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Pilates Soulful Sunday: First Movement Before Flowers
A vibrant frequency waveform glowing in red, pink, and blue on a dark background. In the Pilates studio, we see it all the time.A client...

Michael King
Jul 63 min read
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Pilates Fitness Friday: Mobility vs Flexibility – What’s the Difference?
Focused man stretching hamstring indoors, demonstrating passive flexibility with controlled posture. As Pilates teachers, we often hear...

Michael King
Jul 42 min read
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Pilates Movement Monday: Exploring the Rollover on the Ladder Barrel
Rollover on the Ladder Barrel showcasing full spinal articulation with controlled extension and deep core engagement. One of the many...

Michael King
Jun 303 min read
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Pilates Fitness Friday: What Is Functional Strength?
Older woman practicing functional strength with rotation using a soft ball in a studio. When we talk about strength in Pilates, we are...

Michael King
Jun 272 min read
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Pilates Thoughtful Tuesday: A Country of Characters
Celebrating individuality at a UK train station with bold colours, tattoos, and self-expression Yesterday on the train journey home after...

Michael King
Jun 102 min read
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Pilates Movement Monday: The Reformer Salute
A Pilates teacher demonstrates the Reformer Salute, building shoulder stability with mindful breathwork. This Movement Monday we’re...

Michael King
Jun 22 min read
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Pilates Technique Thursday: What Are You Wearing? How Clothes Affect the Way We Move
Tight vs baggy clothing: how what we wear influences posture, breath, and movement freedom. We often think about the movements, the...

Michael King
May 292 min read
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Pilates Movement Monday: Exploring the Double Leg Kick
Pilates Double Leg Kick shown in extension phase, activating back, glutes, and shoulder muscles. The Double Leg Kick is one of those...

Michael King
May 262 min read
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Pilates Movement Monday: Tendon Stretch Chair Versus Reformer
A focused Pilates practitioner performs a deep Tendon Stretch variation on the Reformer. In a previous Movement Monday, we explored the...

Michael King
May 192 min read
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Pilates Self-Care Saturday: Your Mini-Retreat at Home
A bright yellow rubber duck floats playfully in a foamy white bubble-filled bath. As Pilates teachers, we give so much of ourselves –...

Michael King
May 172 min read
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Pilates Movement Monday: Exploring the Mermaid on the Chair
Teacher supports client during Mermaid on the Chair, encouraging alignment, breath, and length through the spine. The Pilates Wunda Chair...

Michael King
May 123 min read
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Pilates Movement Monday Long Back Stretch on the Reformer
Preparing for the Long Back Stretch with focus on wrist alignment and core engagement. This Movement Monday, we’re diving into a movement...

Michael King
May 52 min read
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Pilates Self Care Saturday: Self Spring Clean
Spring clean your habits – it’s time to toss out the winter comforts holding you back. As spring begins to bloom around us, it's not just...

Michael King
Apr 52 min read
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Pilates Movement Monday: Exploring the Lower Body Lunge on the Reformer
Focused control and balance in a Reformer lunge, lengthening through the full kinetic chain. When it comes to closing a session with...

Michael King
Mar 243 min read
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Pilates Self-Care Saturday: Creating a Self-Care Evening Ritual
Unwind after a long day with a warm, bubble-filled bath—pure Pilates self-care. As Pilates teachers, we give so much of our energy to...

Michael King
Mar 153 min read
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Technique Thursday: Should You Point or Flex Your Feet in Pilates?
Pointing the toes enhances energy flow, elongation, and muscle activation. One of the most common questions I get from clients is: Should...

Michael King
Feb 273 min read
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Pilates Fitness Friday: Why Mobility Training is More Than Just a Warm-Up
Pilates for mobility: Engaging the core while improving hamstring flexibility and spinal articulation. In the ever-evolving fitness...

Michael King
Feb 213 min read
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Technique Thursday: Pilates and the Problem of Fake Flexibility
Pilates teacher correcting alignment during a roll-down, promoting authentic movement and preventing compensations As Pilates teachers,...

Michael King
Feb 133 min read
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Movement Monday: Pilates Reformer Grasshopper
Advanced Grasshopper on the Reformer enhances spinal extension, hip mobility, and shoulder stability The Grasshopper on the Reformer is a...

Michael King
Feb 103 min read
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Fitness Friday: Are You an Integrated Pilates Educator?
Wearing many hats—Pilates, strength, mobility, and wellness—guiding clients beyond one method As teachers, we often see clients who need...

Michael King
Feb 73 min read
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