The Little Black Reformer Book KRN Pilates Then, Now & In-Between The Lesser Known Exercises Paperback – February 16, 2026

For more than forty-five years, I have been devoted to the method Joseph andClara Pilates shared with their students, originally called Contrology. I have spentmy life studying not only the exercises themselves, but the thread that connectsand runs through every exercise in this method.This book contains the lesser-known Reformer exercises and variations I wastaught over my decades of direct study and teaching of these exercises. Work thatwas only shared with a few students.Many of these exercises have been seen in photographs or videos and copiedwithout clear understanding or instruction. Exercises such as Stretch Pull, JackknifePreparation, Coordination Head Down, Short Spinal Control, and Scorpion arepresented here with clarity, context, and purpose.This book offers clear photographs and detailed instruction for the Reformerwork, these lesser known exercises, as I teach it, along with notes on how myteachers taught these exercises and how Mr. Pilates' students were taught-bothin their studios and in their teacher training programs. It includes insights drawnfrom historical photographs and from what Mr. Pilates passed on verbally to hisstudents: Lolita San Miguel, Kathy Stanford Grant (through the eyes of SaritaAllen), Romana Kryzanowska, and John Steel.This book honors that thread, the extraordinary teachers who carried it forward, and the legacy Joseph Pilates entrusted to us. It is my hope that this workdeepens understanding, preserves lineage, and enriches the journey through the Pilates Method. Read more