What I love about Pilates
is that it meets me where I am and leaves me better off. If I start out stressed, pretty soon it has
helped me find my breath and I am calmer.
Stiffness gets gently worked out.
Tuning into the movements calms my hamster head. And then there are those exercises that kick
my butt.
In my own practice of Pilates,
I try to work through all the exercises in my repertoire in a fairly orderly
fashion. When I come back to an “easy”
exercise I haven’t done in a while, I often find that my perspective on it has
changed, that I have a deeper understanding of what it does and how I need to
approach it. When I come to the
exercises that really challenge me, I can gauge the limits of my body and my attitude
as I work.
No matter what, I leave the
studio a little taller, a little looser, a little calmer. It feels a little like magic.
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