Mobility
Pilates for Good Upper Body Posture
If we are tight in our Chest and Front Shoulder muscles and weaken our Mid and Upper back muscles we will have poor upper body posture, with round shoulders and perhaps a forward head carriage.
If we are tight in our Chest and Front Shoulder muscles and weaken our Mid and Upper back muscles we will have poor upper body posture, with round shoulders and perhaps a forward head carriage.
This is a sequence of exercises aimed at firing up the Gluteus Maximus muscles. It encourages correct functional movement patterns and improves alignment and stability of the pelvis and the knees.
If our Glutes are working properly we will walk and run more dynamically, have better posture and reduce the risk of injury and pain.
The Roll Down is an important transitional exercise in the Pilates repertoire as we use it to bring us from standing to the floor.
Self-care is the conscious action we take to promote our own physical, mental, and emotional health.
In this 20 minute tutorial, we explore correct and effective ways to activate your pelvic floor muscles and discuss the importance of pelvic floor health.
I designed this lovely sequence for one of my students who was very stiff and achy in the mornings and finding it hard to even get out of bed.
This breath practice encourages physical, spiritual, mental, and emotional growth by noticing what your breathing is doing.
we are using the resistance band for support and control to help us improve our technique in some of our Pilates mat work exercises
Another sequence of therapeutic exercises to improve the dexterity and flexibility of your hands and fingers and increase the blood flow and circulation. This routine includes wrist flexion, extension, pronation and supination, finger stretches and a hand massage… what’s not to love!!!
Enjoyy a lovely flow of movements to mobilise our spine from a sitting position, including flexion, extension, lateral flexion and rotations on the breath.
In this tutorial I take you through a variety of modifications and adaptations of the Side Plank to make it hopefully enjoyable AND achievable.