Pilates gets your brain working on the journey to stronger muscles

Friday, November 25th, 2011 at 10:15 pm

Pilates isn’t something you can do while thinking about your grocery list or current challenge at work. Pilates engages your mind as well as your muscles. You visualize the closing and lowering of ribs to get to those abs. You imagine drawing the navel in as you’re contracting the abs and exhaling. You follow the instructor’s lead to stretch and strengthen and lengthen your body — without …