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Andrea Coleman - STOTT Pilates Instructor

Helping you move better & feel stronger! STOTT Pilates Instructor, NASM CPT, TRX

09/16/2026

Where do you feel your prone single-leg hip extension? 👀

Try this the next time you’re working prone hip extension:

First, bring one hand to your glute and lift your leg.
Where do you feel the movement initiate?

Now move your hand down onto your hamstring and try it again.

Hint: Your glute should initiate the movement—not your hamstring taking over.

The first thing to fix? Your pelvis.

• Press your p***c bone gently into the mat
• Press the top of your foot into the mat
• Imagine you’re drawing your kneecap up toward your hip
• Find that glute engagement and hold it isometrically

Once you can maintain that glute contraction, try hovering the leg just a small amount off the mat.

You don’t need a big lift. You’re looking for connection and control, not height.

🚩 One sign your hamstring may be taking over? Your knee starts to bend.

Try less range and focus on keeping the leg long while maintaining that glute connection.

Sometimes the smallest movement is where the biggest work happens.

09/14/2026

Teachers need teachers too!

Kim Valentine | STOTT Pilates Instructor in Boston reminded me the other day just how important footwork is—even for us as teachers.

I’m a staunch advocate for starting my clients’ sessions with footwork, but somewhere along the way, I realized I had neglected that same practice in my own body.

It was such a good reminder that we need our practice, too.

So to all my Pilates instructor friends—make time for your own practice, and don’t forget that we need teachers, too. Take a private lesson. Get on the Reformer (or other apparatus) with another instructor. Let someone else watch you move, challenge you, and give you feedback.

We spend so much time teaching our clients, but there’s so much value in being the student again.

We’re better teachers when we continue to be students, too.

09/11/2026

I’ve been loving working in extension over the ball lately.

The ball gives me great feedback about how I’m moving — where I’m finding support, where I’m moving from, and how evenly I’m articulating through my spine.

I paired that with some ab prep and hip rolls to work on core connection, spinal articulation, and glute activation.

Sometimes changing the surface or position is all it takes to experience a familiar movement in a completely different way.

And honestly, the feedback from the ball makes these movements feel so good.

09/09/2026

Join me for Pilates!

Pilates is about more than just the workout. It’s a chance to build strength, improve mobility, work on posture and alignment, and create a deeper connection with your body.

📍 Keene Fusion Studios
🗓️ Mondays at 5:30 PM
🗓️ Tuesdays & Thursdays at 10:00 AM

I love teaching in person because I can see how you’re moving, offer real-time feedback, and provide hands-on guidance when appropriate and always with your permission. Plus, there’s something motivating about moving together in a room full of people!

But if you can’t make it to the studio, don’t let that stop you. Remote Pilates is available, too, so you can still have guidance and consistency in your practice from wherever you are.

Ready to get started?
👉 Book your spot through the link in my bio or DM me to learn more about Pilates.

I’d love to move with you! 🤍

09/04/2026

Pelvic mobility doesn’t have to happen supine. Take it up!

A chair, a ball, or even standing can give you a whole new way to explore movement.

In this video, I’m working through:
• Imprint → neutral, mobilizing the lower portion of the spine
• Side-to-side shifts
• Pelvic circles

Supine isn’t always the right position for everyone — whether due to pregnancy, reflux, dizziness, breathing discomfort, an injury, or simply personal preference.

Changing the position doesn’t mean we lose the movement. It means we make the movement more accessible.

And honestly… this felt heavenly.

09/03/2026

A little support can change everything.

The mini ball makes this side-bending movement more accessible while challenging the entire lateral chain.

Sometimes the best modification isn’t making an exercise easier—it’s giving the body the support it needs to find the movement.

08/31/2026

Happy Monday! A little spinal articulation is the perfect way to start the week and brighten your mood.

Move your spine, wake up your body, and feel good doing it. 🤍

08/28/2026

Extension feels SO good. 🤌🏼

In everyday life, we spend so much time in flexion—sitting, driving, working at a desk, looking down at our phones.

Our bodies need the opposite, too. Extension helps counter all that flexion, opens the front of the body, and reminds us how good it feels to move in the other direction.

08/26/2026

Name a better exercise than Mermaid with the Push Thru Bar… I’ll wait 😏✨

Okay, I might be a little biased because this is one of my absolute favorites.

Mermaid forever. 🧜‍♀️

08/24/2026

Swimming is a great example of why progressions matter.

Before asking the body to coordinate fast, alternating movements, I want to establish the connection first.

We start with an opposite arm + leg lift in one long line — finding length, stability, and contralateral connection.

Then we add thoracic extension, maintaining that long line while lifting from the upper back rather than collapsing into the low back.

Next, we slow down the alternating movement, hovering the opposite arm and leg while maintaining the extension and control.

Only then do we add speed and coordination to arrive at Swimming.

The goal isn’t to get to the final exercise as quickly as possible.

It’s to build the organization that allows the final exercise to be performed with control.

Position → connection → movement → coordination → speed.

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Keene, NH
03431

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