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Mat Up & Over
Join Ilaria for this dynamic Up and Over Mat workout, where opposites meet to create balance and strength. You’ll explore classic Pilates pairings like Roll Up with Roll Over, Neck Pull with Jackknife, and even Jackknife with Teaser. Each couple complements the other, helping you find symmetry, c...
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Waist, hips and arms - 13 min
Level 2 - Pace: Moderate
Perfect quick workout to get into waist, hips and arms when you have little time for it!
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Arms and posture - 9 min
Level 2 - Pace: Slow
Let’s tone the arms! In Pilates we usually work with very light weights… but the beauty of it is that as we work the arms, we also engage and control the whole postural alignment of the body making an exercise that might seem easy very challenging and intense! -
Romana’s Ab Series
In Joseph Pilates’ book, we only find two exercises for the abdominal series: the single-leg bent and the double-leg bent. Romana, seeing that people needed to strengthen the core, added three other exercises: the single straight leg, double straight leg, and the crisscross. This is what we know ...
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Safe Arching with Rescue LOOP® - 13 min
This quick progression will show you how a few targeted exercises, together with the use of the Rescue LOOP®, can help you arch your back in a Swan, for example—all without feeling any pressure in the lower back and sacroiliac joint. The correct spinal articulation, the ability to open up the hip...
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Pre-Pilates: get started!
Pre-Pilates exercises give you the foundation that allows you to get stronger and progress to the next level. Once you learn the basic rules, with your body in a proper starting position, every exercise will feel right and more achievable. All these exercises focus on stabilizing the core as we c...
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The Wall L1 - 5 min
Level 1 - Pace: Slow
The Pilates wall is a great ending and the perfect place to develop an awareness for postural alignment. Get used to ending your session standing up! -
Teaser Breakdown
The Pilates teaser is often times misunderstood. Like the hundred it's iconic for the method and it's feared for its complexity of strength, flexibility, and coordination. Break it down so it will make more sense and most importantly you will move better. Discover that your teaser is much better ...
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Powerhouse #2
This workout is part of a bundle to help students new to Pilates learn the basic fundamentals in a clear way, so they can progress with ease and enjoyment. It follows Powerhouse #1 and prepares you to advance without bumps in the road. This workout is also very beneficial to students who are alre...
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Powerhouse #1
This workout is part of a bundle to help students new to Pilates learn the basic fundamentals. It will build your strength and awareness properly to be able to progress to the next level, Powerhouse #2. This workout is also very beneficial to students who are already intermediate and want to revi...
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Powerhouse #3
This workout is part of a bundle to help students new to Pilates learn the basic fundamentals in a clear way, so they can progress with ease and enjoyment. It follows Powerhouse #2 and continues to build the foundation for safe advancement. This workout is also very beneficial to students who are...
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Intro to Head Stands - 13 min
Level 2 - Pace: Slow
The headstands fascinate almost every mover! It’s so magic to be able to control the body when we are upside down. It’s also very beneficial for the blood flow and exhilarating for the mind. Follow me in this workout that prepares you to control your body in the headstand pos... -
Powerhouse #4
This workout is part of a bundle to help students new to Pilates learn the basic fundamentals in a clear way, so they can progress properly. It follows Powerhouse #3 and begins the transition from strong beginner to intermediate work. This workout is also very beneficial to students who are alrea...
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Pilates Weekly - Tuesday (Rescue LOOP)
From Shake Foot to a rejuvenating Rollover and lots of Rescue LOOP®, we get it done. This great combination, using the hip and shoulder connection of the Double Straight Leg, Obliques, and the Side Kicks, makes the whole workout worth it!
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Pilates Weekly - Monday (Breathing)
Super quick workout to fight the Monday mood often characterized by the anxiety of the week that just started. In about 15 minutes you’ll work your abs, posterior chain, legs and most importantly our most important muscle: the diaphragm. We don’t see it but it keeps us alive being the primary res...
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Pilates Weekly - Thursday (Magic Circle)
We start by using the Magic Circle to fix our neck. We use the Circle to deepen the powerhouse but also to find more opening in the chest and extension of the spine. At the end we stand and connect the whole body from the heels all the way up to the top of the head to achieve the best posture pos...
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Hardcore Mat - 28 min
Level 2 - Pace: Fast
If you want to focus and challenge your abs this is a great flowing intermediate Pilates Mat for you! If you have the option, add a weight when Ilaria uses the wheel!
Always play it safe and modify the range of motion when/if necessary! -
5 Top Pilates Exercises
The 100, the double leg stretch, swimming, push ups and teaser! The 5 Pilates exercises that represent the core values of the method.
6 minutes and a full body workout! -
Magic Circle 2.0
This quick, but intense work out with the magic circle will strengthen the midline and deepend the core, as a whole. This workout will make you sweat. It will challenge your stamina and will prepare you for the Star, a challenging Pilates exercise.
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Tease the TEASER
In this class we'll work different aspects of the teaser: spinal articulation, lower abs, coordination of the proper movement.
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Butt Lift Mat- 31 min
Level 2
This intermediate Mat workout will get you burning!
Gluteus max deep, superficial and Gluteus medius will be the targeted areas of this full body workout.
We’ll use a magic circle to add more fire!!! -
Pilates & Feet
We love the feet, and we love to combine footwork with a nicely paced Pilates mat. Lots of flex and point with different leg movements help connect the work with the pelvis and the body above. The essence of FEET-NESS™!
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Magic Circle & Rescue LOOP® Mat
This is a one of a kind Pilates Mat workout! See if you can juggle not just one tool but two! The Magic Circle will help us go deep in the core and the Rescue LOOP® will help us stabilize the hip and connect the ankle/foot complex to the body above! Enjoy!
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Strong Core, Long Limbs
Get ready to explore length and control in this intermediate mat led by Ilaria from FEET-NESS, alongside Lorin De Mase. Designed for those with a solid Pilates foundation, this work out challenges you to reach through your limbs while maintaining deep core connection. You'll begin by building awa...