BREATHING IN PILATES

Hip clicking in Pilates Leg Circles? . . .

. . .  Could it be from a tight pelvic floor? Or from a “stuck” foot arch? Or both? Whatever the source, we know the pesky sound of hip clicking in Leg Circles (or other Pilates exercises) means the femoral head is poorly positioned in the hip...

Is teaching Pilates . . . 

. . .  doing you harm? . . . What we teach + cue, we simultaneously do. Cueing the “scoop” with my clients for the last 25 years had ME scooping all day long unknowingly, inadvertently.  This really messed me up.  If only I knew then that ....

What’s the quickest way to reset your nervous system?

. . . Breathe The vagus nerve is the longest nerve in the body. As part of the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS), it’s responsible for our “rest + digest” functions and directly influences and is influenced by our internal organs.  The sympathetic nervous system (SNS), on the...