By Dena Wood
The Times
Mornings in “Heaven”
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February 13, 2014
Above: Patti Jo Amerein helps Dayton resident Kelly Hinds with a pose during a pilates session at the AMO Art Gallery in Waitsburg last week. Below: Amerein leads group members in leg lifts.
WAITSBURG - A handful of Waitsburg residents spend a portion of each Thursday morning in "Heaven," intently focusing on every movement of their body as Patti Jo Amerein gently adjusts and repositions them. "The Heaven Space" is what Claire Johnston and Jim German have dubbed the long, narrow room connecting jimgermanbar and the AMO Gallery -- the space where Amerien, a former professional dancer, instructs the group in the practice of Pilates.
Amerein danced professionally in Las Vegas for many years before meeting her husband, Chuck, and moving to Dayton where Chuck owned a CrossFit gym....
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