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10/12/2026

🟠Are you up for the challenge?

It's Reformer fitball fun😁

Reformer teachers and advanced practitioners can challenge their balance, stability, centering, concentration, and control in this fun fitball flow by focusing on all the Pilates principles✔️

The set up:
All on one medium spring🔵, except
rocking swan, ALL springs on.

Even though Joe Pilates didn't have a stability ball, he did have barrels, which can serve the same purpose in many ways🟠

I often wonder what Joseph Pilates would have done if he had a fitball for to use with his equipment. What do you think?


10/07/2026

👣Fired up Miniball footwork

Master your reformer footwork and fire up your deep core with this mini ball workout sequence!

🔵Adding a Pilates mini ball to your traditional footwork isn't just about the inner thighs—it chalanges your pelvic stability and forces your stabilizing muscles to work overtime.

Swipe through the carousel to see how changing your mini ball placement targets different muscle groups:
1️⃣ Ball between the inner thighs (adductors): Activates the pelvis floor muscles and deepens core engagement during parallel heels and toes.
2️⃣ Ball between the ankles: Challenges your alignment, prevents supination, and fixes your tracking through the ankles, knees, and hips.
3️⃣ Ball in hands: Enhances the mind-body connection when passing or tossing the ball
4️⃣Ball under the foot on the footbar: The ultimate instability challenge for advanced lower body coordination and lumbar stability.

Save this post for your next pilates self-practice or use it as inspiration for your next Pilates class.

Both feet on bar: 3 to 4 Red Spriings:
1. Roll throughs, and reverse - ball between ankles

2. Marching - pass ball under marching knee

3. Pilates V - pass ball hug a tree

4. Wide external rotation - hug a tree to straight arms lower and lift

5. Running - ball - rotate ball in hands

6. Flexed knee running - rotate ball in hands

7. Bridging combo (semi-circle prep) -ball between inner thighs

8. 8 count developé, ball following leg

Single leg: 1 red spring
8. Single leg stretch, over/under - stand on ball on footbar

10. Jumping 1 red spring - ball behind shoulder blades

10/02/2026

🚩Pilates Pole Please🚩

Master your upper body connection
and elevate your alignment with these Pilates Reformer Arms in Straps variations using the Pilates dowel!

Adding the pole to your reformer arms in straps repertoire is an absolute game-changer for stability, symmetry, and deep core integration. The added leg moves will challenge your rhythm and flow with some fun moves borrowed from the Pilates mat work.

Here are 5 ideas for Reformer teachers! Swipe through the carousel to break down the form, feel the flow, and correct your alignment in real-time.

Here is what we are focusing on in this sequence:

✔️Symmetrical Resistance: Holding the Pilates bar ensures both arms work equally. This eliminates dominant-side compensation.
✔️Scapular Stability: The dowel provides tactile feedback to keep your shoulders relaxed and your shoulder blades properly anchored.
✔️Deep Core Engagement: Moving from your center prevents rib cage flaring and maximizes your abdominal connection.

The Setup:
✔️Neutral spine, straps in hands, holding the dowel shoulder-width apart
✔️ One red🔴 and one blue🔵 spring.

The Movement: Smooth mid-back series with tricep and lat presses💥

The Form Check: Common mistakes to avoid include wrist bending in extension, shoulder shrugging, and back arching.

Drop a 📝 if you are adding this to your next workout session, and save for later.

09/28/2026

🍎Ready to really feel your core?

This set up challenges the abdominal obliques in both spinal mobility and stability using the mini ball

09/23/2026

Pilates arc power💥

Here are a few classical and contemporary moves on the Pilates reformer with a range of benefits that add up to a full body workout💥 It's great for support for beginning students and adds strength and power for advanced Reformer practitioners. Spring suggestions below👇

The small barrel was invented by Joseph Pilates to improve spinal mobility fir his students, but it can also be used for spinal stability, leg power, and arm strength, as seen here.

In this series, I'm using the full arc with the seat on, and the middle arch over the shoulder rests.

All exercises are on one medium 🔵 spring, except semi-circle prep, 2 heavy 🔴 springs.

1. Staggered stance lunge series. The arc allows the feet to be close to the front of the carriage for more spring support.



2. Semi circle prep. I love this position for teaching semicircles forward and reverse, without the extreme stretching of the spine.

3. Kneeling side splits. Resting the knee on the seat is comfortable and keeps the leg from sliding. Putting the hand on the arc assists the side stretches to both sides.

4. Pulling rails prone swan variations. This setup allows the legs to rest on the seat top and moving the carriage wirh hands on the frame

5. Jumping, a fun core challenge, supporting the spine on the arc

6. Side lying hip work with the strap at the thigh. The seat makes it comfortable for side sitting so you can focus on the leg work💥

7. Teaser prep with added arm and core work. This setup is perfect for introducing teaser with straps on the reformer to students

09/21/2026

Go with the flow 👇

with the straps on the Pilates dowel, that is!

I love the Pilates dowel for a contemporary perspective on feet in straps! This set up has versatility with a variety of moves you can do with both feet or one foot and then a quick switch to the other foot without having to stop and change straps. This keeps the series flowing without stops.

➡️This Reformer series is all on one red and one blue Balanced Body spring.

💡It's perfect for Pilates instructors' personal practice or for ideas for teaching classes, and intermediate to advanced Reformer students. It focuses on the Pilates principles of rhythm and flow, as well as concentration, control and centering, and most importantly, balanced muscle development.

09/18/2026

This supine Cadillac glute workout with box and 2 short blue arm springs will fire up your entire posterior chain🔥

Which one is going into your next Cadillac Pilates class or workout? Save and tag your Pilates Instructor pals who adore using the box and springs on the the Pilates trapeze table 🤩

Thank you to:
~Utku Deneyici for the inspo for this series

1. Bent knee reciprocal hip extension

2. Bridge with hip extension

3. Bridge with lat press

4. Airplane forward and reverse

09/17/2026

Low to high Balance Challenge

This movement requires a strong core, power in the legs and hips, and solid balance in a hip hinge on one leg. It requires control from low on the floor in a one leg bear pose, to a standing modified warrior 3.

~Thank you to Peyman for the inspo💥

I saw him do it with such strength and ease, I knew I had to give it a go.... now who wants to try?

Tag me so I can put you in my stories!

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