Stay Away from the Hip Flexors Mat - 21 min
Level 2
•
21m
Level 2 - Pace: Moderate
Our lifestyle often has us deal with tight and sensitive hip flexors. The ilio-psoas is a very complicated/sophisticated muscle, its fascia is in contact with the femur (leg) the ilium (hip), the spine (vertebral body, transverse process and disc) and with all the organs of the abdominal cavity. This muscle doesn’t like to sit too much, and we need to make sure that our glutes and lower abs are strong enough to have a balanced movement pattern.
In this intermediate mat we will also play with the wall, with some elastic bands and other tricks to make sure we can work through the sequences, getting into the proper muscles without overworking the psoas.
Up Next in Level 2
-
MFS for too much sitting - 21 min
Level 2 - Pace: Moderate
Exactly, we all sit TOO much! Everyone. So… from now on we should put a little alarm clock every couple of hours and move! On a longer break do this quick session and your hip flexors and hunched back will thank you! -
The Teaser Breakdown - 13 min
Level 2 - Pace: Slow
The Pilates Teaser is often times misunderstood. Like the 100, it’s iconic for the method and it’s feared for its complexity of strength, flexibility and coordination. Come and break it down with me so that everything will make more sense and most importantly it will feel bet... -
Pilates Mat & Balance - 47 min
Level 2 - Pace: Fast
Join me in this intermediate/advanced Pilates Mat! The work on the floor will be made easier and more connected thanks to the work on the awareness and lower limbs warm up that we do in the very beginning standing up! Throughout the mat we play with the bicycle action that at...
