Beginner-intermediate Pilates mat class: Warm up: Standing Thoracic Rotation Standing Sagittal Arm Arcs Standing reach up and pull down alternating arms (like climbing a rope) Standing extension (heart lifts to sky) Quadruped: Cat/Cow Hip Glides Press into right hand left knee in neutral spine Press into left hand right knee in neutral spine Switch back…
Years ago, Avon Cosmeticsā Latin American division got in trouble about their misleading advertising, promising dark-haired, dark-skinned women that they would look like the blonde, light-skinned models if only they used Avon skin creams. We donāt make that claim at Body Harmonics. You can do Pilates 24/7 and we still wonāt promise that youāll look…
Which body type benefits most from a push up? And which one benefits the least? Each of the three āpureā body types has differing movement capacities and limitations. Your body type will influence your abilities with different Pilates exercises and may contribute to how much you love or hate an exercise. Last week I introduced…
Body Types As much as we would like to believe it, the cute behind we see in the movie shower scene probably doesnāt belong to Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie. We all know that body doubles often replace Hollywood stars in risky or revealing scenes. In the movie of your life, who would be cast…
80 Ā years young from Pilates This month we are celebrating Monica Armour, one of our star clients who turns 80 onĀ July 8. She and I sat down to chat a few weeks ago about her time at Body Harmonics, where she started and where she’s at. She and I have worked together for close to…
Becoming a Pilates instructor I had been practicing Yoga with in incredible instructor Naomi Zahler for five years. I knew that she was also certified in Pilates but I never knew what that meant. She finally opened her own basement studio and began to offer exclusive Pilates classes so I decided to go. Iām a…
Reduce stress with breath For most of us, stress is practically a given. We remind ourselves constantly to eat wholesome food, get adequate rest and take care not to overcommit, but sometimes, thinking about what we should be doing to control our stress levels causes them to rise. It all becomes a vicious cycle and…
Rotator cuff exercises As we have learned last week, the four rotator cuff muscles work as a unit to move the arm and to maintain the head of the humerus centered in the glenoid fossa during all arm movements. As such, these muscles are not power muscles, but endurance muscles. When doing rotator cuff strengthening…
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