{"id":6383,"date":"2017-04-01T21:35:48","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T21:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/?p=6383"},"modified":"2017-06-24T10:26:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-24T10:26:23","slug":"bringing-fresh-new-life-to-pilates-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/bringing-fresh-new-life-to-pilates-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Bringing Fresh, New Life to Pilates Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"

I eliminated\u00a0one item for two weeks for no other reason than to give my system a break during the transition from Winter to Spring. \u00a0I wanted to bring fresh, new life, energy and enthusiasm to my movements, my teaching and my living.<\/p>\n

\"\"I made lots of colorful juices; using pomegranate, aloe, lime – the pink juice – and continued my favorite green juice mix of spinach, kale, apple, ginger and lime. \u00a0Ate lots of soups packed with spices and warming flavors. \u00a0I also added the consistent use of a new concoction<\/em> to my\u00a0morning breakfast or snack – vanilla-coconut-chia pudding (of course with fresh fruits and granola).<\/p>\n

I liked the ease of it all. I liked the ease with which my body embraced it all. \u00a0The best\u00a0thing I noticed was the additional time it gave me to actually spend 1-2 hours on my physical practice (instead of cooking, as I eliminated chicken from my diet) and the open thoughts and creative energy I let flow in and through me.<\/p>\n

\"\"Or at least that’s how I felt. That’s what I told myself I was doing. I employed this “internal cleansing” simultaneously with the lunar moon cycle transitioning from a Full Moon at mid-month to the New Moon at the end of the month.<\/p>\n

My intention with my own body was to slow down, scoop deeper, hug tighter, breathe wider and continue to open up the stuck and stiff places. In the process of bringing that mindfulness to myself, I know I coached my students and clients for the same change of rhythm, flow and focus in their own movements. \u00a0Thus a win-win all the way around.<\/p>\n

#TruthSpeak<\/h1>\n

This very personal, internal release was happening simultaneously as I admonished the consistent need for external resistance to all outside forces. Many of my posts, thoughts and imagry during the past month have been with respect to #Resist as I felt the need to fight back, push back and agonize against the politics of the moment. \u00a0It has been consuming and exhausting. \u00a0So much so that at times, I just wanted to curl up and back off, back down and runaway from everything.<\/p>\n

I admit I am still in observation mode. Seeking to create a substantive balance of my ying and yang\u00a0as I continue to try to free my mind and body of the heaviness of winter – moving to the lightness of spring.<\/p>\n

I believe going inside to clear and free my body helps me to free my mind which gives me energy to free my movements and thus my actions.<\/p>\n

After all, I am a movement teacher. Being stuck is not an option I can or will embrace.<\/p>\n