Do I have to practice Pilates to improve my posture? Not necessarily. However, the Pilates exercises can be a wonderful way to help you change habits. Everything that you learn about your body with the Pilates Method can be applied to both your everyday life and other...
Pilates Exercises, Techniques & Teaching Tips
Opening the Ribcage for More Lift in Spine Extension
I'm always experimenting with cues to help find good images that my clients can associate with while they're moving through their workouts. When I can associate a relatable picture to proper body position and movements - I usually get great execution of each Pilates...
Improving Posture with Pilates
Just a quick thought about improving posture... While improving posture may or may not be on the list of goals Pilates participants, it might be because posture improvement isn't what they want, but rather the BENEFITS of correcting bad posture, which include: ...
Pilates Studio Owners – Grow Your Business with Profit-Rich Marketing
If you are a Pilates Studio owner and interested in learning more about how to find, attract, and keep more customers, increase sales & profits, and create effective marketing materials that get results - I highly recommend attending Ford Saeks' Profit-Rich...
Pilates Core Conditioning – Dr. Seuss Exercise Teaching Cue for Ab Workouts
I'm always looking for great new Pilates Teaching cues. Here's the one that came to me this week - thanks to a client who had a big number three on the front of her shirt. Good images for cueing can come from anywhere! Do you remember reading Dr. Seuss as a kid? One...
Contradictions & Questions
What a great question I received by email this week! And Oh MY....are there contradictions in the world of Pilates. I can't pretend to know all the answers, and I am always interested in learning more and improving my understanding (as well as my ability to pass on...
Pilates Continuing Education Is Worth Your Investment
I have now been teaching Pilates for over 14 years. Hard to believe it! The time has flown by - I love my job! Blessed to have had an excellent first teacher (David Mooney) and to have had the opportunity to study with many great teachers and most of the Pilates...
Help Me – I Feel Like I’m Going To Go Flying Over the Footbar On The Up Stretch!
As a Pilates teacher, I can't think of one client in 14 years that I've taught the Up Stretch exercise to on the Reformer who hasn't freaked out going forward over the footbar as the are learning the exercise. All goes well, this is temporary... And while a lighter...
Pilates Breathing & Butterfly Wings
I'm always looking for good new visual imagery to use with my clients that will help them better relate to their body, movement, AND better understand how to improve their technique.(I can't take credit for this one, came from one of my teachers newer clients this...
The Benefits of The Iliopsoas Muscle to Pilates – Part 2
"What is the purpose of learning how to properly use the iliopsoas muscle, and how does this affect exercise technique from a Pilates perspective?" In Part 1 the anatomy, benefits, and function of the iliopsoas muscle were reviewed for a greater understanding of the...