Posture and Pilates

From my own training as a ballet dancer and delving deeper into the work of Joseph Pilates, I have found that Balanced Aligned Posture has been the most relevant criteria for good health and pain free ease of movement.

To understand what balanced posture is we must look at each individual and consider the idiosyncrasies of each and every body. Unlike a machine there is no Blue Print to follow when ensuring human bodies are functioning optimally.

That said, a practitioner who is trained to identify mal-alignments and see where there is good tension and bad tension within the body, can over time work clients back to a Balanced and comfortable posture.

All human bodies tend to be asymmetrical, different on one side to the other. It is the practitioners work to exercise and move the body in a way that will balance out this asymmetry as much as possible. For the most this is not possible in a group session situation but is most effective in a Private one-on-one or at least a Semi -Private two-on-one session where the practitioner can really focus on assisting with this realignment of the muscles and bones as needed.

When there is a balance of muscle tension from the back, front and sides of the body the skeleton is held in alignment providing stability, strength and comfort to the person both in a standing and moving posture.

It has been a pleasure to watch Yuhan leading her clients along the path to find this freedom of Balanced Aligned Posture.

The small video below shows Yuhan working with Pilates circles to assist her clients in finding the strong internal stabilising lift that is so relevant to a balanced posture.

Yuhan takes a Pilates session on Tuesday mornings at 9.15am where she has open spaces in her class and will welcome any new comers with her generous personality and wealth of knowledge about the body.

Yuhan Whitehead at work building balanced posture