In 2003, shortly after Romana celebrated her 80th birthday, we (Moses Urbano, Michael Levy, Jerome Weinberg, Kathi Ross Nash, Daria and I) filmed Romana on Pilates: The Legacy. We met downtown and filmed all day for 7 days at a studio in NYC. I will never forget that week. Romana was so excited to share the work, she had more energy than any of us! At the end of a long shoot, we were all exhausted but made it out to dinner with Romana and the rest of the crew. Not only did Romana have the energy to go out, but after dinner she would get up and dance. Soon everyone in the restaurant would be dancing! She was Such a magnificent soul that will always be remembered. - MeJo Wiggin
Thank MeJo! We are looking forward to completing Romana's biography so we can then share your lovely interview from last Summer. Our hope is to also include Sari and Daria.
It is your insight and those closest to her that will carry on the legacy of this magnificent woman and teacher. Thank you!
I'd like to post a correction to the timeline. I met Romana in 2004 and took lessons and workshops with her until 2009. She was a constant inspiration to me during the five years that I was able to learn from her and I will be forever grateful to have at least had the time with her that I did, because she was such a generous and vibrant person - and boy did she make me work! I believe that she was still teaching in 2009, but I was no longer able to travel due to the effects that the economic slow down had on my income as a Pilates instructor.
Romana was so excited to share the work, she had more energy than any of us! At the end of a long shoot, we were all exhausted but made it out to dinner with Romana and the rest of the crew. Not only did Romana have the energy to go out, but after dinner she would get up and dance. Soon everyone in the restaurant would be dancing!
She was Such a magnificent soul that will always be remembered. - MeJo Wiggin