Stretched and stepped out a bit broadly on Week 2 of #YR58Pilates. It was the true start of my own “program” week with a focused part of the Pilates repertoire to be used each day of the week in my own personal work.  It keeps it interesting for me, filled with variety and for regular clients keeps us moving around the studio through various workouts on all the apparatus regularly.

There is so much richness and variability in the method, so programming the work to take each part a little deeper in my practice was the goal.  When advmat#PilatesIsYourGym you must #GetYourselfMoving everyday!  Get it?  GYM! Get Yourself Moving 😉

MatWork Monday  I was face to face with an eager crew of Beginner students that had been regular students long enough to appreciate an instantaneous Class Change from the posted Beginner Mat class to an Intermediate Class.  Yes, there were a few more moans and groans but the group was ready, willing and able and we went for it.  I officially changed the posted class subsequently to the delight of the participants.   No funny stuff.  No tricks needed.  Just good straight-forward work.  They nailed it!  So did I with my morning mat session.

Tower Tuesday  Worked with a spine and the heated SmartSpine with great success with a client in the morning. I used the heated SmartSpine as a pre-Pilates warmup.  It slowed down the client; helped to facilitate relaxing his spine to help build the connections in balance.  Progressed him through The Hundred and the Rollup and the Series of Five on the SmartSpine and then moved him to the Reformer.  Great session hour!

I used the SmartSpine for myself as well and then did a restorative Tower workout.

Wunda Wednesday Found a few new moves with Kathy Corey’s Wunda Chair progression and actually got stuck on a few of them leading me to look for enlightenment with Brett on Thursday.  But digging the twists and turns.

Teacher Thursday  I rose really early and jumped on the stationary bicycle for a good 45 minutes before coffee.  Knowing I would work with Brett in my own Private Session later in the day.  We had our typical, “leave-me-sweaty-advanced-session” work; this week on the Reformer.  God I hate Grasshopper and Rocking in the 2nd Long Box!  He refuses to let me get away with not doing it.  Its why I love my time with him so much.

Flexibility Friday Honestly, I skipped the stretching and flexibility session, as I was so loose from the session with Brett the day before; but the intention was there and used with the morning client sessions.

There were private session breakthroughs with several students.  When this happens its as much a breakthrough for me as it is the student involved.  Each of us finds a new connection.  For me, it may be a word, a phrase, a cue that suddenly lights in them a spark to make a deeper connection through a movement.  I watched and worked as it happened with a least four people this week.  That’s the joy of teaching this work.

For the student, that word, phrase, touch and spark shows in their movement and always billows over with the wonder of having done something they previously thought or believed impossible.

Week 2 done!  Eyes open. Scooped in and up!

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