Updates, advice, and ideas on how to improve your lifestyle, reduce stress, and stay positive by Maria - Your Mind & Body Expert
… Overall better life quality. Body awareness, better posture, strength and mobility by themselves will drastically improve your life quality already. But pilates has many more benefits that are noteworthy. Better digestion, relaxation, better balance,...
I incorporate some sort of movement or physical activity into my daily routine. I never want my body to get used to not being pushed in some manner physically. Next, before any practice or games I always make sure I warm up. For warm-ups I normally do dynamic...
Pilates makes you stronger! I can pick up 40lb boxes without asking for help. This is something I used to regularly avoid, but now I just lift heavy things without hesitating.
Pilates was invented around 100 years ago, and it is becoming an increasingly...
Accept yourself. Remember to take the class at your own pace and make modifications to poses to best suit you where you are today.
Pilates was invented around 100 years ago, and it is becoming an increasingly popular form of exercise. What exactly is...
Less pain and improved sleep. Moving regularly is good for the overall function of the body and is agreed to do things like help reduce inflammation and better regulate hormones etc. Regular exercise also plays a major role in improving people’s sleep...
Breath. Moving with breath is essential. Breathing with a natural rhythm during the day is essential. If we can practice breathing while moving in the studio and we can improve our first goal of body awareness we can begin to influence our daily patterns and...
Pilates can support you in learning to breath more deeply. I find that so many clients come to Pilates saying they don’t know how to breath correctly during exercise. I’ve learned not to over cue clients or make them wrong for not breathing a certain...
Quality Pilates classes will use body positive language and help to increase self-confidence. Through focusing on the things your body can DO you are un-learning negative body-image programming from society and sometimes family life. More confidence translates to...
Quality of life — Pilates helps people feel better in their bodies and minds, it decreases depression, decreases anxiety, reduced pain, and improves mood. I’ve seen studies that show this, and have heard this time and again from my students. Not only...
Pilates helps you look & feel younger. I cannot tell you how many jaw-dropping “No, you’re not!” reactions I have given to clients of mine who have been practicing Pilates for years and shock me with being much older than I thought they were. Pilates can be done at any...