Grateful (once again) for the tools I have in my Pilates studio. After a minor fender bender, my Neck Stretcher has been a game-changer — easing the tension in my upper traps and giving my neck the gentle traction it …
Using the Magic Circle as a feedback tool during breathwork helps clients feel their breath and connect more deeply with their lungs. The diaphragm isn’t located in your lower belly — it’s actually shaped like a 3D mushroom, sitting right …
To build and keep strength and connection for a replaced Hip we use this Variation of the Knee Stretch Series. Because this clients right hip is the replaced joint, we do extra on this side. In his Reformer session, he …
This beautiful 79 year old client settles her spine at the end of her workout. She is doing the stretch Romana used to do for her Dowagers Hump. Back in the early 90’s, I was in Romana’s apartment and she …
For this Hairstylist, the Stretch with the Weighted Pole on the Spine Corrector helps to correct her overly Kyphotic posture and forward head. This is also a deep stretch of the Psoas, when breathing into the back of the ribs …
Horseback on the High Barrel. Gina is doing a great job staying lifted while rounding the spine. It’s so easy to collapse the spine on this movement, we always work towards fighting gravity, then it all comes together!!
After a lovely but long day of teaching, this little nugget of an exercise stretches my whole spine and puts my body back together. Lengthening and massaging my cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine, while opening the chest, diaphragm and hip …
This workshop will cover rehabilitation of a number of different Upper Body Injuries. We will discuss proper biomechanics of the Shoulder in relation to the upper spine for optimizing Injury prevention. Identify common technique errors of the neck, shoulder and …
For those wanting to sign up for the most acclaimed Pilates Teacher Training program in Los Angeles, the Orientation for the May program is on Sunday, April 29th at 1pm at Classic Pilates Body in Santa Monica. Candidates interested in …
Our next Pilates Technique Certification course begins this April, 2017. If you have a passion for helping people, if you have a passion for being fit and love the idea of connecting to your physical self, you may want to …