Three Ways Tucking Your Pelvis Can Hurt You
I’ve never once heard anyone say “My goal is to get my ribs closer to my hips”, “I’d like a shorter waist please”, or “I’d like my pelvis tilted towards my face.” Quite the contrary, the overall goal I hear is better posture, a longer torso and leaner waist and a body that moves with ease. All these goals are achieved by working and strengthening the body while in a lengthened state and not tucking the pelvis.
Special Session: Plant Your Feet and Grow Your Practice
Since my Pilates practice began in 2001, I’ve known the feet were important. The thing is, I never understood exactly why. Aside from using my feet to physically rush though my day, I never really thought much about them, or cared why they might be useful for anything else. And in any case, I thought […]
What You Think is What You Get: Seeing Our True Beauty
Have you ever had a Pilates session, or nice long walk, and gotten that awesome feeling of accomplishment when you finished? Have you also noticed that, with that feeling of accomplishment, you’re more happy with what you see when you look in the mirror? Lately this has absolutely been the case for me as I’ve been […]
Is Pain Really Gain?
I’ve recently come to understand that everything we are and hope to achieve starts within… and starting with this article and a series of upcoming blog posts, I’d like to explain my process in hopes that you will be able to take something useful from it and use these ideas to inspire you to transform […]
9 Exercises Everyone Should Be Doing — Part 3
Here we are at the final installment of our 3-part series. These nine key exercises will help you create an excellent and powerful foundation for your body and your life, no matter what your vocation or avocation. We originally started with the feet and made our way up the spine. Now it’s time to take […]
9 Exercises Everyone Should Be Doing – Part 2
I just returned from a workshop with Marie José Blom in California. I can’t think of a better experience to set the stage for the following 3 exercises. Previously, we discussed softening the knees, awareness of where the weight is distributed through the feet and how to bookmark these feelings in the body. (Keep an […]
