Four best ways to warm up before a Pilates session
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Pilates has been a recognised exercise programme since the 1920s. It provides total body conditioning that focuses on the alignment of the pelvis and spine. Using focused and meaningful breathing techniques, it allows the participant to improve posture

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Fitness expert, author, historian and Pilates instructor Stacey Redfield is pushing Pilates into the Pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Redfield, who has worked with scores of women who have undergone breast cancer surgery, is raising awareness for the need of individualized recovery programs to assist with the recovery of mind and body to include muscles, strength and alignment …

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Pilates for Pink scheduled at Thomson Y
McDuffie Mirror
The Pilates reformer is an apparatus focusing on the alignment and range of motion within the muscles using the core for stability. All levels are welcome. Instructors for the class are Tyler Knox and Corie Johnson. There are six sessions currently

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Reader Question: Pilates Too Regimented for My Back
About.com Back and Neck Pain Site (blog)
It's true, Pilates instruction can seem inflexible at times. This may be due to imbalances in your alignment, particularly your pelvic position when you do

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Champion Terrier, Sadie, Vies to Enter Pageant Finals
Bloomberg
She pranced around Ring One on the floor of Madison Square Garden with the alignment of a Pilates teacher. The crowd on the perimeter was six-deep.

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