Category: “How to”: Pre-Pilates

Learn two different breathing techniques and how they help you get the best out of your Pilates practice. An easy workout to get you started.

Increases abdominal strength and spinal articulation. Prepares us for more challenging exercises in the traditional Matwork series: the Roll Up and Roll Over.

Learn to listen to the ground with your foot to improve alignment and muscle activation up your body. This can help prevent some overuse injuries.

Increases ribcage & spinal rotation. Teaches us to coordinate breathing and movement and to sit up on our sit bones in preparation for seated exercises.

Increases ribcage & side bending. Teaches us to coordinate breathing and movement and to sit up on our sit bones in preparation for seated exercises.

This video tutorial teaches us a full body integration exercise: The Plank. It’s a challenge to maintain total control and stability…

The wall is your mat in this video tutorial that shows us how to prepare for Planks and the Push Up: the final challenge in the traditional mat series…

This is not a Pilates exercise video tutorial, but it’s great for tightening up loose shoulders and correcting shoulders that hunch forwards. 

A perfect exercise for people who live a sedentary life! This is one of the remedies (Pilates has many more!) for a stooped posture and hunched shoulders!

This video tutorial shows Angels in the Snow. The coordination can be tricky, but stick with it as it is a wonderful way to get the shoulders more mobile.