Carbon Neutral?: Become a better Nasal Breather

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Under Pressure?: Movement Instructors and Pelvic Floor Pressure

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Mama Kitty Cat Neck Health

Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! Learn how to align the head and neck. Want MORE?! Check out our workshops here! Have a question you’d like to see addressed? Have a comment? We want to hear from you – POST BELOW! Comment below, on Facebook, Twitter, or […]…

Mobility of the Leg in the Hip

Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! Learn easy exercises for the Pelvis from Madeline Black. Check out more info about Madeline’s Pelvis in Motion Workshop at https://stage.fusionpilatesedu.com/courses/workshops/pelvis-in-motion/ Want MORE?! Check out our workshops here! Have a question you’d like to see addressed? Have a comment? We want […]…

Thoracic Rotation

Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! Learn an easy exercise to balance rotation in the thoracic spine. See a video and details on Tom’s Shoulder and Spine worksop here. https://stage.fusionpilatesedu.com/courses/workshops/shoulder/ Want MORE?! Check out our workshops here! Have a question you’d like to see addressed? Have a […]…

Functional Tripod of your Foot

Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! Learn simple postural exercises from Marie Jose Blom. See details on Marie José’s exceptional workshop Core Motivations here. https://stage.fusionpilatesedu.com/courses/workshops/core-motivations/ Want MORE?! Check out our workshops here! Have a question you’d like to see addressed? Have a comment? We want to hear […]…

Mobility of the Pelvis

Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! Learn easy exercises for the Pelvis from Madeline Black. Check out more info about Madeline’s Pelvis in Motion Workshop at https://stage.fusionpilatesedu.com/courses/workshops/pelvis-in-motion/ Want MORE?! Check out our workshops here! Have a question you’d like to see addressed? Have a comment? We want […]…

Scapula and Glenohumeral Movement

Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! Learn exercises from Tom McCook to create a responsive shoulder. See a video and details on Tom’s Shoulder and Spine worksop here. https://stage.fusionpilatesedu.com/courses/workshops/shoulder/ Want MORE?! Check out our workshops here! Have a question you’d like to see addressed? Have a comment? […]…

Aligning the Head

Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! Learn simple postural exercises from Marie Jose Blom. See details on Marie José’s exceptional workshop Core Motivations here. https://stage.fusionpilatesedu.com/courses/workshops/core-motivations/ Want MORE?! Check out our workshops here! Have a question you’d like to see addressed? Have a comment? We want to hear […]…

Thoracic Movement

Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! Learn exercises from Tom McCook to create a responsive thoracic spine. See a video and details on Tom’s Shoulder and Spine worksop here. https://stage.fusionpilatesedu.com/courses/workshops/shoulder/ Want MORE?! Check out our workshops here! Have a question you’d like to see addressed? Have a […]…

Release Points in the Hands and Fingers

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The Knee Key: Balance and Rehab the Knee

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The Tenderloin: Balance the Psoas and Lower Trapezius

Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! Learn techniques to strengthen and balance the Psoas and the Lower Trapezius. SHOW NOTES: Want MORE?! Check out our workshops here! Have a question you’d like to see addressed? Have a comment? We want to hear from you – POST […]…

The Pilates Show! – Turkey Neck: Remedy Forward Head Posture

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The Pilates Show! – Fight or Flight: Balancing the Suboccipitals

Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! Learn easy techniques to open and mobilize the neck and calm the nervous system. SHOW NOTES: Want MORE?! Check out our workshops here! Have a question you’d like to see addressed? Have a comment? We want to hear from you […]…

The Pilates Show! – Unleash the Pelvis: Pilates for Posture

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The Pilates Show! – Off with her Head: Pilates for Posture

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The Pilates Show! – Roundabout: Proper Leg Rotation

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The Pilates Show! – Beehive Ribcage! Part 2: Proper Thoracic Curve

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The Pilates Show! – Beehive Ribcage! Part 1: Proper Thoracic Curve

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The Pilates Show! – To Squeeze or Not To Squeeze

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The Pilates Show Mondays! – Stand Your Ground

Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! In this episode, Jen discusses Dynamic Posture… SHOWNOTES Have a question you’d like to see addressed? Have a comment? We want to hear from you! Comment below, on Facebook, Twitter, or at the Forum!…

The Pilates Show! – As Above, So Below

Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! In this episode, Casey explores some interesting anatomy… SHOW NOTES: For info on the SmartSpine Arch Tubbies click here. For info on the SmartSpine Globe click here. For info on the Geen Spikey Ball click here. For info on our Release […]…

Map of the Abdominals

Today, I’d like to give an introduction to another area of concentration, the abdominals. Your deepest layer of abdominals (the muscles closest to the skeleton) are the transverse abdominals. This set of abdominals acts as a corset that wraps all the way around the torso. The transverse muscle blends into the lumbodorsal fascia which attaches […]…

Lateral Rib Cage Breathing

Building better breathers is a primary concern for Pilates teachers. If we can arm our clients with one thing, it is the power to cue into and work on their breath. This skill building is something that they can take with them in all facets of their life. We are primarily concerned with the breath […]…

Pilates Foundations: Core Activation

In this article, we will link all that we have learned about the Breath to our Core musculature. This is the golden key to working from the inside out! What it is: We hear so much in the gym and media about our Core Muscles and core stabilization, but not many of us know exactly […]…

Diaphragmatic Breathing

To help clients create expansive breath both on the inhale and the exhale, we have to explore many breathing techniques. A brilliant place to focus when trying to balance and strengthen the breath is to work the muscle of the Diaphragm. The Diaphragm after all is our primary breathing muscle. When working to full capacity, […]…

The Breath

Anything that grows high has deep roots. To understand Pilates, it’s important to start with a solid foundation. In this and the following installments, I’ll take you through the basic building blocks of Pilates that need to be mastered before employing more complicated choreography (the fun stuff!). Today, we’re going to talk about the most […]…

Decompression of the Pelvic Organs on All Fours

Learn how to creatively cue the core structure on all fours. Through the breath, learn how to hug and lift the viscera and myofascia into and up the spine. This draws the leg bones deeper into the pelvis and immediately turns on the core. This is done by immense focus on hearing and integrating the […]…

Core Activation & The Pelvic Floor

In Pilates, teaching clients how to visualize, feel, fire, and stabilize their core musculature is of top priority. Because of the subtleties of the core and how it fires, communicating how to manipulate it can be very challenging. It might feel like we are giving an anatomy lesson to our clients. This can be frustrating […]…

Upper Psoas Release in Bridge

The bridge that is shown in this video is very different from the traditional Pilates bridge on the mat. What we are looking for in this exercise is a keying down of the upper psoas, which is found by releasing the ribcage back down to the mat by the breath, as well as cueing body […]…

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