Register online click here:  petra@sphinxpilates.com

This 2 hour workshop will teach you…

How to engage your deep abdominal muscles to tone your tummy

Methods to lengthen your spine ultimately flattening your tummy

How to mend separated abdominal muscles (diastasis recti)

Super effective 10-15min exercise routines you can do at home

Max.5 people per workshop

Safe, individual attention for postnatal with Pilates Instructor Petra Baethmann

Cost: $50 +hst (includes exercise booklet & ball)

When: Saturday, March 17 (also offered May 12, July 21 & September 22) | 2-4pm
Where: Sphinx Pilates Studio – 880 College St | 416-931-4549

Petra is a PMA certified Pilates Instructor with over 10 years of experience. She has a 2yr old son and developed mummy tummy after the pregnancy. This workshop is developed from personal experience to make it effective for you.

Beginning February 27 our new spring schedules will take effect for the Group Mat Classes. Sign up for our Group Mat Classes by participating in a 1 or more classes, over the 8-week program. Dates:

8wk session dates
February 27 – April 21
April 23 – June 16

Find out more about the classes, and contact the studio to find out more.

If you prefer the one-on-one attention, or have no time and enjoy the convenience of doing pilates during your break at work, contact the studio to make an appointment.

We encourage and welcome your feedback on your favorite classes, teachers, and schedules. Please let us know what we’re doing right, and what we could do better. Stay limber – see you at the studio!

This automatically takes your feet through their natural gait – heel strike to toe push off.

Notice how the rest of your leg feels.

Do your quads (front of thigh) feel more open? Can you feel your hamstrings (even slightly)?

Explore.

*do not attempt this exercise if your shoulder dislocates easily;

 proceed with caution if you are hypermobile at the shoulder joint ]]> http://sphinxpilates.com/2011/10/559/feed/ 0 http://sphinxpilates.com/2011/10/want-to-be-more-flexible/ http://sphinxpilates.com/2011/10/want-to-be-more-flexible/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 19:25:15 +0000 pilatesmaster http://sphinxpilates.com/?p=523 Get the FUZZ OUT! Imagine this: You are being hugged by someone so tightly that it’s no longer a good feeling; somewhat claustrophobic. You can’t break free, you can hardly move. This is exactly what happens to your muscles and organs when the connective tissue (fascia) in your body builds up FUZZ day after day, year after year. The FUZZ settles around and into each and every muscle and organ, restricting function. The FUZZ is at work during the night when you sleep causing you to wake up feeling stiff in the morning. THE FUZZ is with you right now. If you’re not careful it can and will rule your life.   Tight fascia restricts you. Restriction = lack of movement. How do you get rid of the Fuzz so you can stay flexible? Drawing from personal experience – after not exercising regularly for a few months my body started to ache. I would notice this mostly at night – my feet ached, back tight. I decided to work on a simple evening routine to release the fascia of my feet, and spine, to see if this would decrease the morning stiffness. It did. It’s easy and feels good. Try it: ·  Roll a tiny ball under your foot from heel to every toe a few times, then circles (or use a larger ball and roll your foot forward and back over the ball) applying a fair amount of pressure ·  Lying down (or standing) place Acuball along spine starting at the lumber spine (low back) and going up to the cervical (neck). Don’t have an Acuball? well you really should…ask us about it!Some more tips:

• Stretch your spine like a cat in the morning
• Sitting at a desk? stretch your arms and hands above your head

The FUZZ A term coined by anatomist Gil Headley which represents the hardening of the connective tissue in the body CONNECTIVE TISSUE (or Fascia) Surrounds and hugs every muscle and organ in our body. It is translucent, at times milky. It is tough. Similar to the tissue you pull off of a chicken breast. See Gil Hedleys video:  Watch Fuzz Speech   (very cool!)

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