Our semi-regular rundown of Pilates (and Pilates-related) news from around the Web. Enjoy!

At PHIT in the Hartford Courant

• Here’s a feel-good story for a pre-holiday weekend. In Sharing Their Own Special Space, from the Hartford Courant, Pilates instructor Susannah Israel goes every day to the place she got married: her Pilates studio, PHIT. “This building is part of our romance,” Susannah told the Courant. “I’m literally in the room [where] we took our vows. It has such a good karma.”

• The New York Times ran a few pieces of interest for Pilates and fitness professionals recently: The Best Exercises for Healthy Bones, on exercise and bone density, Why Exercise Makes You Less Anxious, and this piece on a burgeoning competitive yoga movement, Is the Spirit of Competition in the Soul of Yoga? Yikes!

• Pilates: A Thinking Way of Moving, is an examination of Joe’s original principles, from exercise physiologist Angie Ferguson in The Fort Myers, Fla., News-Press.

• Metro International newspapers featured Viveca Jensen’s Piloxing, including three exercises with photos.

• Researchers confirmed Texting Can Be a Pain in the Neck and Shoulders, WebMD reports.

• Yahoo’s Shine recommended a 15-minute a.m. round of Pilates in Why Exercising in the Morning Will Change Your Life, with six suggested moves to start the day.

• And for a little pre-Thanksgiving fun, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette got an inside look at how the Radio City Rockettes stay fit during their high-kicking holiday season.