Charleston

How do we get our legs flowing in the air? Where is the source of movement in the Roll Over? Let’s learn to understand the source of the Pilates Roll Over perceptively. With partner support we move fluidly from the Hundred Exercise into the Roll Over. Watch, try and feel it …

And? How do you breathe? Are you conscious of your breathing? Are you integrating your breathing? With the breath-a-sizer we train a conscious and complete exhalation and a reflexive and calm inhalation while performing the exercises. Ready to sense what a source of energy your breathing can be? …

How does the fight-flight reflex disturb us in performing the Swan Dive exercise? What happens when our self will once again turns off our common sense? What actually is the Swan Dive good for? Back integrity? The well-being of our back? …

Do you know that comforting feeling when our chest feels as smooth and soft as melted butter? Not yet? No idea! … Why not experience it today? Today I’ll show you an animal breathing method that achieves exactly that: a relesed and soft chest. All we have to do is breathe like dogs …

What does the Pilates Hundred exercise on the Reformer do for us? How is the Reformer Hundred related to the Floor Hundred? Which Hundred refines our body perception? Which has more therapeutic effect? Which is more suitable for which purpose? Let’s deep insight …

For a better stance! The ‘Anti-gravity Foot Exploration’ will change your perception. What you will become aware of? How your feet hang out of your pelvis. Your legs will feel lighter and longer. Your feet will ground better on the floor. What you need? 5 minutes of your precious time for yourself and your feet. Your whole body and mind will thank you …

One of my favourite quotes is from the teacher and spiritual disciple Ram Dass. It states: “We all take each other home.” But actually does home mean? What do we mean when we say „There is no place like home!“? What is H.O.M.E. to you? Effortlessness, security …

“For the unknown and strange to be realised, you have to have a mega reservoir of hope, resilience and steadfastness.” I believe this is true. In Austria, around 1990, nobody had heard of Pilates. Funnily enough, every time I mentioned Pilates people thought I was talking about Pontius Pilatus, the Roman dictator. It was a long way and the Austrian TV station, ORF, filmed the beginning …

My son, César Sampson, sent me a video of himself doing the Pilates Powerhouse Series. He asked me if I could write a commentary on it for Facebook. After watching the video, I thought to myself …. does he know what he is asking me to do?… either he is a true warrior or a true masochist!?!? In the end, all I can say is “thumbs up for my son César and his remarkably selfless gesture.” …

Last week I analysed the Pilates Single Leg Stretch performed by my son César Sampson. This week we’ll have a close look at the Double Leg Stretch exercise. What does César have to improve so he can counteract gravity more efficiently? What is the function of the neutral pelvic position? Let’s find out, click and …