $1.50-non members. 273-4961. BNI (Business Network International)- Meeting, 7:30-9 a.m., Placer Title Company, Second Floor Conference Room, 11426 Sutton Way, Grass Valley. 273-9622.Save to My Web

A D V E R T I S E M E N T 
The Union - Nov 29 4:19 AM
Scrabble Club- 7 p.m., Holbrooke Hotel, Grass Valley. All skill levels welcome. 272-6920. http:// LeTip of Grass Valley and Nevada City- Breakfast meeting, Holbrooke Hotel, Grass Valley, 7:0-8:31 a.m. 477-4777.Save to My Web

Holiday fashion: Heels step out 
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Nov 25 11:24 AM
Gorgeous crystals, ribbons, plush velvet and beading are some of the dressed-up details adorning shoes this season. However, instead of appreciating these works of wearable art, you’re probably looking at this page and thinking: High heels? No way. Well, as a concession to Minnesota winters, all of these shoes have covered toes. So why not open your mind to the possibility of going up an elegant Save to My Web

Routine keeps adrenaline pumping
Brazosport Facts (subscription), TX - Dec 4, 2005 If you are seriously overtrained, don t even go back to weights for awhile. Do Pilates or yoga for a month or so instead. Let

Genesis to open location in Hutchinson
Kansas.com, KS - 1 hour ago The new club will serve Hutchinson residents with a full complement of cardio equipment and offer Pilates and yoga as well as a variety of classes that will be

Expert offers Pilates tips
Gulf Daily News, Bahrain - Nov 11, 2005 A TOP US Pilates expert has been flown into Bahrain to teach new techniques to instructors and interested clients to help in osteoporosis, rehabilitation

The shape I’m in: Agnes Oaks
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - Nov 21, 2005 half-hour evening performance. When I was injured a couple of years ago, I did Pilates. I’m so pale - it’s terrible. I travel a

Get up & go
Detroit Free Press, United States - Nov 22, 2005 Ballet intensive, turns and leaps, star camp, tap, jazz, and hip-hop, ages preschool-adult; also, Pilates, yoga. 248-348-3310 anytime.

Men miss out by leaving yoga, Pilates to women
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - Nov 22, 2005 If you go into a yoga or a Pilates class at an area health club, odds are that 80 percent or more of the students in the class will be female.

HEALTHY SPENDING: Fitness-promoting gifts from yoga mats to virtual trainers
Medford Mail Tribune - YMCA of the USA in Chicago, said popular yoga, Pilates and Tai Chi-related fitness regimens breed good gift

Colorful VersaSteps make Balance Training Fun
SGMA - Add variety, challenge and fun to your training routine by arranging the multi-colored VersaSteps in numerous footwork patterns and configurations. on them or place them under your hands or heels for Pilates, yoga and strength training Ideal for fitness, Pilates, yoga, sports specific training, rehabilitation, senior or kids

Seahawks Notebook: Hasselbeck couldn’t say no
AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer - STRONG ROUTINE: This offseason, Seahawks fullback Mack Strong did a Pilates workout with his wife every Friday

Get up and go
The Detroit Free Press - Get up and go ORION TWP. — PARK/MELVINDALE — Jazzercise: BLOOMFIELD HILLS — Pilates: DOWNRIVER/GROSSE ILE — Jazzercise: EASTPOINTE Women’s fitness: FLAT ROCK — Pilates: ANN ARBOR — Clinic: CLINTON TWP

health calendar
Pioneer Planet - throughout december Pilates classes. Register to attend Pilates classes at the Jewish Community Center of the Greater St. Paul area during December. Various dates, times and fees. Registration required, call 651-698-0751.

Don’t let exercise slide before heading outside
The Detroit Free Press - and Snowboard School and a Seattle personal trainer, praises Pilates for the core strength it develops and yoga for its

Strengthening ‘mind, body and spirit,’ and getting half a credit
Tufts Daily - According to yogalates (a combination of yoga and pilates) instructor and swim coach Nancy Bigelow, physical education

Mattoon residents participate in exercise program before Thanksgiving dinner
Herald & Review - and bend using several exercise techniques including Pilates, tai chi, step aerobics, kickboxing, high low and People who have never tried Pilates, tai chi or kickboxing can see

Dragon Dancers to lead opening of fitness center
Buffalo News - LEWISTON - Traditional Chinese Dragon Dancers will be on hand to ring in prosperity at the grand opening of the new Mac Pilates Studio One at 779 Cayuga St. from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday. Lewiston Fitness Studio to Mac Pilates and said she hopes to open

The latest fitness DVDs draw from yoga, Pilates and dance
Gainesville Sun - ith its savvy use of DVD technology, the fitness industry has managed to counter virtually any excuse not to exercise. Pressed for time? Use the programmable features to build a workout that fits the time you have. Hit the Spot Pilates,’ Denise Austin’s latest contribution to the fitness world, offers six 10-minute workouts that