This week\u2019s session sees Lennon reinforcing the movements we\u2019ve already learned and shows us why core stability is such an important part of Pilates.<\/p>\n
360 breath is also called diaphragmatic breathing, Lennon explains.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re trying to expand our ribcage as wide as we can. Not just breathing upwards but breathing laterally and into our backs.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
This deep breathing helps activate the core correctly, ensuring a firm base.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThe core is the centre, or the powerhouse as we call it in Pilates. We want that powerhouse to be stable, and then we can play with the limbs in different directions and challenge the stability of the core.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0Lennon\u2019s week two session will introduce a roll down, a bird dog, and a few different plank movements.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAll of these will again challenge the core, and we\u2019ll also be moving through the spine, coming up into different positions,\u201d says Lennon.<\/p>\n
This week, we may start to notice that we\u2019re acquiring a degree of \u201cbody literacy\u201d, says Lennon, where we\u2019re learning how to move our body more efficiently and recognising how to organise or set up our bodies before we start the class.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe setup is sometimes more important than actual movement. That can be unglamorous and maybe even overwhelming, but that\u2019s OK.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0In line with her philosophy of \u201cmeeting yourself where you\u2019re at\u201d, Lennon reminds us to do what we can with this week\u2019s 10-minute session.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week\u2019s session sees Lennon reinforcing the movements we\u2019ve already learned and shows us why core stability is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621620,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[5658,500,499,103,61,60],"class_list":["post-621619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-irish-examiner-instagram","tag-september-reset","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=621619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621619\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}