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Controlled forward lunge on the Reformer with integrated overhead arm balance. There is something about finishing a movement with the arms lifted overhead that makes everyone feel slightly heroic. The carriage is still, the spine is tall, the legs are split, and for a brief moment the body looks organised and powerful. Or at least that is the intention. In today’s Movement Monday I want to talk about the forward lunge on the Reformer, and more specifically that final balance

Steaming glass of hot water resting on wooden Chinese restaurant table. Somewhere between airport lounges, pilates reformer springs, and trying to remember what time zone I am in, I have found myself noticing something very simple on this teaching trip to China. Every restaurant I walk into serves hot water. Not iced. Not chilled. Just hot. At first it felt unusual, then it felt surprisingly comforting. There is something quietly civilised about sitting down to a meal and bei