{"id":80198,"date":"2023-01-03T16:27:05","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T16:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/?p=80198"},"modified":"2024-01-06T15:08:50","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T15:08:50","slug":"it-is-all-about-the-angles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pilates4fitness.com\/site\/it-is-all-about-the-angles\/","title":{"rendered":"It Is All About the Angles!"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”154427″]The angles, twists, turns, curves and lines we find and create with our bodies. How much mobility, length, strength and flexibility do you have in the angles of your body?<\/p>\n

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I like to keep it simple. Particularly when working with a newcomer to Pilates movement.<\/p>\n

First draw the box of base support. Shoulder-shoulder….hip-hip.<\/em>
\nStay inside your box and hug the center line. Top to bottom. Front to back.<\/em><\/p>\n

Then there are the angles of movement<\/p>\n

horizontal = flat<\/em>
\ndiagonal = 45 degrees from center<\/em>
\nvertical = 90 degrees from center<\/em><\/p>\n

The farther we move away from the center line, the more challenge we give to the core stabilizers to hold the line.<\/p>\n

I wrote this article\/post many years ago.\u00a0 I can tell by the photo and the length of my hair, in that picture above, that it was at least 10+ years ago.\u00a0 It was in a folder on my drive that I labeled “Keep.”\u00a0 The application of words and movements remain the same and consistent today, in the way I teach and the way I move my body.[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image media=”80090″ media_width_percent=”78″ alignment=”center” shadow=”yes” shadow_weight=”lg” shadow_darker=”yes” uncode_shortcode_id=”513694″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”423482″]<\/p>\n

Angles on the Mat<\/h2>\n

Beginner angles of movement on the mat start with building a solid, grounded core on the ground. Engaging a front-to-back core placement on the mat and challenging its development and strength by playing with the angles from the box.<\/p>\n

The Hundred, initially vertically aligned; later diagonally aligned,\u00a0 and more advanced students seek a horizontal alignment.\u00a0 All working the premise, the farther we move away from the center line, the more challenge we give to the core stabilizers to hold the line.<\/p>\n

The Abdominal Series<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Single Leg Circle, Corkscrew, Leg Series on the Mat work the delicious curves of the hip and pelvis. Practice to ensure stability of the core powerhouse while reaching for the length of the angle in the curves of the body.<\/p>\n

All movement, with Pilates, builds strength by working the angles, beginning with the challenge of holding the center core and its alignment, steady.<\/p>\n

I use all of these cues, thoughts and concepts as the foundation principles of all movements I teach, no matter where, or with what tool or piece of equipment.<\/p>\n

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The Curves & Rotations<\/h3>\n

Our bodies have a few natural curves created by the ball-in-socket joints that feel divine with rotational movement.\u00a0 Our lives, in these times of stressful living, computer posture, pinched nerves, etc., make rolling through our curves, rotating through our bodies, opening and breathing one of my favorite healing movement sequences.<\/p>\n

We do it over the Ladder Barrel, the Spine Corrector, the short box extention on the Reformer.\u00a0 We do it on the mat, over balls, BOSUs, yoga blocks and wheels.\u00a0 For there are three ways to move the body.<\/p>\n