As I have gone through the basics with my practice clients last week, I have decided to increase the intensity for this session. I added Double Leg Stretch, Double Leg Lift and Criss Cross to the rest of the Stomach series. The class got less time to rest too, which made it even more challenging
Read more →As mentioned in my previous post, it was a nightmare when I was faced with different types of bodies, different levels of skills, and varying degrees of body awareness, ALL AT ONE TIME. Also, I had difficulties in introducing breathing to my students. To ensure these problems will not surface in my next class, I
Read more →A new milestone in life – my first Pilates class! Choreographing the layout of class is just as difficult as I thought. To compensate for my poor memory, I had to practice repeatedly to ensure my body remembers the order of pieces. It was nerve-wrecking at the start of the class as it has been
Read more →One of my favourite Pilates equipment to work with is the Spine Corrector, also known as the small barrel. Unlike the more well-known Pilates Reformer which looks like a single rectangular bed: The Spine Corrector is rounded and curved. This unique shape provides many opportunities for me to explore the natural curves of my spine with
Read more →Quite often we get asked, “What is a Spine Corrector ?” Pilates Matwork is more known than the Spine Corrector and because of that, we offer Spine Corrector group classes at our sister studio Pilates BodyTree, for clients to experience this unique Pilates equipment. The Spine Corrector is an equipment originally designed by Joseph Pilates –
Read more →Finally, the long-awaited Pilates Matwork teacher training program was here! Despite knowing that my precious weekend would be burnt, it is still pretty exciting to have a deeper understanding of the exercises I have been practising for the past 6 months. I guess what’s scary for me is the “theory” part of the teacher training
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