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Pilates Fundamentals: The Five Principles

Beginner II
(72 Reviews)
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Kim has a beautiful way of clearly describing the five principles of pilates. In this class she will take you through each one, teaching you how to incorporate each into your life and showing an exercise you can do to practice them and strengthen the key core muscles.

Equipment

  • None

Focus

  • Core Strength
  • Lower Back

Style

  • Gentle Yoga
  • Pilates
  • Yoga for Back Care
Christopher
January 9, 2013
Comment:

As a complete newbie, I selected this video for an intro. While I enjoyed Kim's instruction, I also noticed she seemed to assume that her audience was entirely female given her anatomical references. It left me wondering if (a) Pilates is only for women, or (b) if this focus is missing from the description.

Comment Replies

aimeceleste
July 2, 2013
Comment:

After seeing your comment about the focus being on females, I paid a lot of attention to her examples. I counted two anatomical references that were gendered - one was to an invisible bra strap, and the other was a general comment about post-pregnancy belly/pelvic muscle changes. The rest of her discussion was about things we all have - regardless of sex - shoulder blades, armpits, and ab muscles, mostly.

I enjoyed the descriptions she gave of different core muscles, and how to contract them appropriately - this was full of really good information!

stephleest
September 13, 2016
Comment:

There is reference to a bra strap, which is later described as "the centre of your back". This shouldn't make you feel as though pilates is only for women, nor that this particular class focuses on women's bodies. For the same reason, Kim's reference to the C1 vertebra shouldn't make you feel like pilates is only for anatomists.

If experiencing gender-bias feels uncomfortable to you, you should count yourself lucky -- for most women, it's a boring routine.

kdnwbrry
October 2, 2012
Comment:

I love the clear, straight-forward instruction in this video. These five principles are hard to master, but Kim's teaching makes them much easier to understand.

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