Here's an easy exercise for a heart opening chest stretch. Improve flexibility for the chest, arms, & shoulders. Enhance posture for Pilates, fitness, & daily life. When we think about improving posture and avoiding that hunched over Quasimodo look. It’s...
Posted a blog recently on the topic of strong and healthy shoulders, but I just uploaded a video to demonstrate my easy "diamond down" exercise to help strengthen the lower fibers of the trapezius muscle to help improve shoulder mechanics and reduce neck and shoulder...
Having great core strength means that you've got a balance between strong abs and a flexible back allowing you to move easily through each exercise during your Pilates workouts. A while ago I posted an article on my blog about improving abdominal strength and spine...
Have you ever injured your arms and shoulders? Do carry stress and tension in your neck, upper back? Do you ever notice your shoulders hiked up around your ears? It’s not surprising that so many people these days experience one, or all of these shoulder issues. To...
The Benefits of Adding Pulsing to Pilates Exercises It’s always a challenge to get a better Roll Up, Neck Pull, and Teaser, or Short Box Round on the Reformer with the full backbend and up. Here are a few tips and thoughts to add a little extra to your Ab work and...
Is this something that you've said or thought lately? "I Love Pilates, and want to become a Pilates Teacher!" Teaching Pilates is a great career choice. I have had more fun in the past 16 years teaching Pilates than at any other job I've ever had. In fact, it's hard...
Remember Your Journey, Document Your Progress I had a discussion at the end of a session with a very loyal and long-standing Pilates client this week. After the many, many years of consistent Pilates this person was feeling frustrated that they weren’t super flexible...
In a workshop a few years ago with my Pilates mentor, Dianne Miller, she made a comment that has really stuck in my brain. “Twisting exercises facilitate improved flexion and extension of the spine.” Don’t know why I never realized that little gem on my own, but how...
How much time throughout the day do you spend consciously aware of what you’re doing? Is it a couple of minutes, an hour, or most of your day? Or is it hardly ever? A few years ago, I was working with one of my Pilates students, who had been training with me for...
I was working with a client this week, and we got off on a discussion about the use of mirrors for Pilates exercise programs. In the 3 different Pilates studio locations I’ve owned – I had mirrors everywhere! However, right now, I’m teaching in a space with no...