These differ from the books you can read to require teachers, web sites you visit. These principles regulate that my practice and provide safe and effective: --
RELAX
I know it seems strange to start each class, fitness and relaxation, but you have to let go of the tension in the body. One of the main benefits of Pilates is that addresses muscular imbalances you have your shoulders, neck, face, relax, you mustLet the pelvis and abdomen. We do not want the muscle tension, and we do not want more than their fair share of work. Classes can start in any position - standing, sitting or lying down - but you can always relax the muscles that are tense. The mind is becoming quiet and focused.
CONCENTRATION
So with the mind still and focused, we can begin to focus on our body. Pilates is a mind-body form of exercise and you should be in mind. Thinkhow your body feels, be aware of areas of stiffness and tension, focusing on each movement and how it affects the rest of the body. This will mean that the quality and precision of movement, increase body awareness to keep the practice safe and effective - even more important, especially in the work for you.
ORIENTATION
The neutral position, posture, centering spindle alignment: all the same. They have relaxed your body and there is no voltage, you cleanYour thoughts and your goal is your body now, you should check the alignment, depending on the position I'm here if you lie on your back with your legs straight, you are more or less neutral. If you are standing, you need a little "pay more attention to your posture. If you sit or position of the window and thought about the alignment of the pelvis and spine.
BREATHING
Breathe fully and wide (chest breathing). This serves several purposes:
1, which will remove allToxins from the lungs
2 exhalations relax, energize inhalation
3 It will help to focus the mind
4, which help the muscles of the trunk is
5, to dictate the operating speed, resulting in a fluid motion.
Pilates uses chest, breathing side, allowing you to breathe fully, but argue that the contraction is of fundamental importance for the stabilization of the pelvis, supporting the lower back and remain neutralPosition.
COORDINATION
The attempt to coordinate the movement with the breath, to all the principles are to be impossible at first, but it comes with practice. Lessons for beginners sometimes seem slow and boring, but here you can build and gradually, layer upon layer, until you can not do everything at once.
PRECISION
Every movement has a purpose, every statement is a prerequisite for the success of this operation. Perfect, precise movement is whatwould like to achieve, rather than many repetitions, the poor poor. This is important so that the results you would expect to find a safe, effective and relatively fast.
Fluency
The human body is perfect for the motion, so to all the exercises of the Pilates method is dynamic (some changes to comment on the final form implied) motion. Flow with the breath, like a perfectly executed waltz, which extends far are controlled by the middle of the safe,free from tension and stress, and rhythm.
STAMINA
Your deep postural muscles have to work slowly, but steadily on your body properly aligned. To facilitate this, they need their strength. All your muscles have to support resistance, so your body can function as a whole: think of a machine - a big change and new brakes are useless without the rest of the engine is in good condition. Some muscles tired very quickly, without the support of otherand with practice, a practice that seems to be difficult to fill a week in the near future seem relatively simple. For example, everyone complains about the arm, shoulder and neck, where they show a side table to do for the first time. In their course, they learn the trunk muscles that are used with more practice, they learn the leg muscles, which have a role to play, exercise.
