Tuesday, June 12, 2012

pilates on the couch.

i like pilates.

like, a lot.

i do pilates-ish things all day long, every day. it's a bit difficult, shall we say, to find uninterrupted time to exercise with a new baby and a two-year-old, but pilates does interruptions just fine, thank you.

for example:

as i'm sitting on the couch typing this, i'm practicing my breathing.
how to practice pilates breathing:
  • place your hands on your ribs.
  • breath in deeply and feel your rib cage expand.
  • breath out quickly and forcefully through pursed lips and feel your ribs constrict. imagine you're putting on a corset, and breathing out so you can get it really tight.
  • get ready for wonderfully sore intercostals (muscles you may not have known you had), and better posture!

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