Pilates and Breast Cancer (Infographic)

How to prepare for your first Pilates class (Infographic)

Pilates and weight loss (Infographic)

Benefits of Pilates (Infographic)

Doing Pilates 4 times a week for 3 months (or twice a week for 6 months) can have many benefits. Some of them are listed here:

Pilates and Back Pain (Infographic)

Do you know exactly HOW Pilates can help back pain? Here are some of the ways:

Video - Day 4 Shoulder Stretch Dumb Waiter

Shoulder Stretches - Day 4 Dumb Waiter

• Start this exercise standing tall, navel to spine and shoulder slid down your back
• Your neck is straight and your gaze is locked onto the horizon (i.e. level)
• Mouth closed (not as in the pic below)
• Glue your elbows to your ribcage
• Turn your palms up as if you're balancing a winter cocktail in each palm
• (ideas here for "winter cocktails" please.....Dumb Waiter.....geddit?)
• Inhale, pull navel into spine some more
• Exhale as you serve the "winter cocktail" to people either side of you
• Keep shoulders down and point armpits to your hips
• Inhale as you bring hands back to starting position
• Don't use too much effort and STOP if you feel (un grateful) pain