Movement · Pilates for Beginners
Abdominal Prep
Starting position
Lie on your back, spine and pelvis is neutral, head, neck and shoulders are resting on the mat. Knees bent, feet flat on the floor hip width distance apart, arms relaxed down at the sides of the body, palms down on the mat.
How to do it
Inhale: Lengthen through the spine, and engage the abdominals.
Exhale: Begin to flex the torso by rounding the head, neck and shoulders off the mat.
Inhale: Remain in flexion of the upper torso, arms lengthening through the fingertips. Pause.
Exhale: Roll down to start position.
Repeat 3 - 5 times
Be mindful
- Maintain neutral spine and pelvis throughout the entire exercise.
The practice beneath it all
When the mind needs somewhere to land
Everything in this wing points, in the end, to the same place — the breath, and the nervous system beneath it. It is why I built SOVA: a quiet companion for the moments in between.
- Today — a daily practice that aligns you before the day pulls you a dozen directions.
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