Pilate

I also didn’t want to be viewed as health-obsessed — I quite literally buy into Pilates classes and performance running shoes.

The author is studying for the July California bar exam and is a certified Pilates instructor.

When she’s not writing, she’s teaching Pilates, and both require a passion for storytelling, articulacy and joy in learning and community.

This past summer, we gathered in New Rochelle and did double Dutch lessons, clowning classes and Pilates.

There’s no better place than Los Angeles to do Pilates.