Welcome to Restorative Pilates.
My name is Victoria and I wanted to show you a few tips about posture and alignment.
Let's start with airplane controller arms.
With our forearms parallel to the floor and our elbows below our shoulders,
We'll just do the small quarter rotation.
As our fingertips lengthen to the ceiling,
Really feeling the shoulder blades glide down your back.
And drawing that core into your spine.
Wrapping around it,
Helping you stand tall and feel supported.
And connected.
Let's do the doors on the bus go open and shut.
These exercises are great because not only are they impactful,
But you don't need any props and depending on where you are,
You can do it pretty much anywhere.
So here we're opening our chest.
Engaging our core.
And drawing those shoulder blades toward each other.
Now let's go ahead and use some resistance.
To bring all of these movements together.
Using our TheraBand,
A fabulously versatile tool,
And with our elbows at our sides,
Take a breath.
On the exhale,
Pulling the core in,
Standing tall through the back of the neck and the crown of the head.
And how about just naturally drops the shoulders.
Let's take another breath in.
And on that exhale,
As we pull that core in and drop the shoulders.
We come in.
To resist them.
And it's nice to think about our bony landmarks first.
Because that really puts us in better alignment to strengthen and repattern.
So here hopefully you're feeling a little bit of core work matching the effort you're feeling in the band.
The chest opening,
The shoulder blades gliding down your back.
And retracting.
Each other.
This is great for your shoulder strength and stability.
It's great for your core and it's fabulous for posture.
