How to stick to New Year’s Resolutions
Do you struggle with resolutions? Me too! Here are a few tips on keeping resolutions. I hope your New Year is off to a good start! It’s hard to believe it’s already February. Its not too late to check in …
Pilates
5 Ways Virtual Classes Help You Reach Your Health Goals
Let me guess…you’ve tried those dvd workouts at home in the past? Maybe they worked for you for awhile, but then you got bored of doing the same thing or maybe you just plain got out of the habit of …
Have you taken a break from Pilates?
“If you will faithfully follow the instructions, beginning with the introductory lesson, you will without a doubt acquire correct physical fitness with proper mental control. As you progress in your self instruction, you never have anything to “unlearn”. These exercises …
3 Ways Pilates helps you breathe better.
Maybe you’ve never even thought about how you breathe and how it affects your health. If not you should! Joseph Pilates talked a lot about the importance of learning to breathe correctly in his book, Return to Life. Joseph Pilates …
Do some research before you start Pilates!
If you are new to Pilates, you may be a little overwhelmed when it comes to finding a Pilates instructor or maybe you didn’t even realize that it was important to make sure your instructor was qualified and a good …
Find an Exercise Method You LOVE
Find an exercise method you love – and then do both the exercises you love and the exercises you don’t like, consistently! I know the importance of moving and I know if you don’t enjoy what you are doing you …
What is Mindfulness?
One of the things I try to incorporate into my Pilates practice is Mindfulness. I think it goes well with the Pilates principles of Concentration, Control, Precision, Flow, Center, and Breath. What is mindfulness? How do I achieve it? What …
FITNESS GOAL – No Shrinking!
One of my clients said to me,” I decided I have a new goal: I want to maintain my height as I age!” I LOVE that! What a great goal! Did you know that Research from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study …
Implement the Pilates Principle of “Precision” in your daily Pilates Practice!
Let’s focus on the idea of “Precision” in your movement practice. For me, precision is simply fine tuning. Precision is the challenge of continuing to practice a movement so that each time I do it, it gets a little better and …
Should I be in a more advanced Pilates class?
Have you seen pictures on social media of people doing Pilates exercises that you’ve never done in your classes? Maybe it even stopped you from trying Pilates. Joseph Pilates developed his exercise method so that all of the exercises can be …
