Issue #365 Wednesday, April 13, 2022 An Embodied Approach to Pilates by Allie Greene Allie, what is an embodied approach to movement? An embodied approach is from the “first person” perspective. This is our personal sensations, feelings, thoughts and how we experience the world – what it is like to be […]
Sensing, Feeling…and Pilates. Somatics..What’s That? – by Patricia Issit
Issue #337 Wednesday June 2, 2021 Sensing, Feeling…and Pilates. Somatics..What’s That? by Patricia Issit Somatics is a “broad brush” term describing many approaches to embodied movement practices. Put briefly, a somatic approach develops perceptual, kinesthetic and proprioceptive sensitivity with the purpose of developing awareness of soma, the felt body self. […]
“Embodied” Pilates by Allie Greene
Wednesday, March 4, 2020 “Embodied” Pilates by Allie Greene Embodiment is being internally aware as a body rather than an outside observation of the body. It is a subjectively felt sense of ourselves. It is the “being” rather than the “doing”. It is within the process of embodiment where we can […]
Simulating Symmetry with A Roller on the Pilates Reformer Exercises – by Stephanie Herman
Feb 19, 2020 Simulating Symmetry with A Roller on the Pilates Reformer Exercises by Stephanie Herman Asymmetry in our bodies can have a variety of causes. It can be caused by compensation patterns, leg length discrepancy, scoliosis, accidents, cartilage deterioration, or many other reasons. Whatever the reason, there are methods […]