How Pilates Breathing works – 5 minutes exercises to improved breathe and enhanced Mat your Mat  Practice 

Humidity and heat can significantly impact our bodies, often leaving us feeling drained and tired.

Rather than succumbing to these conditions and doing nothing to counteract them, there are ways to uplift our moods. Sure, A/C is one way to stay cooler, but it can also dry out the nose and throat. Here’s a quick and easy solution to moisturise your sinuses; it only takes 5 minutes!

There are bonus benefits you can achieve from these exercises:

– Stronger neck.
– Stronger chest.
– Stronger lungs.
– Improved diaphragm mobility (check this Instagram video for a visual movement of your diaphragm )
– Improved posture.

Furthermore, today we will also recap how to breathe and breathing helps to strengthen:

• The Transversus abdominals,
• Obliques, and
• Lower back muscles

Sounds good? Let’s get started.

Xx, Jeanique

P.S: Don’t forget to download your sequence

Equipment: Reformer 

Pilates Exercise: Corkscrew

Level : Advanced Level 5

Tips and techniques: 

Grabbing the pikes and pulling them apart creates an oppositional force with the upper body that counter the movement of the legs and spine.

Let’s get it on!

Xo 

 Jeanique

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