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This is a blog by Mark and Olga Lubarsky, former owners and instructors of Pilates Family®, small quality-oriented Pilates studios in San Francisco Peninsula Area.
Many of our former clients and other community members often ask us where we teach now, since we had to abruptly close our locations in Burlingame, Foster City and San Carlos due to family and health reasons.
We are still here! We currently teach at various locations in Redwood City, Foster City and San Mateo. This time however we do not have our own studio or our instructors. We work as a small family team. Our former Pilates Family practice allowed us to gain a lot of experience as Pilates instructors. We have been very fortunate to get an opportunity to help so many individuals in our local community. While closing our studios was an extremely difficult decision for us, we are very happy to be able to continue to do what we truly love. Being able to see dramatic changes in our clients’ lives is the greatest reward of all.
If you are our former client, received a referral from someone else or simply found us on the web, we welcome you to read our blog. If you would like to write a testimonial or request information, please leave us a comment. We will activate your ‘contributor’ account for testimonials upon a receipt of your comment below with your email address (your email will not be visible to others).
We greatly appreciate your support!
Mark and Olga Lubarsky.
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Note: If you would like to write a testimonial or request information, please leave us a comment below. We will activate your ‘contributor’ account for testimonials upon a receipt of your comment below with your email address (your email will not be visible to others).
Hello Mark,
Just found you on linkedin, and like to add you in my contactlist. I too have followed a career path starting in (new) media to fitness & health and now occupational therapy.
Like to exchange thoughts about combining these work experiences.
Greetings, Aschwin Stam from Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Aschwin,
Thank you for contacting me. I will give a short response here, feel free to respond via our blog or email me directly. In the meantime, let’s hook up on LinkedIn.
I would also be very happy to share the ideas and experiences on combining technology and health/wellness careers.
I was doing software engineering since I was 16 years old (I am 32 now), and turned out to be naturally very good at it. However, sometimes I feel that I should have become a doctor. I also came from a very diverse family (doctor/engineers/scientists and … musician). Too late to become a doctor for me. But through fitness & wellness practice and Occupational Therapy, I could still help others even more than a doctor. However, I still have to study for a few years in order to get a license in US. In US, from 2007, you have to have a Master Degree in Occupational Therapy in order to practice officially. But as a fitness/Pilates instructor, I can still help many rehab clients using Occupational Therapy approach. There were also special circumstances that inspired me to try Pilates first and then explore OT field.
I also tried to create a software in this area a few years ago. Had to terminate due to family/health and many other reasons. The best I can do now is to find a way to combine 2 careers. So far I find an overlap in some elements of Psychology. I may find more overlap if I get into marketing, social networking and biotech.
Please let’s stay in touch!
Mark.