What better way to start a sunny Sunday and a new week than to begin my Pilates Journey? Today, I officially began taking Pilates classes at the studio, BodyMind Balance on
My instructor’s name is Kelly. She is a mom, like me and can relate to joys and challenges of raising toddlers and the changes your body go through after having children. Kelly is an apprentice instructor and working toward becoming a certified instructor. Her apprenticeship requires her to have 600 hours for certification.
During my sessions at BMB, I will use several different pieces of equipment: high chair, Cadillac, the reformer and mat work. I have learned that Joseph Pilates developed all of these pieces of equipment to people connect and understand how to move from their powerhouse. The exercises I do will focus on balance, strength, and flexibility.
There was a lot to take in from this morning’s session. At times it felt awkward as I was learning how to use the different equipment and learn an exercise and move through the repetitions all while keeping my core muscles engaged and breathing. During our session we sometime repeat the exercises on the different equipment. I know as I continue to practice, this will become easier and I will gain more control of my movements, increase strength. I feel like today I worked muscles that probably had not been worked in quite some time. And while I left the studio with my arms and legs feeling a bit like Jello, I was also feeling energized and looking forward to my next session.
My biggest take-away from this first session is the importance of focusing my mind. I think how well I focus during a session will correlate to how successful I feel during a session.
***this picture was taken before I started my first session.
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