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I created Intuitive Pilates because I wanted to educate my clients further in the connection of the nervous system and their bodies and the need for more spiral and functional movements.
While taking various Pilates speciality trainings, I took a course in Conscious Embodiment when fascia was the buzz word. This training sharpened my eye to skeletal asymmetries. Fascia is found everywhere in our bodies and acts like jelly. When the temperature is warm it is soft and fluid and when it is cold it stiffens. This is why it is best to do Pilates in warm temperatures of around 24 degrees Celsius so our muscles, joints and bones can move easily.
Following my training in Conscious Embodiment I undertook the four-year training in The Feldenkrais Method®, which made me realise that there are, in my opinion, shortcomings in the traditional Pilates method. The classical Pilates work very much works in a linear system, whereas our bones, joints and entire skeleton actually work in spirals. The Feldenkrais Method® clarified this for me and I wanted to include it in my Pilates classes in order to make movement easier and more efficient.
What is Intuitive
Pilates?
Intuitive Pilates is therefore a fusion of traditional Pilates with Feldenkrais and Conscious Embodiment. It delivers a more thought provoking class where clients/students are encouraged to be curious, to ask questions and to learn more about how our skeletal system works and how our nervous system controls everything.
Whilst a Pilates exercise may initially be learned and performed with precision and control, it should be understood that movement is not about precision and nor should be controlled all the time. Movement should be flexible and changeable, allowing the nervous system to explore the various ways an exercise can be performed and developing an understanding that there are natural variations and adaptations.
The Benefits of Intuitive Pilates
Intuitive Pilates offers you so much. It promotes self-healing as well as strategies in managing and understanding chronic pain, often eliminating pain altogether and when it returns understanding what you need to do to quickly get rid of it.
Intuitive Pilates is suitable for everyone as modifications are provided depending on what you are presenting with.
We would love to help you experience a more intuitive approach to movement. Find out more about our Intuitive Pilates classes.
