Pilates Equipment Class for Special Populations
I am starting a Pilates Equipment class for Special Populations starting Thursdays 2 PM in February. If you know anyone interested, they can sign up online or call the studio. The class is designed for students with injuries and special conditions. Since most classes can be too fast, this class is designed at a slower pace … Read more
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
Minding the body
Remember Minding the body is a journey to Feeling Great. Whether it is your own body or teaching others, movement and fitness should make you feel better mentally and physically. The wrong fitness will make the body rigid. If your exercise regime does help change your posture, why are you doing it? In my own … Read more
Exercise and Arthritis
A recent study at Northwestern University looked at activity among 1,000 adults, between 49 and 84 years old, who had osteoarthritis of the knee. Ninety percent of the people were not exercising, according to lead scientist Dorothy Dunlop. in Great article about arthritis How to get America moving again? Living in New York city, I … Read more
Feet and Running
NY Times article The Once and Future Way to Run Here is a great article about running. Watch the video in news article!!
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!
OMG Rates for Equipment classes are changing: for the better?
OMG Rates for Equipment classes are changing: for the better? What has been growing at Movements Afoot is the equipment classes. To thank our loyal clients and to encourage others to continue their wellness with Pilates, we have lower our prices. Please note the expiration dates. With these new prices, there will be no extensions … Read more
Men and Pilates
by Peter Mei As a football player, I suffered numerous injuries especially in the joint area such as ankles, knees and shoulders. The recovery period was even tougher! Pilates help me tremendously during the rehabilitation, not only regaining the range of motion but I became more flexible and agile. It taught me how to prevent … Read more
Exercise a bad habit
In ballet class today, Christine Wright gave a quote Exercise or perform a bad habit, it takes 1000x to undo. By learning how to do exercises correctly, your fitness will increase. At first, some feel that they are not working. When a muscle is weak, you will go back to your bad habits. If you … Read more
Mooning Techniques
One of my friends had this picture on Facebook. At Movements Afoot we jokingly talk about mooning. Why? It gets you to learn how to use your hip joints which is needed in most activities. A lot of people locked their hips. The hip joints is a much stronger mobile joint to hinge at then … Read more
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