Awareness is really at the heart of what makes Pilates different from so many other types of exercise. Developing awareness of how you move, where a movement initiates from, and the range of motion that you can control are key to an effective Pilates practice. When we focus on developing awareness in our bodies, we not only create a better understanding of our bodies but we improve our ability to move safely and effectively in all aspects of our life. It allows us to take responsibility for our own movement, making our Pilates practice and any other physical activity we participate in more transformative, as we begin to recognize movement patterns that serve us well and those movement patterns that don’t. If we take the awarenesses that we experience in a Pilates session or class and translate them in to our daily activities, we can effect change even more quickly within our bodies. For instance, when we experience what it feels like in our shoulder girdle to pull the Towel taut from underneath our scapula instead of from our upper trapezius muscles, we can take that awareness with us in to our cars and develop the awareness of not driving with the top of our neck and shoulders tensed up and instead releasing that tension by holding our arms from underneath the shoulder blades. Awareness puts you in the driver’s seat of learning to manage your own body for better health and joy in movement!
Deb’s Pilates Principle: Centering
Now, more than ever, it’s important to be and stay centered. Centering is at the "core" of what we do, literally! For...
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