Category: Learning Corner

In footwork we start with the feet but move our focus to the legs which moves the carriage pushing against and resisting the spring tension.

Calais-Germain’s “No-Risk Pilates”, explains that as instructors, we often see the yo-yoing of the pelvis between imprinting and over-extending or arching your spine when moving the carriage in footwork. This repeated rocking of the pelvis, can cause a strong compression of the intervertebral disks of our lower spine and sacrum at the L5/SI joint.

Footwork strengthens…

“In 10 sessions you will feel the difference,
in 20 you will see the difference and
in 30 you will have a whole new body.”
– Joseph Pilates

It seems every year is the opportunity to invite change into your life. It is often when we start new activities, or regimes that one feels a sense of revitalization and hope for meeting ones goals.

Joseph’s quote above is actually quite reserved in my opinion…the work is progressive and yet I often feel great after…