Daniela Escobar shares the secret to her motivation.

When Sandy gave me the task to write about what motivates me in my Pilates practice, the first word that came to my mind was “layers.” Layers within each exercise, layers of understanding them in your body. That’s how I think of Pilates. There is always a new connection to be made, an undiscovered detail of an exercise to understand. Every new step is a possibility to achieve something and become stronger.

For instance, it’s that great feeling you get when you are finally able to do a fairly good horseback when for years that has been your nemesis (hello me!). Or when you get to teaser on the mat and it’s not that big of a deal anymore, you know you will be able to do it. However, you can only achieve this point after you started peeling all those layers.

If I think about my own practice and what keeps me motivated throughout all these years I’ve been doing Pilates, it’s exactly this: the new possibilities, the accomplishment of a new layer, the deeper understanding of the system. There’s always something new even in the basic work you’ve been doing since day one. And for me, that’s the magic of it!