Lecture Series

Planning to start this in a couple of weeks. If you haven't let me know that you are interested, please sign up. Check out the website for more information.

Thanks!

Moving forward while standing still...

...or standing still while moving forward-

A great reflection on life in general, especially applicable for Pilates.

We should be able to stop on a dime in Pilates (freeze tag?)-

gather a sense of where our bodies are in space,

and be aware of where we intend to go.

...On restriction...

For years, I have had students who have come to Pilates from a Yoga background. Some of these students take issue with the "tension" in my language. "Corseting/buttoning/lift"

... For every engagement of a muscle in the body to produce movement, there is a corresponding release of a muscle that performs the opposite movement...

By restricting breath movement in certain places (esp front ribs and belly) we are trying to encourage the inhalation to go into other places (collarbones/spine/shoulder blades and back ribs)

The blog is back

Hey Everyone,

I'm gonna try to do this again...