Hi, I'm Valentine from Pilates Body by Valentine and I'm here at the studio in Danville, California.
I've invited my friend and client, Kathy, to come and demonstrate some teaser options
that may be available for you or your clients.
Alright, so what she's going to do now is she's going to lie down and she's going
to do the setup for this.
In this setup, I've always encouraged my clients to actually feel this little space
of air, tunnel of air underneath, most people call it a neutral spine, I call it tunnel
of air.
I've been, I'm going to have her bend her knees.
Now for home enthusiasts, this is a safer option.
You start here simply because it puts less strain on the back.
What she's going to do is she's going to inhale here and as she exhales, she sweeps
down and extends her legs and then she's going to inhale, retrace the route she came.
Inhale and exhale, lift.
Now when she's here, she's trying to parallel arms and legs and she goes back two more times.
And exhale, basic teaser, and down, always using the safe option, and blow, okay, and
down.
Now, she's going to try something a little more difficult and roll up.
Keeping her arms still, she's just going to alternate legs, scissor legs, let's go.
One, and two, and three, and four, and take note how she blows.
She's blowing, always focusing on the powerhouse and the breath.
Last two, and retrace your steps home, pretty simple.
Now she's going to try and lower both legs.
Here's where it gets a little challenging, low up, holding the arms still, she lowers
and lifts, lowers and lifts, keep the body still, good, hinging at the hips.
Last two, and one more, and retrace, all right.
Now just for fun, we're going to add some arms, all right, let's see what she comes
up with.
Inhale and up, she's going to lower one leg and the arm.
Now take note, she chose the same arm and same leg.
She's holding her body still.
This is a little more challenging because the body wants to twist.
It's very difficult in terms of holding the body still, last one, and come on down.
Now we're going to try walking, and up we go.
There she goes, she's walking, trying to hold still, keeping still, excellent, very good.
Last two, four, three, I meant last four, and bring it up and roll down, all the way.
It's a tough workout.
Try and just glean a few pieces of what I've just told you for your homework.
See you at the next Balanced Body Podcast.
