Snow usually changes everything for most of us.  A light early morning dusting can wreak havoc on any driving commute, for sure.  But it simply made my morning all the more active, creative and intensive for a Mat and Wunda chair flexibility workout.

Barnett Newman, “Vir Heroicus Sublimis”

The day ended after a trip to MOMA, where unbeknownst to me at the time, the start of my morning would continually re-appear – in the form of red, abstract beauty – over and over and again.

But it started with the simplicity of snowfall at 7:00am and peering out thru my window, I had every intent of hitting the mat to stretch and lengthen.  This was the first week of February and  quoting  McFadden & Whitehead, Ain’t No Stopping Us Now,” on the trek to living everyday with a piece of Pilates involved.

Advanced mat coupled with advanced Wunda Chair will leave anybody in a hot sweaty mess oblivious to the elements and only cooled by the thought of walking in snow.

That is exactly what happened.  Taking a page from Tiziana Trovati’s Mat & Wunda workout on Pilatesology, I added a few extra variations and moves she didn’t use, e.g., semi-circle, pushup #3, going up front, and in my own time and pace, worked the hell out of it while capturing just a few minutes to document the morning.

Hot, sweaty mess was finished and ready for coffee and eggs by 8:45am and a morning client at 10:30am.

 

Check out the images of my MOMA visit.  Picasso, Hammons, Pollack, Rothko, Monet, Basquiat. Abstract and delightful, IMO.

 

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