Welcome to Pilates in Prayer.
If you have ankle weights for this class,
Go ahead and put those on and it's totally fine without them.
Let's pray.
God.
We ask for your light and your love upon our minds and our bodies.
That as we move and as we breathe.
You bring your presence upon us.
Amen.
Taking a few moments in child's pose.
And then coming up to all fours.
We'll start with a simple cat-cow stretch,
Breathing.
And allowing this to feel like a massage for your spine.
You coming into a downward facing dog,
And then alternating by coming into a plank pose.
Mirroring me,
Extending your left leg long and lifting and lowering your leg.
Bring your right forearm to the mat,
Extend your left leg,
And then squeeze your knee in towards your chest.
Come to lay on your belly,
Head can rest on your hands.
Lifting your legs and tapping your feet together.
Come to lay on your right side,
Your legs are towards the front of your mat.
Lifting your left leg as you point your toes and then flexing your foot as you come down.
Extend your left knee,
Extend your right leg long.
Lift and lower your right leg.
Switching sides,
Come to lay on your left side,
Legs out in front.
Pointing your right toes as you lift your leg and flexing as you come down.
Bend your right knee,
Left leg long.
Lifting and lowering your left leg.
Coming up to all fours.
Extending your right leg long and lifting and lowering.
This isn't necessarily a big movement,
You always want to keep your core and hips stable.
You Dropping your left forearm down,
Extending your right leg long.
And then bending your knees,
Squeezing into your chest and then straightening back out.
You And coming back into a child's pose and then back up to all fours and alternating between these.
And you can stay in child's pose,
Stretch your arms,
Long breathing.
Bringing your arms out to one side,
Breathing into your side body.
And then the other.
And as you're ready,
Come up to seated.
With one leg in front folding over your legs.
Breathing into your hips.
And seeing how you can melt and soften any tension in your body.
And also in your mind.
Coming up to switch sides,
Bringing the opposite leg in front.
And folding over.
And coming up.
We'll take a final few moments to pray.
We thank you for this time.
For the way we've been able to breathe and move,
Become more present.
Become more relaxed.
More aware of our bodies.
Thank you for bringing us.
To move together in this way.
Amen.
So beautiful to move with you.
I'll see you soon.
