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Posture and Pilates are intertwined.  Everything about the practice of Pilates will inevitably help improve your posture.  Learn more about your posture and how Pilates can help improve your posture in these articles.

your posture is like your home.

Your posture is like your home. Here’s how.

June 15, 2021May 3, 2025Pilates Instructor

What is your posture type or do you know? Did your teacher or mother constantly tell you to sit up straight? Were you ever called lazy bones? Do you see people out there who look like they’re in the military? Maybe you know people who look a little like a bass drum but are too polite to say anything. You live in your body 24/7. Your posture is like your home.

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How do I know if I have kyphotic posture?

October 9, 2020November 30, 2024Pilates Instructor

Kyphosis may also be coupled with lordosis. What is lordosis? Lordosis occurs when there is increased extension in the lumbar vertebrae (lower spine).
Scheuermann’s disease is a developmental disorder that causes those with the disease to have this stopped bent-over posture as a result of excessive kyphosis

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What is good posture vs bad posture?

October 2, 2020November 30, 2024Pilates Instructor

Why do pilates? There are many different posture types and not all good.

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Your posture is like your home.

September 25, 2020September 18, 2020Pilates Instructor

Why do pilates? Your posture can give you many reasons why to do pilates.

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Is Pilates a good form of Cross Training for Sports?

by Pilates InstructorMay 3, 2025May 3, 2025Comments Off on Is Pilates a good form of Cross Training for Sports?

Pilates is more than just exercise.  It is a movement philosophy and practice.  The principles of Pilates include breath, concentration, control, precision, centering and flow.   These principles are what make Pilates a good form of cross-training for sports, whether indoor or outdoor, winter or summer. From dancers and martial artists to skiers, cyclists, and pickleball […]

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Pilates can elevate your pickleball game, prevent injuries and move better.

by Pilates InstructorApril 30, 2025April 30, 2025Comments Off on Pilates can elevate your pickleball game, prevent injuries and move better.

Pilates has grown in popularity the past few years and so has pickleball. Pilates and pickleball together are the perfect combintation for injury prevention and more enjoyable play. But first, what is pickleball? What is Pickleball and How Did It Begin? Pickleball has become popular over the past few years and is rising popularity.    It […]

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