Pilates
24 gifts – day 16: How to improve neck mobility
How to improve neck & head mobility What to do when your head just feels stuck on top of your neck? Do you also sometimes find that your head feels as if there is no movement at all between the occiput, C1 and C2? Just watch today’s video and you will see how stuck my… Fortsæt med at læse 24 gifts – day 16: How to improve neck mobility
Read More24 gifts – day 15: How to prepare for 4-point-kneeling exercises
How to prepare your hands for 4-point-kneeling When I think back to my early pilates days, I could barely be in 4-point-kneeling for a few repetitions. Needless to say, I wasn’t very fond of that position – to put it mildly. I see something similar happen with clients. How do your clients feel about 4-point-kneeling?… Fortsæt med at læse 24 gifts – day 15: How to prepare for 4-point-kneeling exercises
Read More24 gifts – day 12: Wake up your feet with a foot quicky
Wake up your feet Do you like exercises for the feet? I do for sure. Maybe it is because I had such problems with my feet. I usually bring quite a lot of exercises for the feet into my classes. Today’s exercise for example. Any exercise for the foot is good time spent, in my… Fortsæt med at læse 24 gifts – day 12: Wake up your feet with a foot quicky
Read More24 gifts – day 11: Release tension around the scapula
Release tension around your scapula – 1 arm at a time Free movement of the scapula is crucial for good shoulder and arm movement. However, if we could ask the scapula how it was moving today, it might say: “Stiffly” or “Movement? What is that?”. Also if you ask clients what they would like to… Fortsæt med at læse 24 gifts – day 11: Release tension around the scapula
Read More24 gifts – day 10: Is this the best neck release exercise ever?
Is this one of the best neck release exercises ever? Sometimes the simple exercises are the best, I think. A few weeks ago, I taught some of the modules on Body Control Pilates Teacher Training where we cover a large array of exercises which give you a strong foundation to teach from. Two of… Fortsæt med at læse 24 gifts – day 10: Is this the best neck release exercise ever?
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