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Pilates for beginners: Explore the core – Mayo Clinic

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Pilates may sound intimidating, but it\’s an accessible way to build strength in your core muscles for better posture, balance and flexibility. Pilates isn\’t just for fitness fanatics. It\’s actually an accessible way to build strength in your core muscles for better posture, balance and flexibility. If you\’re considering a Pilates class for beginners, here\’s …

Pilates Stretches for Back, Neck, Shoulder and Hip Pain

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Why should we stretch regularly? Pilates Stretches for Back and Hip Pain – In our current age of technology, people sit in front of their computers for most part of the day. Too much sitting causes the hamstrings, shoulders, and hip flexors to become too tight and the core – your abdominals, back, and glutes …

7 Pilates Exercises for Lower Back Pain to Help Relieve Tension

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Low back pain is extremely common. Pilates is a good way to relieve pain and tension. Try these 7 Pilates exercises for lower back pain. It’s thought 4 out of 5 of us experience lower back pain at some point in our lives. In fact, such a large number of people need lower back pain …

Honestly, Why Do Many Pilates Trainers I See on Video Seem to Be Unfit?

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That is the exact question I was asked to provide an answer to by Quora – the world’s bank of questions and answers. The irony here is that Quora distributes the questions automatically, judging on authors’ credentials only. So, on one hand, it sincerely is “waiting” for my answer, since I am a Pilates instructor, and, …

Who was Joseph Pilates?

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We know Pilates is a system of exercises using special apparatus, designed to improve physical strength, flexibility, posture, and enhance mental awareness. We know we can do Pilates on Mat or using the classic apparatus. We know that after each session we feel great. But how much do we know about the man who developed …

Surviving & Thriving: Breast Cancer & Pilates – Balanced Body Blog

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I was 46 when I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Older than some, but younger than many. The day I found my lump, I had just come back from a run and felt the fittest I had in a long time. My diagnosis hit me hard and I was catapulted into a frightening new world …

Pilates Instructor

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At Breathe you’ll experience Australia’s most innovative and recognised Pilates instructor training. Breathe graduates are in high demand from employers in Pilates studios, allied health clinics and fitness settings. Our courses are challenging and rewarding; you’ll graduate as a highly skilled professional. Here are some of the reasons you’ll be glad you studied with Breathe. Learn …

Inside the Pilates Studio: Jay Grimes

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Jay Grimes has been my go-to Pilates education crush for over a decade now. Succinct, no-nonsense and funny (always a plus), a workshop or class with Jay is replete with a Pilates gem or two (or eight). I was a green instructor when I first met Jay – at that point I knew who Romana was, but …

All for One and One for All – Pilates Style – Live Life to the Core

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by Kathryn Ross-Nash Many years ago, a wonderful student entered my studio. Today, Stacy Geant Hughes, the owner of the NJ-based Core Value Pilates, is one of my favorite teacher-students to train—minus the eye rolls, LOL. When I got to know Stacy a little better, she confessed that she was hesitant to start working with …

Inside the Pilates Studio: Jay Grimes | Pilatesology

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No, My Black Girl Pilates Group Isn\’t Racist—It\’s an Essential Way to Feel Represented in the Community

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I was first introduced to pilates in 2006. I took a class with Cynthia Shipely, an experienced pilates instructor and a black woman. I fell in love instantly—even after just one class, my body felt so much stronger and better aligned. I started attending Shipely\’s class regularly, and soon she strongly encouraged me to consider …

Benefits of Pilates: Strength and Stability – Next Avenue

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Tiza Riley’s client has spinal stenosis, severe osteoporosis and a rotator cuff injury that was never repaired. Still, at 82, her client has never felt better. She does Pilates (pronounced pih-LA-tays), the increasingly popular exercise system for women and men. “I’ve been working with her for 10 years,” says Riley, a master trainer at CORE …

The German gymnastics movement behind Pilates?

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Is this woman doing the Pilates Thigh Stretch? The Turnverein Movement and Pilates While studying at USC in Los Angeles, Ca, I was working on a term paper focused on the history of physical culture of Los Angeles. Californians have long had a love affair with the outdoors and physical culture and starting in the …

The German gymnastics movement behind Pilates? | Pilatesology

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