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March Matness: Swimming. Pretend there are baby birds on your shoulders. Do not squish the baby birds. Underswing, or lever your hand up (from the  Lat and LT, SA, TM and IS). Imagine  a small snowball under your belly. Keep your navel … Continue reading →

Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™ course.  July 12 – 14, Rome, Italy! Rome Forum Sports Center.   18 PMA CECs. A rare opportunity to study Pilates from Jennifer M. Stacey, MS, 2nd generation Pilates Teachers’ Teacher, in a Small Group setting. Learn cues and wisdom … Continue reading →

March Matness: The Teaser Lift the lower back ribs – anchor the top of psoas to the top of the back of the wall. Lifted “U” position. Head in line with gravity.  Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™.

March Matness Side Leg Kick. Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™ (IPA™)   Classic Pilates in, on and by the water Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™ (IPA™)  Teachers’ Course. Rome, Italy. July 12 – 14. Rome Forum Sports Center, warm indoor aquatics pool. Moraga, CA, spring/summer & fall. … Continue reading →

March Matness: The Scissors Slide your right leg along the ceiling away from your nose. Reach your left leg up to the ceiling. Chest away from your chin. Try to keep the scapulae on the ground. You can practice on … Continue reading →

Our first Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™ (IPA™) class this year. Great fun!

March Matness: Neck Pull           Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™ (IPA™)   Classic Pilates in, on and by the water. Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™ (IPA™)  Course. July 12 – 14. Rome, Italy.  Moraga, CA spring, summer, to be announced. … Continue reading →

March Matness: Double Leg Kick. Joseph Pilates had an apparatus – it had a small spring with a handle on one end, and a loop on the other end. You held the handle in one hand, the loop was on … Continue reading →

March Matness, Day 13: Single Leg Kick. Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™ (IPA™)   Classic Pilates in, on and by the water. Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™ (IPA™)  Course. July 12 – 14 Rome, Italy. Moraga, CA, tbd. Stay tuned!   “I got a thousand hours … Continue reading →

March Matness, Day 12: Swan. Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™ (IPA™)   Classic Pilates in, on and by the water. Immersion™ Pilates Aquatics™ (IPA™)  Course. July 12 – 14. Rome, Italy.  Moraga, CA dtbd. “I got a thousand hours of information from … Continue reading →