Unstacked Scaffolding
Why posture is often the missing piece when you feel constant tension Take African-style scaffolding : made of carefully stacked wooden planks tied with strong rope. Imagine two of these planks are placed wrong and are sticking out : one waaaay to the right, one waaay to the left. The ropes are now super tensed trying to hold onto these planks so that they don't fall. I can almost see the ropes' facial expressions trying to save the whole scaffolding from collapsing: "help! Hold tight! I will save you from the cliff!" Well, the same thing happens when some of
Pilates: a Supplement to your Workout Schedule, to your Daily Life
Life is all about learning, unlearning and relearning. Even though I know this, I couldn’t help but feel completely devastated when, at a Pilates On Tour in Venice, Tom McCook told us to take a stroll around the room without moving our pelvis. Puzzled faces, lifted eye-brows, robotic movements still trying to defy human anatomy in an attempt to do the exercise. Nope, it wasn’t possible. His follow-up question to the exercise was: why do we teach pilates trying to keep the pelvis completely still if when we walk our pelvis is constantly moving? A cry of nooooo! Was heard