I began working with Parkinson’s Disease, when a young adolescent boy was brought into my fitness studio by his mother, who had hoped to find some effective therapeutic movement for her son. Her son was symptomatic of Parkinson's disease, and formally diagnosed with juvenile Parkinson’s at the age of 8. The boy started with me when he was in his early teens. At the time, I was not a certified Pilates instructor but taught movement through an Ancient Chinese Knowledge called Pa Kua. The Pa Kua (or Ba Gua) includes Chinese style Martial Arts, Tai Chi Chuan, and Sintonia (Chinese Yoga), among many other Chinese Arts and Sciences. Additionally, all of the Pilates exercises I taught at that time were based on the Pilates Mat repertoire.