Mat Work That Will Leave You Sore!

Mat Work That Will Leave You Sore!

Mat work that will leave you sore in all the right places. Pilates is a beautiful method that helps aid in healing the body of the aches and pains that ail it.   Furthermore, Pilates is also great at kicking your butt when you need a good butt kicking too. Not that...
Learn proper posture and why it’s so important

Learn proper posture and why it’s so important

“Never slouch as doing so compresses the lungs, overcrowds other vital organs, rounds the back, and throws you off balance.”  Joseph Pilates Where do I begin?  Bad posture simply causes pain.  It cuts off your ability to take an efficient breath.  It...
What is the Pilates Method?

What is the Pilates Method?

“The Pilates Method teaches you to be in control of your body and not at it’s mercy.”  – Joseph Pilates. What is the Pilates Method? I probably can’t go a day or two without someone asking me this question, “What is Pilates...
Bring it!  Improving Biomechanics.

Bring it! Improving Biomechanics.

Bring it!  Improving biomechanics How does pilates improve your biomechanics?  How does pilates help you gain ground in all sports – It does it while enhancing your techniques, without much thought.  Pilates literally repositions your body.  It restructures it. ...
Staying Positive

Staying Positive

Staying positive: even on the rough days We all have them.  Days that we don’t even  want to get out of bed. Days we can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel.  When the road seems too long.  When we struggle, we struggle to find meaning in life. ...
Practice

Practice

Practice, practice, practice  Practice makes perfect.  Is that the point?  To achieve perfection?  In the journey, lies the key.  Practice, practice, practice, is about the journey.  Working the work.  Learning the way. Trying what is impossible.  Carving out what is...
Fluidity

Fluidity

Being fluid.  Flow.   Grace – smooth transitions.  Pilates.   Flow is one of the 6 principals of pilates. Without flow, pilates feels rigid and stuck.  Fluidity in life seems to be an essential element.  Without it, we too get stuck.  Life as well starts to feel...