Own your workouts, squeeze all the juice out of each exercise, and walk out empowered to move through life. At Pure Movement, we’re excited to kick off our first-ever fitness challenge! Our first challenge focuses on how the mindful movement method of Pilates can empower you both in and outside of the studio. What does feeling empowered mean to us? It means gaining the independence to move and having confidence in your Pilates practice so that you can control of…
When it comes to building a healthy body, there are benefits to intense sweaty workouts as well as rest, relaxation, and recovery sessions. But where does “release” fit into the balance and what does it mean? At Pure Movement, release work means using a soft prop to gently manipulate and relax the fascial connective tissue to improve blood and lymphatic circulation, whole body alignment, and relieve pain. So what is “release work”? Release work is the gentle manipulation of the…
Pilates, with it’s amazing benefits can be a tool through what is an incredibly new, life-altering and nerve-wracking experience for you; pregnancy! Your body during pregnancy, both physically, mentally, hormonally goes through an immense amount of changes. And for some of our students, a benefit of Pilates during pregnancy is just to maintain some level of normalcy. Below we offer some things to think of as you’re moving through pregnancy and still wanting to maintain your Pilates practice. Starting a…
We’ve got an exciting line of of new pop-up classes for you to try this January through May! From introducing some less-commonly used Pilates equipment to playing around with entire new theories on movement and how to incorporate Pilates day-to-day! We are so excited to share more of the Pilates world with you. What are our new pop-up classes? This year our new pop-up classes will be different levels depending on the class. Please observe closely to the level and precautions listed. Remember the…
When you learn to move better, your life transforms on every level; physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual. Advanced level Pilates classes move beyond teaching you to recognize and understand how you move to applying Pilates principles in different environments. The Advanced Pilates level trains whole body movement at a global level. Level 4 Advanced Classes Training to move better means training to move the whole body better! Advanced level classes build upon functional movement patterns to advance motor learning skills…
How Pilates training works and what to expect in an intermediate-level Pilates class. You’ve been taking Pilates for a little while, maybe you’ve started to feel a little stale in your practice. So you’re ready for a new challenge. We designed our classes to have Levels; 1, 2, 3, and 4, and each Level progresses from assessing and developing your baseline to creating real change through challenging movement. At Pure Movement, intermediate-level Pilates classes are all about expanding your range…