The Pilates Corkscrew exercise is a challenging one!  In it’s fullest expression you roll down your spine and gently twist while reaching your legs from your center. In his book, Return to Life, Joseph Pilates states,” Twist your trunk “corkscrew fashion”  ( hence the name!) If this exercise looks frightening and completely not doable to […]

The Rocker with Open Legs is another rolling exercise in the Pilates Mat sequence.  Remember the Rolling Like a Ball exercise that was so much fun?  You can think of Open Leg Rocker as the same exercise with legs reaching further from your center to make it a bit more challenging! Start by finding your […]

  The Pilates Spine Stretch exercise is exactly what it sounds like…an exercise to stretch your spine!  If you are new to Pilates or haven’t tried this before you may find this concept of stretching your spine a little foreign.  By learning how to sequentially move and roll through our spine one vertebrae at a […]