#tokyopilates

[natakara-pilates]

Thursday’s Pilates

Nice starch for aper back. Hope you enjoy it.

[natakara-pilates]

Thursday’s Pilates

Working with spine. Nice, ecologicul stretch.

[natakara-pilates]

Thursday’s Pilates

Easy Push up for everybody.

[natakara-pilates]

Пилатес по четвергам.

Работа с позвоночником. Дыхание и экологичное растягивание позвоночника.

[natakara-pilates]

Мотивирование на тренировку. Очень легко и просто проработать плечевой сустав. Верхнюю часть спины. Отжимание от стенки.

[joelbhana]

"I feel cleaner, somehow"

It's so cool to be told these things after teaching, really feels good to hear and see the difference Pilates makes.

A highly educated, articulate and hard-working professor it was a random meeting at a friends party that brought him to my small studio in Hibarigaoka.

As soon as people hear that I teach Pilates a few things tend to happen; Suddenly standing taller, belly gets sucked in and the chest flares out, followed by a litany of back problems. Most also confuse Pilates with Yoga and the chat goes on to my love of pilates and why its so damn good.

Libations flow and as back pains are compared I find one or two "fun" exercises to help with the issue and with wine in hand and an increasing audience we find an impromptu class happening.

Pain sucks and its so personal yet common that it connects us to a degree, the opportunity to vent and possibly learn how to deal with your own pain is quite attractive. I've had this happen at most parties i attend and I make a few great connections, Dexter being one.

Feeling cleaner is a great way to express the result of our pilates session, and is one of the results of mindful breathing among other things.

You consciously choose to release your mind from needless distractions and open up to what is available within yourself—a cleansing and renewal of body, mind, and spirit, an “internal shower,” as Joe would say.

Watching the "A-Ha!" moment when a client feels a new connection is deeply satisfying, one of our milestones passed is becoming aware of how the shoulder and arm movement affect the Thoracic spine. These internal connections we build on and strengthen redefine our relationship with gravity- and therefore our daily lives as we know it.

[joelbhana]

For ages I accepted back pain and Chiropractic expenses. Although I was shown graphs that explained why I couldn't turn my head or bend my neck a lasting solution was never given, just a quick fix..... After finding a DVD (in japanese- no idea what she was saying lol) I followed the movements and after 9 months of effort i realized I didn't need Chiropractic help and I was feeling pretty damn awesome. Full of bravado and confidence I stepped into Shinjuku BASI Pilates thinking I knew it all. Pretty quick, my spot on the learning curve was slapped into me. Japanese love to look good, and the ranks of beautifully attired ladies only highlighted the absence of any other tall, hairy (at the time I had a wonderful head of hair..sigh) foreigners, in fact with a small shock I noticed there weren't any men at all. Fixing my eyes on an empty mat I began a session that introduced a way of moving and breathing that proved my ego to be totally misplaced and woefully overconfident. Yes, DVDs are good but the comparison to a session with a qualified experienced instructor can only be felt to be appreciated. Humility is a hard lesson and it's teaching me still, but it sucks at the time!. I still remember watching my leg tremble and twitch in the air, pain lancing through unknown muscle as limbs strained to follow my minds eye...and the next day...wow. I deepened understanding of neutral spine, and in doing so discovered my own hyper lordosis (excessive lumbar curve)and the resulting chain of tension that brought about my visits to the chiropractor so long ago.