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Many students have a hard time keeping their sagittal alignment during exercises like Footwork on the...

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How many side-lying exercises can you think of? Probably a few, but not nearly as many as supine...

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The Series of 5 or Stomach Series is a Pilates staple. And for good reason! These exercises...

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One of the greatest benefits of practicing Pilates is how much it helps us in our daily lives. It can...

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We curl the head, neck, and shoulders up so often in Pilates. Unfortunately, neck tension goes hand-in-hand...

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Lots of Pilates exercises require us to move our hips into extension. Take, for example, Breathing on...

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Do a quick Bridge for me on the floor. The one where you articulate one vertebra at a time....

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Have you ever found yourself rushing through the setup of an exercise, just to keep the flow of a session or practice going?

For example, you used the foot loops for arm work on the Trapeze...

For many of us, the hip flexors are overly eager to "help" us. Sometimes, they even show up during exercises we didn't mean to invite them to. Do you or your students ever get a gripping feeling in the front of the hips during a seated exercise? If so, check out today's video to explore several...

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I love challenging spinal stabilizers on the transverse plane with weight distribution exercises.

For example, I’ll be teaching Knee Folds or...