Maintaining bone health is a lifelong challenge; it’s never too early to start. In fact, bone strength can begin to decline as early as age 40, slipping at an average rate of 1% per year without proper maintenance1. A well-rounded strength-training workout, like Pilates, targets all major muscle groups and benefits virtually all your bones. It’s especially valuable for the hips, spine, and wrists—areas most prone to fractures. These exercises help build bone strength and promote better balance. If you’d…
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What does the “re” in our Reformer, Restore, Restorative, and Rebalance classes mean? These are active recovery Pilates classes to rehydrate the fascia to support the biotensegrity required to keep us all simultaneously stable and mobile. These Pilates classes help address a complex principle and vastly overlooked system in our body: biotensegrity and that of the fascial connective tissues. Biomechanical Tensegrity What is it? How the parts of your body are connected through a tension-compression network supporting the disconnected structure…
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Training for better balance is essential no matter what age you are. Whether young or old, good body balance reflects good balanced muscle development. It reduces the risk of injury, improves athletic performance, and maintains better functional movement for a lifetime. Balance is everything. Luckily, you can start from anywhere, improving your balance one step at a time. The following are some Pilates-influenced step-by-step exercises to build better balance. Why exercise builds balance. Balance and exercise go hand in hand…
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Functional movements are any movement the body does as part of daily activities. They’re how we function in life. Exercising and working out mimics real-life activities such as picking something up, squatting down to get on the ground or sitting in a chair, climbing steps, and much more. Although the Pilates method may not look relatable to your day-to-day movements, it is functional movement that matters! Plus, the Pilates method layers in neuro-programming as a mindful movement, breathing to strengthen…
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We have an exciting line of pop-up classes for you to try in Spring 2024! Back by popular demand, our Posture Series! This series looks a Pilates to build better body awareness and knowledge about common misalignments and dysfunctional movement patterns in order to improve overall posture. We are so excited to share this knowledge and expertise with you! What to expect with our Posture series? So Pilates improves your posture. But how? And why? You’ll dig deeper into Pilates’s style…
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A New Year can be a great time to reflect and analyze what goals a person wants to achieve moving forward. And a lot of us set health-related goals! Like running a marathon. Lose the holiday weight. Finally schedule the hip replacement surgery and get moving again pain-free! However, research indicates that 80 percent of New Year resolutions fail or are abandoned by February. Embarking on a journey to achieve our goals can often feel like scaling an impossible mountain…
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