Creating abdominals like an internal spanx
In my studies with other teachers, new information is coming up about the cueing of your abdominals. It has been amazing with these new cues, how everyone is making new progress. Smile and notice how the muscles of your face activate. Now place your hands on your lower abs and smile your lower abs. … Read more
How Yoga/pilates/Fitness can wreck your body.
How Yoga Can Wreck your Body in New York Times There is a wonderful article this week in the New York Times about yoga. There is also a bigger issue to address. A lot of students think pushing hard to almost an injury is a hard workout. Many new students trying Pilates for the first … Read more
Balanced Body’s New Orbit
We had a great workshop at Movements Afoot yesterday on Balanced Body’s New Orbit. The orbit invites such amazing mobility in the hip, shoulder and spine. It is also a hard workout. Imagine doing Upstretch on no springs on the reformer!
Best Ab Exercise and it is not the crunch
Best Ab Exercise and it is not the crunch The plank pose is one of the best exercises for core. Why? It is a full body action that requires coordination of the limbs with the torso. When your form is good, you maximize your use of the core. It also requires the body knowledge of … Read more
Get to Core Through Your Feet.
Summer has arrived and here comes sandals and flip flops. I love summer but I never can find a shoe that gives enough support. Here are two great sources about the problems of flip flops, Flip-Flops Forever and Flip-Flops are Great… If You Enjoy Poor Foot Mechanics. Through my studies with Eric Franklin, Irene Dowd … Read more
Work In
Work IN vs. Workout There were so many gems from the workshop with Marie-Jose Blom. To get to the deep stabilizers, you need to concentrate on working slower to turn on the correct muscles. Our large global muscles are like rock and roll. Lots of power and pizzazzz. The “Work IN” invites the deep stabilizers … Read more
Whup your Core!!!
This last weekend I took a fabulous workshop with Marie-Jose Blom on the Smart Spine. Marie Jose is so elegant in language, imagery as well as brilliant in her knowledge of anatomy and its applications to the fine tuning of the body. You must study with her sometime. Marie-Jose brought in newer info about the … Read more
A few well-designed movements….
A few well-designed movements…. A few well-designed movements, properly performed in a balanced sequence, are worth hours of doing sloppy calisthenics or forced contortion. Joseph Pilates This is such a great quote by Joseph Pilates. It is so hard even now to get some clients to understand the importance of quality of a workout over … Read more
Sitting Up for Core Control-Article in PT project
Great article about the importance of sitting and your core!! Sitting Up for Core Control-Article in PT project Mom was always telling me to sit up straight at the dinner table and as a kid I never understood why it was so important. Now I teach my clients the benefits of sitting and standing tall … Read more
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