This unique Chair Pilates class very much stresses joint health, and joint mobility in particular. Mobility in our joints refers to the strength we have in the muscles around our joints and that support our joints. This strength is important in helping us to find greater stability in our joints, as well as maintaining the ability to walk, reach for objects and live independently. I hope you enjoy the practice!

As we age, and lead more sedentary lives, we realize the importance of maintaining range of motion in our joints. Equally as important is mobility. Mobility differs from range of motion in that it focuses on maintaining strength for our joints. This gentle chair Pilates class focuses both on mobility and range of motion for a well rounded practice.

We all know that moving our body to maintain a healthy range of motion, as well as a healthy degree of mobility in your joints, is critical to healthy aging. Yoga is a wonderful practice to help us to not only maintain range of motion, but also to work to strengthen our joints, which gives us better mobility. Better mobility can enhance our lives in a number of ways, such as better balance, safer driving, and living independently.

While one of the intentions of doing Better Balance exercises is to prevent falling, sometimes we do fall. And even if we don’t fall, we may want to get down onto the ground for other reasons; gardening, playing with pets or grandchildren, etc. This practice teaches you exercises that you can use to build the strength you need to get up off of the floor, whether you are doing so by choice or because you have fallen.

A key practice to better and healthy aging, is to move your body to maintain a healthy range of motion, as well as a healthy degree of mobility in your joints. Yoga is a wonderful practice to help us to not only maintain range of motion, but also to work to strengthen our joints, which gives us better mobility. Better mobility gives us the ability to stand taller, to sit taller, and to walk with greater confidence, all of which means we have better balance.

Sit with me for a helpful practice when you are having an off day. If you have ever had what we might call an off meditation day; those days where it feels as though your mind isn’t cooperating, your body isn’t cooperating, and perhaps you even feel somewhat disconnect from your breath, I Invite you to give this practice a try. So please sit back, relax as much as you can and let my guidance do the rest.

Let’s amp it up a little and safely get our heart rate up to include some cardio in your practice! Join me for this fun and challenging fusion class and give yourself the benefits of both Pilates and Cardio!

Whether you are looking to improve balance or simply build more strength overall, I invite you to join me for this short Better Balance practice which uses a resistance band and ball to improve strength and flexibility in areas important for better balance.

This short 20 minute practice is also great for those looking to improve overall strength as they age. This class makes for a healthy movement practice on those in between days of your exercise routine! Please enjoy!

Meditation and Mindfulness are opportunities to stop and listen. Not only with our physical ears, but listen with our intuitive ear. Practice with me and move through your own doorway toward inner peace, calm, quiet, stillness and wisdom.

Taking care of our shoulders becomes increasingly important as we age. Health, strength, and mobility in our shoulders can mean better balance, better posture, as well as less back, neck and even hip pain. Yoga is an ideal practice to bring back all of this and more.

As practices, Pilates and Barre go well together. They are both core centric practices, focused on strengthening the whole body in movements and exercises that emanate from a strong, stable and engaged core. Barre is also a great technique in Chair Pilates, because we can use the chair as our Barre!

As practices, Pilates and Barre go well together. They are both core centric practices, focused on strengthening the whole body in movements and exercises that emanate from a strong, stable and engaged core. Join me and challenge yourself with this unique Gentle Chair Pilates class, and try some Barre exercises, as well as more traditional Pilates practices.

As we age we tend to lose mobility in our hips and pelvic area, and thereby lose strength. This can affect our balance, our ability to walk for very long, our back health and more. Chair Yoga is the perfect practice to counter these effects of aging and maintain both pelvic mobility and strength.

It's well known among my students that I really like to mix it up a bit with my classes. I like to offer new exercises or exercises that aren't part of the traditional Pilates practice in my Pilates classes. Today, join me and will do a standing Pilates practice. You'll still need your chair to help you with balance and to do the seated warm up at the beginning. But, from there, let's mix it up a bit!

One the best ways to keep our joints healthy, especially as we age, is to practice yoga. The poses and the sequences we practice in today's class, help us to move our joints in ways we might not during our regular, daily routine. This helps us to maintain and improve range of motion, as well as strengthen and stretch the muscles that support our joints.

One the best ways to keep our joints healthy, especially as we age, is to practice yoga. The poses and the sequences in this practice, help us to move our joints in ways we might not during our regular, daily routine. This helps us to maintain and improve range of motion, as well as strengthen and stretch the muscles that support our joints.

In Mindfulness teachings, the R.A.I.N. Meditation is often practiced. R.A.I.N. is an acronym for Recognition, Acceptance, Investigation, Non-identification. While meditating, we can use this practice with our distractions, and then over time, work to apply this practice beyond our meditations. Click play and I’ll teach you how.

