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Pilates Principles - ✔✔Balanced Muscle Development
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Breathing
Centering
Concentration
Control
Precision
Relaxation
Rhythm/Flow
Whole Body Movement (Acivation)
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Pilates Movement Principals (+Pre-Pilates Exercises for each) - ✔✔Abdominal Strengthening:
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|| *Ab Curl, Oblique Abdominals
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Breathing: ||
|| *Diaphragmatic, Lateral, One Lung, || || || ||
|| * Sniffing Breath
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Lower Core Activation:
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|| *Fingertip Abdominals, All Fours Abs,
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|| * Pelvic Floor Engagement,
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|| * Standing Multifidi Engagement
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Lumbopelvic Stability: ||
|| *Marching, Toe Taps || ||
,|| *Opposite Arm/Leg Reach || ||
Neutral Spine: || ||
|| *Use the Bones! Clock
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Strengthening/Mobilizing the Spine: || || ||
|| * Cat/cow, Hip/Shoulder Circles,
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|| * Hip Circles, Tail Wag,
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|| * Round/Flat Back Bridging,
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|| * Bridge Marching, Typewriter/HipDips/8's
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|| * Prone Arm Reaches, Mini Swan
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Shoulder Stability and Mobility: || || || ||
|| * Telescope Arms, Pinwheels, Angela Snow
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|| * Sternum Drop
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Correcting Alignment: Too intricate to list. || || || || ||
Release Work: || ||
|| * Skull Clock, Pelvic Clock, Knee Stirs/Folds
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Stretching
|| * Down Dog, Cat/Cow, Child's pose,
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|| * Kneeling Hip Flexor Stretch, Butterfly
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|| * Half Straddle, Full Stradle, Knees to chest,
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|| * Torso Twist, Figure 4, Hamstring,
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|| * Small Ball Hip Flexor
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, Pilates Movement Principals and 1 REFORMER exercise to teach that principle: -
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✔✔Abdominal Strengthening: short Box Abdominals || || || ||
Breathing: Footwork ||
Lower Core Activation: Kneeling Abdominals
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Lumbopelvic Stability: Bridging and Pelvic Lift || || || || ||
Neutral Spine: Feet in Straps
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Strengthening and Mobilizing the Spine: Shirt Spine || || || || || ||
Shoulder Stability and Mobility: Long Stretch
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Correcting Alignment: Semi Circle || || ||
Release Work: || ||
|| Feet in Straps - side Splits
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|| Elephant (reaching there!) || ||
Stretching: Front Splits || ||
Pilates Movement Principals and 1 CHAIR exercise to teach that principle: - ✔✔Abdominal
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Strengthening: Teaser on Floor || || || ||
Breathing: all of them || || ||
Lower Core Activation: Hamstring 3
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Lumbopelvic Stability: Standing Leg Pumps || || || ||
Neutral Spine: Hamstring Stretch 1
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Strengthening and Mobilizing the Spine: Swan || || || || ||
Shoulder Stability and Mobility: Hamstring 3
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Correcting Alignment: Mermaid || ||
Release Work: : || || ||
Stretching: Achillies Tendon Stretch || || ||