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Pilates Pro Teaching: Tips on Feet

    The average person takes 8,000 to 10,000 steps a day. That's about 115,000 miles over a ...

Home Exercise: Spine Twist

Sue Brantley and Leslie Braverman show the exercise Spine Twist—a highly beneficial exercise for daily living activities (reaching ...

Home Exercise: Side Bend

Leslie Braverman and Briley Jozwiak demonstrate the intermediate exercise Side Bend. This is a wonderful, full-body exercise for ...

Home Exercise: Leg Pull Front Prep

Holly Shaw and Leslie Braverman of Pacific Northwest Pilates show Leg Pull Front Prep—a great, basic exercise for ...

Home Exercise: Ab Prep

Ab Prep is an essential exercise that requires sequential movement of the thoracic while stabilizing the lumbar spine ...

Move Well: Mindfulness

  People of all ages and backgrounds can be affected by anxiety, stress and depression. In fact, the ...

Heal Well: Ankle Sprains

    Ankle sprains are often overlooked as minor injuries and are frequently left unreported when we first ...

Home Tip: Glute Progressions

Is it difficult for you to find your gluteals? Try this great progression:   1. Heel squeeze prone ...

Home Tip: Four reasons for the Flex-Band®

Like salt in soup, the flexband is essential to any studio or home-based Pilates routine. It's light, easy ...

Raise the Barre

Instructors who know and love STOTT PILATES® will find Total Barre® to be a refreshing way to integrate ...

Pilates for Life | Running

The month of March in Portland—whether sunny or soaked—heralds clouds of pink-blossomed trees, flowering bulbs and budding runners. ...

Spot the Difference | Hip Rolls

Hip Rolls on the Pilates Reformer is a favorite for promoting fluid, articulated movement of the spine, opening ...

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