Pilates & Prayer | 15-Minute Relaxing Full Body Class

A 15-minute full-body class with relaxing music. Co-regulate and sculpt with Arielle. Pilates can be a therapeutic practice for both your body and mind. This session includes the option to use light weights (2-3 pounds). This class's prayer: "Align me with Your grace."

Transcript

Welcome to Pilates in prayer. This will be a full body workout and we will use light weights, So if you have those, Grab them now. You can also do this class without any equipment. As always. Move mindfully, Prayerfully with your breath. In addition to strengthening, We are also regulating our nervous systems and coming to a calm and centered place. Let's begin. We'll begin by alternating between child's pose and quadruped. Simply flowing and moving with your breath. And we'll now move through a cat-cow pose, Articulating your spine. And mirroring me, You'll bring your left arm forward, Your right leg back, Stretch long and then squeeze into each other. And mirroring me your right arm forward left leg back stretch long and then pull Go ahead and pick up those weights. You'll bring the weights up, Mirroring me, Punch right down. Come back to quadruped, Set the weights down and bring your right leg back. Back to kneeling, Pick up your weights and lift up and repeat moving and flowing mindfully with your breath. On the same side with one add-on. You'll bring your leg over to the opposite side of the mat and then back in and continue the full sequence.