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17/11/2025

Alignment isn’t just about form , it’s about presence.
In Pilates, every line of the body, every inhale, every intentional shift of focus works together to create strength from the inside out. ✨

When we move with awareness, the body supports us.
When we breathe with purpose, the mind follows.
When we concentrate fully, the practice becomes transformational.

Slow down, align, breathe, and feel the difference.
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21/10/2025

✨ It’s not about crunches, it’s about connection. ✨

In Pilates, we go beyond the surface. We’re not just chasing six-packs, we’re training the deep core: the stabilizers that support your spine, improve your posture, and power every movement with intention.

09/10/2025

The Leg Pull front on the Reformer is all about activating your posterior chain: glutes, hamstrings, and back, while challenging your core and upper body shoulder stability.

This movement demands focus and balance, making it a powerful full-body integration exercise. It’s not just about the lifted leg rather than it’s about the entire body working together in alignment.

✨ Pro tip: Keep your hips level and shoulders stacked over wrists to stay grounded in control.

04/10/2025

✨ Extension is essential.

Back extension exercises aren’t just about spinal mobility, they’re about building strength in the posterior chain, resilience, and promoting posture correction and balance in the body.

Activating the posterior chain (think glutes, hamstrings, and spinal extensors) helps counteract the effects of long hours spent sitting and improves posture, performance, and overall core stability.

In sessions like these, we’re not just working out, we’re working intelligently, restoring what your body craves.

02/10/2025

Mastering the squat is mastering one of the many essential movements in the body.

It’s how we sit, stand, lift, and move through life.

In a squatt you want to focus on engaging and feeling these main muscles:

✔️Quadriceps
✔️Gluteus maximus
✔️Hamstrings
✔️Adductors (Especially adductor magnus)
✔️calves
✔️Core muscles

Using props like this ball helps refine alignment, dynamically challenge the stability of your ankle and bring awareness to how your body truly moves.

Start low, move slow, and build the kind of strength that supports everything you do.

26/09/2025

In Pilates, it’s often the smallest movements that hold the greatest impact.

Exercises like leg floats, bridges, the pelvic bowl may look simple, even easy, but they are foundational to developing true control, stability, and body awareness.

1️⃣ Pelvic bowl teaches you to use the deep abdominal, PFM and lumbar muscles to move the pelvis instead of tightening the glutes. These muscles are detrimental to stabilizing the spine.

2️⃣ Spinal bridge helps you develop awareness of the abdominal muscles in relation to the mobility in the lumbar spine and pelvis.

3️⃣ Ribcage arm facilitates the scapulo-humeral rhythm. It stretches the lats and strenghten the lower trapezius.

4️⃣ Leg float emphasizes on releasing the superficial hip flexor and activate the iliopsoas while maintaining a neutral spine. It also help fosters the deep transversus abdominals.

5️⃣ Prone hip extension helps to offload the gluteus muscles and stabilize the pelvis instead hip extension while activating the abdominals.

6️⃣ Flight works on isolating the spinal extensors while maintaining stable lumbar spine and pelvis.

These are not “beginner moves”, these are essential skills for everyone.

Slow down. Tune in. Revisit the roots.

17/09/2025

Tight hips, don’t lie, they just need a little love.

This gentle stretch is one of my go-tos for releasing tension in the hips and lower back, especially if you’ve been sitting all day or feeling stiff.

Remember: stretching isn’t about being bendy, it’s about feeling better in your body.

Take a moment, breathe deep, and let those muscles melt. 💙

Your body always notices the care you give it.

11/09/2025

“Slow is strong.”
In Pilates, every movement is an invitation to connect deeper with your breath, with your body, and your intention.
Control takes precedence over speed. Precision does the same over momentum. Strength is built in the stillness.

04/09/2025

« You are only as young as your spine is flexible.” Joseph Pilates

Spinal articulation is a foundational element of Pilates. A supple spine supports efficient movement, injury prevention, and longevity in both your practice and daily life.

Each segment of your spine is designed to move, support, and flow, and when we nurture that mobility, we unlock strength, grace, and longevity.

Training segmental control of the spine:

* Improves mobility between vertebrae
* Builds core stability and control
* Promotes healthy posture and alignment
* Reduces stiffness and compensatory movement patterns

03/09/2025

🌀 Pilates Breath & Core Engagement

What looks still here is actually full of intention.

In Pilates, we don’t just “do the moves.” We breathe with the movement. We activate the deep core. We create connection — between mind, body, and breath.

💨 Lateral breathing expands the ribs wide, not just into the belly. It creates space and allows you to take a full oxygenating breath in.

🧠 Core engagement isn’t about sucking in — it’s a lift, a hug, a quiet strength that supports everything else.
✨ And yes — that includes the pelvic floor. It’s an essential part of our core system, working in harmony with the breath and abdominals to create true stability from within.

This mindful connection builds a core that’s not just strong — but intelligent.

This moment captures that quiet activation — the space between inhale and exhale, where true control lives.

✨ Try it: Place your hands on your ribs, breathe wide into them, and gently lift through the pelvic floor as you exhale, drawing the belly in. Feel the difference?
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🔖 Save this for your next practice

02/09/2025

⭐️ Adding intensity with intention ⭐️
In Pilates, breath and alignment are your foundation—but props like the soft ball can take your practice to the next level. 💥

Here, the ball isn’t for support—it’s for challenge. By squeezing it between the ankles, we’re firing up the inner thighs and deep core muscles, demanding even more control, focus, and breath connection.

🌀 Inhale to lengthen.
🌀 Exhale to stabilize and move with precision.
🌀 Stay aligned, stay intentional, and let the breath guide the effort.

Small prop. Big impact.

04/07/2025

💫 Let’s talk about another Pilates principle: Flow:

The art of moving with grace and control. In Pilates, every movement connects smoothly to the next, creating a rhythm that strengthens body and mind.

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