I really liked this short but powerful class, Amy. In case you're curious, my "a-ha" moments incorporate ideas I intuitively now know about movement (because of Pilates), but become much more apparent during this class! I am able to visualize much easier what I'm asking my body to do. Those moments include1) abdominals & back muscles move the spine (who knew?); 2) shortening levers will increase intensity during rotation (by crossing arms); and 3) exhaling right before moving legs away from body (frog on overball) helps with stabilization. Thank you for the fun lesson! Ok, homework time is now over
Hi Amy, Thank you so much for the class today. I have a question about one of the exercises at the beginning. You were sitting up and you asked us to pull one hip back and forth. I took this to mean pelvic rotation, is that correct? I loved your cue that it comes from inside because when you added upper body rotation I kept my pelvis stable. Is that correct, to rotate upper body but keep pelvis still? Thank you so much Amy for your help and this challenge.
Thank you Ira and Christine ! Christine -- you were correct with my 'pull one hip back and forth' . :) . You got it perfectly!! :) . Glad you're with me/us in this challenge!