Tag: alignment

Teaching With a “Pilates Lens”: A New Way to Approach Alignment and Artistry

As a student of Pilates teacher Romana Kryzanowska, I remember a teacher-training session a decade ago when a young instructor asked Romana why she never got bored of teaching the same exercises. Romana answered, “I am not teaching exercises. I am teaching a person.”  This approach continues to motivate my work with Pilates––which I’ve been […]

Megan Williams' Whole-Body Approach to Correcting Alignment and Technique

Have you ever looked at a student’s posture and said: “Close your ribs” or “Don’t grip your glutes” or “Use your abdominals more”? While that pinpointed correction may or may not have achieved the desired results in the moment, such phrases naturally raise a bigger question: “But how?” Not all verbal cues are equal to […]