Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Sunday, April 12, 2020
Friday, April 3, 2020
Spring Class session has moved ONLINE!🎥 and here is the info you've been waiting for!
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Classes Begin April 13th!
Pilates 1 Mat Class- Low-impact, core body conditioning. Learn and practice the Five Stott© Pilates Principles, improve your posture, balance, and flexibility through stretching and core strengthening exercises. Build strength in your abdomen, lower back, and hips with the focus of making your torso the powerhouse of your body.
Pilates 2 Mat Class- This is a second level pilates class for those that have experienced Pilates 1 and are looking for a bit more. This one hour and fifteen minute class is sure to challenge your strength and conditioning with more advanced pilates exercises focusing on making the torso the powerhouse of your body.
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Pilates/Yoga Power Sculpt Mat Class- In this Class we begin with the Five Stott© Pilates Principles. Next using Pilates principles we heat our body using Vinyasa Flow Yoga Sun Salutations then continue with Pilates at an intermediate level (level 2). Please have some pilates and yoga experience..
Minneapolis Community Education 2020
🎥Spring Class Session has moved ONLINE!🎥
School is closed but we can still get together and
DO PILATES!!
See schedule and link changes below!
No classes on May 25thSchool is closed but we can still get together and
DO PILATES!!
See schedule and link changes below!
All Classes will be online and interactive held with Zoom
All regular spring Community Education classes have been canceled do to COVID-19 and the importance of Staying Home and Staying Healthy!
If you previously registered for a spring session class and would like to be moved to the ONLINE class you must request this option with my coordinator who will be in contact with you!
You can also request help moving online by emailing lifelong.learning@mpls.k12.mn.us
By leaving a voicemail at 612-668-3939, or contacting me through social media (fb/twitter/insta)
Spring 2020 classes April 13th - June 2nd, 2020By leaving a voicemail at 612-668-3939, or contacting me through social media (fb/twitter/insta)
View full schedule in Google Calendar
Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday Online interactive
*Monday and Tuesday evening
Monday (7 classes) (No classes May 25th - Memorial Day)
April 13th - June 1st, 2020
April 13th - June 1st, 2020
Pilates 1 6:00pm-7:00pm
April 14th - June 2nd, 2020
Pilates 1 6:00pm-7:00pm
Pilates 2 7:15pm-8:30pm (75 Minutes)
Wednesday (7 classes)
April 15th - May 27th, 2020 *Start Date Change*
April 15th - May 27th, 2020 *Start Date Change*
Pilates 1 7:30pm-8:30pm
https://minneapolis.thatscommunityed.com/OR call 612-668-3330 (Lake Harriet School) *Note schools are closed and this number may be unattended.
https://minneapolis.thatscommunityed.com/OR call 612-668-3450 (Washburn H.S.) 612-668-3330 (Lake Harriet School) *Note schools are closed and this number may be unattended.
Friday, March 27, 2020
Spring Session ONLINE!!!
I have been in contact with both of my coordinators and have agreed to teach our spring session from home ONLINE! The details are still being worked out but stay tuned because we hope to start spring session online on time! I will update all my social media accounts (fb/twitter/insta) and this blog with information as I receive it.
I hope everyone is doing great, still moving and staying WELL!! 💓
I hope everyone is doing great, still moving and staying WELL!! 💓
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Important updates from Minneapolis Community Adult Education reguard COVID-19
We are in unprecedented and fluid days right now and I will do my best to keep everyone up to date about what will be happening with our upcoming classes. For now KEEP MOVING, keep breathing, contact me at any time with questions or for daily pilates exercises! Most importantly, stay healthy and safe! I hope with my heart of hearts we will be back to normal life and classes as scheduled as soon as possible!
Monday, March 2, 2020
Thursday, February 13, 2020
Pilates Roll Up
Pose 1:-
*1. Zip and hollow in preparation, and maintain zip and hollow throughout. 
i.e. Zip and hollow is a term used by J. Pilates while developing the exercise method Contrology and mean to IMPRINT YOUR SPINE.
*2. Anchor your scapula's, and keep them gently anchored throughout.
*3. Arms long at a diagonal over the head to maintain scapula and rib-cage alignment (Important:- your back must not arch away from the ground.).
Pose 2:-
*1. (Inhaling): bring your arms up.
*2. Toes pointing upwards.
Pose 3:-
*1. (Still inhaling): Tuck your chin to your chest.
*2. (Now exhaling): Roll upward by "wheeling the spine" off the mat.
