
Learn why breathing drives Pilates performance, using nasal inhalations and long exhales to reduce fatigue, energize the body, and calm the nervous system, while linking breath to rib placement.
Recaps the first three Pilates principles: diaphragmatic breathing with long inhales and controlled exhales, rib cage alignment with intercostals, and shoulder placement for balanced posture.
Master head placement for lying on your back: tuck the chin, lengthen the neck, and use a pillow to prevent neck strain while aligning shoulders, ribs, and core.
Master lower back placement in Pilates through imprint and neutral positions, guided by breath, rib control, and hip‑driven movement for improved spinal mobility and core engagement.
Explore a complete wall-based Pilates workout that warms the neck, shoulders, spine, and hips, and builds core strength through imprinting, wall squats, leg circles, and oblique twists.
Use a wall-based warmup to loosen the neck, shoulders, and spine, then perform wall and floor Pilates moves to strengthen the upper back, core, and hips.
Your Walls around you have just been there to hold up the roof or hang a picture, But not anymore!
It is amazing how diverse a workout can be, using objects around your house. This set of workouts we utilize A surface that you are able to lean on, be it a wall, door or cupboard door to get a phenomenal workout. There are classes using weights which can be substituted for tinned food or water bottles - no need to go out and buy equipment.
The exercise band gives you great resistance, if you don't have a band use your weights to give you that resistance or do the same movement with the band.
For 20 years I have been teaching Pilates and coming up with fun changes and adaptive movements to give you a full body tone, while correcting posture and relieving posture related aches and pains.
Join me for a series of enjoyable workouts, but first we always recap the basic principles that govern Pilates. We do this to ensure you are optimizing the workout. Here we learn how to breathe and hold your body in the correct placements. The placements themselves work muscle groups that align your body.
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