Home Tip: Glute Progressions
Is it difficult for you to find your gluteals? Try this great progression: 1. Heel squeeze prone with a fitness circle helps to open the front of the hips … Read more
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 to pack on a trip, versatile and effective for regressing or progressing … Read more
Raise the Barre
Instructors who know and love STOTT PILATES® will find Total Barre® to be a refreshing way to integrate functional, dynamic movement in every plane—at varied speeds and rhythms. Ready to … Read more
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. Portlanders ready to meet their annual fitness resolutions have ample footraces and … Read more
Spot the Difference | Hip Rolls
Hip Rolls on the Pilates Reformer is a favorite for promoting fluid, articulated movement of the spine, opening up the front of the hips and targeting the hip extensors. … Read more
What Melanie Loves: Spinal Rotation
Love it BUT don’t leave it. Spinal rotation in all its forms is one of Melanie’s most useful movement tools to restoring client movement. In a side-lying position on a … Read more
Spot the Difference | Spine Twist Sitting
Spine Twist Sitting is an essential STOTT PILATES exercise. It teaches a client how to rotate well through the thoracic and cervical spine. Spinal rotation is a necessity of daily … Read more
Spot the Difference | Standing Thigh Stretch
Standing Thigh Stretch is a modification frequently used for clients to reduce pressure on the knees. This starting position—with the front foot on the floor instead of on the bar—does … Read more