Pilates Theme: February, 2009

I want to focus on two qualities in the mat work, intensity and relaxation. To do this, it is very simple, when cueing the execution of the mat exercises I do so with rhythm to keep the movement flowing and attention to detail to get my students to engage maximum strength to create intensity and then in between the exercises I cue to focus on relaxation, by letting go of tension, reconnecting to the breath and melting into gravity. I do this through out the whole class to create a feeling of ‘giving it’ and then ‘letting it go’ or intensity and relaxation. This works really well. The class flows and the result is a great workout that is also very calming