Movement · Pilates for Beginners
Toe Taps
Starting position
Lie on your back, spine and pelvis are neutral, head, neck and shoulders are resting on the mat, legs are in tabletop position at a 90° angle, arms relaxed down by the sides of the body with palms facing down on the mat.
How to do it
Inhale to prepare...
Exhale: Lower the right toe down toward the floor maintaining a 90° angle of the leg, and tap the toe.
Inhale: Bring the leg back up to tabletop position.
Exhale: Lower the left toe down toward the floor maintaining a 90° angle of the leg, and tap the toe.
Inhale: Bring the leg back up to tabletop position.
Repeat 5 sets
Be mindful
- If you feel that you are not able to maintain the neutral spine and pelvis, it is not necessary to tap to the floor. Lower the foot down, as low as the stability of the spine and pelvis will allow remaining in neutral spine and pelvis.
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.
- Companion — a place to process any feeling, even the happy ones.
- Pages — a soft place to set your thoughts down and out of your head.
- The House — rooms of calm to step into, whenever you need one.