Progress 2010 - Perrysburg Messenger Journal

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Citizen Advisory Group
900 W. South Boundary, Suite 4B • 419-872-0204
www.citizenadvisory.com
Citizen Advisory Group (CAG) is an independent
investment and insurance agency
that relocated to Perrysburg from Maumee in
January 2010.
At CAG, we help more than 1,000 families
set and reach their financial goals. Using
investment and insurance products from the
strongest companies, along with our combined
professional experience, we tailor a
unique financial strategy for each of our
clients.
We teach retirees and pre-retirees how to
help build, protect and preserve their assets,
increase their retirement income and reduce
their taxes. We are “safer money experts”
providing security for your financial future.
Our company motto–“Conserving and
Growing Assets”–speaks to our mission.
CAG is dedicated to conserving and growing
the assets of our clients by providing the
finest independent advice and guidance, offering
the industry’s most exceptional service,
building relationships on a foundation of
integrity, expertise, passion, and caring and
The Movement Lab Studios opened its Perrysburg doors in
June 2008. Located in St. Julian’s Fitness Center on the third
floor of the Orleans Building, the Movement Lab offers private
and semiprivate classical Pilates classes.
Owner Colleene Swolsky, a certified Pilates practitioner,
has been teaching Pilates for more than 19 years.
Ms. Swolsky had struggled with lower back pain herself
and also struggled with helping her therapy and strength training
patients and clients with back pain.
“I had been reading a lot about Pilates and found a studio
in Chicago where I lived at the time,” said Ms. Swolsky. “I
went for a session, and it was one hour of misery. I had an instructor
from Poland, and I didn’t like the method and thought
it was over simplified. But, I walked out of the session without
any back pain. And two weeks later, I still had no back
pain. I was convinced and wanted to learn more.”
Pilates, named after its founder Joseph Pilates, is a system
of exercises focusing on core strength to facilitate a full body
honoring God in all we do.
We have six licensed agents in Perrysburg
and have recently expanded our Florida office
to six agents.
We offer retirement planning, investments,
annuities, income planning, life,
health, long term care, Medicare Part D,
Medigap, individual and group.
Company President Jeff Bucher is a
member of the National Ethics Bureau, and
on the board of the Senior Market Advisor
magazine. He also is a member of the Perrysburg
Area Chamber of Commerce and the
Better Business Bureau.
CAG also supports the OSU/Ohio Regional
Training Center, Boys and Girls Club
of Toledo and the YMCA through its scholarship
campaign and is as corporate sponsor.
Stop by our office in Perry Towne Square
or give us a call. We would love to meet you.
Investment Advisory Services offered
through Brookstone Capital Management
LLC, an SEC Registered Investment Advisor.
Movement Lab Studios
St. Julian’s Fitness
Levis Commons, Orleans Building, 6330 Levis Commons Boulevard
419-873-6111
www.movementlabstudios.com
workout. Instead of performing many repetitions of each exercise,
Pilates incorporates fewer, more precise movements requiring
control and form.
Benefits include longer, leaner muscles; increased core
strength and stability; improved posture, coordination, strength
and flexibility, and heightened body awareness.
“Joseph Pilates was a genius,” said the Pilates practitioner.
“I have been learning and teaching ever since that one day in
1991.”
Recently, Ms. Swolsky was one of four selected throughout
the country to attend “Passing the Torch Exclusive Pilates
Mentorship” program with Mary Bowen. The program is designed
for experienced Pilates teachers who long for a deepening
of their work through in-depth study with a master
teacher. The mentorship is a 12 to 18 month cohort program.
Ms. Bowen, an original student of Joseph Pilates, introduced
Pilates Plus Psyche to the Pilates community more than
10 years ago, a combination evolving over 35 years of teach-
PROGRESS IN PERRYSBURG–JULY 2010
Company president Jeff Bucher, left, and his brother and company vice president
Kevin Bucher officially open the Perrysburg office.
Colleene Swolsky, left, demonstrates several pieces of equipment that are involved with her classical Pilates classes.
ing Pilates and 40 years of practicing as a Jungian psychoanalyst.
Ms. Bowen, who is 81 years old, continues to travel nationally
and internationally giving workshops and conferences.
Ms. Swolsky began her mentorship program this spring
with Ms. Bowen. Over the next 12 months, the Movement Lab
Studios owner will travel to North Hampton, Massachusetts,
for four weekends of training.
The program focus is lifelong Pilates with three objectives–
Pilates Plus Psyche, Creativity in the Approach to Pilates, and
Exploring New Emphasis in the Pilates Repertoire.
“Mary is just amazing,” added Ms. Swolsky. “I have already
learned so much–knowing how, where and why we experience
our strengths and our weaknesses. Knowing our own
and our client’s type of personality gives me a blueprint for
how best to structure lessons and our whole teacher/client relationship.”
For additional information on Pilates, the studio and
classes, call 419-873-6111.