A few days ago I introduced you all to the first three fundamental Pilates principles and how you can utilize them in all your various workouts and activities. We learned how breath work, centering and focusing the mind on the body’s precise actions will build awareness and depth to any movement. Emphasizing quality versus quantity is the key to all mind/body work. Below are the last three final principles and how you can easily use them to feel the burn today!
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Have you noticed how many more people are out and about jogging, cycling and simply being active? As I power walked along the Marina here in San Francisco over the weekend I couldn’t help but notice the thick enthusiasm in the air. Whether it’s an outdoor romp or a sweat session in your gym’s hip hop class, the message is settling in…. we must move!

Something most people don’t think about this time of year is the importance of the quality of our movement. They sign up with a personal trainer at a random gym, demand to be killed during their sessions and then quit a few weeks later. Burnt out, sore and back on the couch. Over doing it can and usually causes more harm then good. Not only psychically, but mentally. Our true challenge is to make exercise a life long habit and hone our self discipline for ultimate longevity. Enter the mind-body super power of Pilates…

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The leaves are officially turning on us. Beach towels and flimsy sandals of Summer are slowly slipping into the caverns of our closets. Socks cuddle your tootsies and boots await on the front stoop. But, before you squeeze your souls into tight cow hides take a moment to treat your feet.
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Ever seen one of these bad boys before?

While it might look like something you’d find swinging from a rusted nail in a stable, this bristled brush is the secret to radiant skin, and a dimple free booty. No expensive lotions or torture contraptions need apply. Life can be simple ladies and gents!

Beyond it’s extensive use in the beauty industry to help smooth cellulite and exfoliate the entire body, dry brushing increases circulation, boosts the immune system, tightens the appearance of skin, detoxes and drains the lymphatic system, and stimulates all your sleepy nerve endings. Taking 5 mins before you hop in the shower to dry scrub your stellar bod from feet to head is all you’ll need to reap the benefits from this ancient tradition.
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Modern humans have quite the conundrum. Instead of spending all waking hours spear throwing, digging up roots, building shelter, cooking over a fire and playing with body paint, homo sapiens have evolved to sit and stare at a box. Well, maybe not a box anymore. More like a flat panel LCD, fold into your pocket, accomplish all you’ll ever need in one finger tap wonder pod. Our brains have taken over our bodies main purpose. We might as well wipe the vast majority of our genome and metamorphosize into floating brains with jelly fish bodies. Sounds very Wall-E esque’.
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