Pilates or Yoga? People often ask which is better for them: Pilates or yoga. Personal preference is often the best guide to choosing a form of exercise or movement, unless physical issues intervene. And there’s nothing that says people can’t do both. For example, one of our clients returned from her summer holiday convinced that…
Teach Pilates with Confidence Body Harmonics is just like any other studio. We have teachers who have been here for more than 10 years, and teachers who have been here less than 10 weeks! No matter where you are in your career, at one point or another you’ve probably struggled with confidence; whether you were…
Shoulder Remedy – Arm Arcs Arm arcs are a quick, simple solution to help stiff shoulders. They can be done anywhere, any time by anyone! Arm arcs help posture by opening the chest, dropping the shoulders and making the head more upright. These exercises should feel effortless! Sagittal Arm Arcs Inhale: reach arms up to the…
Exercises for the wrist and hand Wrists and hands can have a profound effect on the entire body. They not only help us with quadruped (hands and knees) exercises, but in many of our day-to-day activities like typing, gripping and even balance! If you’d like to learn more about the anatomy and function of the…
Function of the wrists and hands During my 12 years of teaching yoga and Pilates, there have been a few students in every class who have problems with weight bearing in hands due to lack of flexibility and discomfort in the wrists. It was not until I began practicing MAT (Muscle Activation Techniques) and attended…
Do you remember your first time teaching a class? My first time teaching a fitness class was when I was sixteen years old. I started teaching fitness classes in high school. My physical education teacher saw my potential and encouraged me to follow my interests. I got my first paid teaching position at a gym…
Build your buttocks and strengthen your core Most of us have lazy buttock muscles. When they are weak, hip pain, back pain and even foot pain can occur! The Pilates neutral bridge is a safe and simple way for almost everyone to get the buttock muscles firing. The buttock muscles are part of our core.…
Silly Pilates with apparatus Pilates known as an exercise form that really targets the core. To make our exercise routine most effective, we focus on the 9 Pilates principles. These include concentration, breathing, control, centre focus, fluidity, precision, imagination, intuition and integration. In an ideal world, we’ll do each exercise with perfect form and implement all…
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