Pose 4:-
*1. (Still exhaling): roll forward until head comes close to the legs.
*remember elbows and knees do not flex.*
i.e. Zip and hollow is a term used by J. Pilates while developing the exercise method Contrology and mean to IMPRINT YOUR SPINE.
*2. Anchor your scapula's, and keep them gently anchored throughout.
*3. Arms long at a diagonal over the head to maintain scapula and rib-cage alignment (Important:- your back must not arch away from the ground.).
Pose 2:-
*1. (Inhaling): bring your arms up.
*2. Toes pointing upwards.
Pose 3:-
*1. (Still inhaling): Tuck your chin to your chest.
*2. (Now exhaling): Roll upward by "wheeling the spine" off the mat.
Pose 4:-
*1. (Still exhaling): roll forward until head comes close to the legs.
*remember elbows and knees do not flex.*
*A Pilates exercise (the roll up) which is great for strengthening your abdominals and hip flexors. The full version is said to be more effective than doing 6 simultaneous sit ups. Follow the Pilates roll up and enjoy stronger and more flexible muscles.
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Don't get towed! Minneapolis is on DAY 3 Snow Emergency!
Day 2
Do NOT park on the ODD side of Non-Snow Emergency Routes!
Do NOT park on the ODD side of Non-Snow Emergency Routes!
Monday, February 10, 2020
Don't get towed! Minneapolis is on DAY 2 Snow Emergency!
Day 2
Do NOT park on the EVEN side of Non-Snow Emergency Routes! (or on either side of a parkway!)
Do NOT park on the EVEN side of Non-Snow Emergency Routes! (or on either side of a parkway!)
Do Pilates ANYWHERE! *Mindful Mondays!* Get down on the ground and DO PILATES !!
One the the really cool benefits of practicing mat Pilates is the fact that you really can do it anywhere! Albeit we can, and often do, use props it is not a requirement to do any mat Pilates exercises! So get down on the ground and DO PILATES !!
Yesterday was a doozy snowfall and I hope everyone had their Pilates principles in the back of their mind as they were moving the heavy snow. Utilizing what we have learned in Pilates will not only help you use more of your center and less of your limbs to lift and move heavy snow but it will help to PROTECT your spine, back, neck and shoulder from injury!
Not only was yesterday a big snowfall but it was a gorgeous day to be outside! Blue skies, sunshine and ❄❅❆ 10 PILATES SNOW TEASERS + 10 LEG LIFTS ❆❅❄ on the last one!
For my Pilates 2 students this is something we will be working on every class! For Pilates 1 students, we will continue to strengthen our powerhouse getting ready to make these bigger moves!
**A little self critique - as I watch this video I feel pretty good about moving smoothly through my first 9 Teasers, especially with heavy snow boots (covered in snow) on, using my powerhouse to lift instead of using momentum and just flinging my body up or falling back down. Also I feel good about keeping my arms, shoulders and rib cage in alignment- this is an important feature that can easily be lost on tougher moves. HOWEVER on my last Teaser it is clear I am getting fatigued as I was having a bit of a hard time keeping my torso as stable as I would have preferred, or even as stable as I felt I had been. Self critique is important as we are all practicing Pilates, always learning and always improving!
Yesterday was a doozy snowfall and I hope everyone had their Pilates principles in the back of their mind as they were moving the heavy snow. Utilizing what we have learned in Pilates will not only help you use more of your center and less of your limbs to lift and move heavy snow but it will help to PROTECT your spine, back, neck and shoulder from injury!
Not only was yesterday a big snowfall but it was a gorgeous day to be outside! Blue skies, sunshine and ❄❅❆ 10 PILATES SNOW TEASERS + 10 LEG LIFTS ❆❅❄ on the last one!
For my Pilates 2 students this is something we will be working on every class! For Pilates 1 students, we will continue to strengthen our powerhouse getting ready to make these bigger moves!
**A little self critique - as I watch this video I feel pretty good about moving smoothly through my first 9 Teasers, especially with heavy snow boots (covered in snow) on, using my powerhouse to lift instead of using momentum and just flinging my body up or falling back down. Also I feel good about keeping my arms, shoulders and rib cage in alignment- this is an important feature that can easily be lost on tougher moves. HOWEVER on my last Teaser it is clear I am getting fatigued as I was having a bit of a hard time keeping my torso as stable as I would have preferred, or even as stable as I felt I had been. Self critique is important as we are all practicing Pilates, always learning and always improving!
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