Pinwheel Breath for Squatting: Feel your Reflexive Core when Squatting

Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! Use your breath to support you as you squat on the Spine Corrector. 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 […]…

Star Prep: Side Body Work on the Reformer

Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! Use the springs and sling to create support for Reformer side body exercises. 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 – […]…

Belly From the Basement: Preparation for Swan

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The Pilates Show! – Washer Woman: Classical Pilates

Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! SHOW NOTES: Check out Tom McCook’s Chair workshop 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 at the Forum! Interested in […]…

Footwork on the Jumpboard with Smart Roller

There are so many ways to experiment with footwork in the Pilates studio. Not only can you do this on all of the pieces of equipment, but it can be done differently on a single piece. The Reformer is a wonderful place to play with this idea. And the Jumpboard is the perfect place to […]…

The Pilates Show! – All Tied Up!

Click the Alerts icon above for an email reminder when a new episode posts! In this episode, Casey explores some creative ab work! SHOW NOTES: For posts about Jen’s trip to Fascial Summer School click here. Find info on Casey’s Deconstructing the Computer Posture workshop here. Have a question you’d like to see addressed? Have […]…

Pilates and Rotation

When rotating our torsos, most of us find that we must retract the shoulders and/or shift our hips to turn our bodies. Moving in this way prevents us from accessing the many joints in our spine. Each vertebra has one joint on each side. There are seven cervical vertebra, twelve thoracic, and five lumbar. With […]…

Footwork on the Footplate

Footwork is a foundation and skill building exercise. Classical footwork done on the bar is amazing to create an awareness of core stability around the spine and pelvis, to find proper alignment, and to have ease of motion in the legs. The whole foot is never grounded on the foot bar, which can be an […]…

Upper Back Strength & Flexibility with Classical Pilates Exercises

To create true functionality in our bodies we must have a balance of stability, strength, fluidity, and flexibility. As we have seen in many previous entries, this concept of balancing the muscles and therefore the body is the core of the Pilates system. In Pilates we do not group our exercises into categories, such as […]…

Footwork with Springs on Risers

Watch an innovative way to wake up the back body during footwork. By adding a spring above the knee, we add another way to find contrast inside the exercise. The extra spring also helps decompress the knees, feeds the femur head deeper into the socket, and aids in the rotation of the femur bone in […]…

Shoulder Strength & Flexibility: Classical Pilates Exercises

Shoulder strength and flexibility are important in and of themselves, but it is also imperative to have a real coordination and balance of the two in the shoulder girdle because many of the tasks we perform require a flow of mobility and brute strength that we must tap into on a second’s notice. If there […]…

Short Box Ab

In this video we turn the classical Short Box on its head. This exercise is often not done very well, and there are good reasons for why. Learn tips to create better flexion and mobility in the lower spine. Your clients will thank you because they will finally be able to access the power of […]…

Short Spine Massage with Hip Squeeze

There are many ways to teach and experience the short spine massage. Traditionally, it is taught in femoral external rotation. But for those clients who are stuck walking around with that external rotation every day, it is important to experience a more parallel leg positioning. The variation shown here is immensely useful, and it is […]…

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