Being in crowded or busy spaces can impair our balance, particularly if we are not used to being in these spaces. Today’s practice will help you to prepare being in those spaces and maintaining your balance.

It's well known among my students that I really like to mix it up a bit with my classes. I like to offer new exercises or exercises that aren't part of the traditional Pilates practice in my Pilates classes. Today, join me and will do a standing Pilates practice. You'll still need your chair to help you with balance and to do the seated warm up at the beginning. But, from there, let's mix it up a bit!

It is important to check ourselves on the things we value. The more we value things that are out of our control, the less control we have. Recognizing what we can and cannot control, most importantly in those life situations we want to value most, can help us to significantly reduce our struggles.

In today’s practice, we will work a little bit of everything; the core, the glutes, our legs, shoulders, arms and back body. All of which makes up the good all around practice!

It’s is important as we age to do practices that help to keep our pelvic area not only strong, but to also maintain pelvic mobility. Many of the aches and pains we experience in our back and pelvis are caused by not only lack of strength, but also restrictions that occur because we become less active. Yoga is the perfect practice to counter some of the effects of aging to help us to live with less pain and discomfort.

Over the years of sharing meditation, I have collected a large number of quotes teachings and inspirations in my studies around meditation and passing on that wisdom. I have a few that are particularly meaningful for me, one of which is “We cannot become what we want by remaining where we are.” On my personal journey, I have found that meditation is one of the best spaces to help me to move on and become what I am seeking. Today, I want to share that practice with you.

Move slowly in your practice today and compassionately listen to your body as you flow through the poses. Notice how you respond to the practice and how your whole body opens up.

Join me for an all levels Chair Pilates class, in which you choose how strong or gentle your practice is. And just a quick reminder here; in some areas you may need a stronger practice and in other areas you may need a gentler practice. Pay attention and listen to your body and decide what's best for you!

Join me as we use yoga blocks (or a similar prop that you can safely stand on to imitate standing on steps or a curb), where the surface is narrower than our foot is long. Have a chair handy to help you to stand on the blocks (or your walker, if you use a walker). Challenge yourself to stay calm when you are not standing in perfect balance.

Albert Einstein said, “The problems that we face, cannot be solved at the same level of thinking that created them.” In order to move through life's challenges, we need to step back and view them from a different perspective. We need to view them from the perspective of a clear, calm, stable mind. It is in that space, which is also the space we find in meditation, that we find our solutions.

In this practice, we stay seated and work gently to strengthen our whole body. I encourage you to pay close attention to the alignment cues, as they are important to building strength while seated.

The results are in … Squats a great way to exercise and keep your whole body in shape! But how do we do squats if we have knee or hip problems? This practice will show you how and more!

Albert Einstein said, “The problems that we face, cannot be solved at the same level of thinking that created them.” In order to move through life's challenges, we need to step back and view them from a different perspective. We need to view them from the perspective of a clear, calm, stable mind. It is in that space, which is also the space we find in meditation, that we find our solutions.

My favorite practices are those that include a little bit of everything and that move all my joints, work and stretch all my muscles, and clear my head. Breath by breath, I can feel my body opening and feeling better and better. I hope this practice becomes one of your favorites as well!

While every Pilates class is meant to target the core, this practice extends the class time we have to focus on strengthening the core, and offers new and challenging ways to do that strengthening. Also remind us that the core is not just our abs, but our back, pelvis, and upper legs.

The health of our legs is critical to Better Balance. The most obvious reason being that without our legs we couldn't stand, of course. But it's so much more than that. The state of our legs is critical to having better balance and to being able to walk. It is also critical for the health of our knees and ankles, without which we would not be able to walk either. Join me as we both stretch and strengthen every part of our legs in this short practice.

Have you ever started your day, or a part of your day, thinking, "this isn't going to be good"? When we let our thoughts move in this direction, we lose sight of how simple it can be to change the tone of our day. In this practice, we contemplate the wisdom of one of the teachings of Taoism, ‘One rock can change the path an entire river.’

Yoga is a wonderful practice for improving lower body health. When done correctly for your level of fitness and flexibility, yoga can improve back, hip, pelvic, knee, and even ankle health. But to do so, we need to stand up and do our yoga.

Trying to walk in a straight line is a great way to challenge your balance; whether you are walking as you normally do and trying to stay in a straight line, or adding a little more challenge by trying to keep your feet on the straight line as you walk. In this practice we make walking in a straight line more challenging, by walking in ways we don't normally walk. This is an excellent way to improve balance, as well as strengthen your core stability muscles.

My favorite Pilates practices are those that include a little bit of everything and that move all my joints, work and stretch all my muscles, as well as clear my head reduce my stress level. I hope this practice becomes one of your favorites as well!

One of the most important things that mindfulness and meditation can bring us is an awareness of when we are doing something that makes us feel good; that truly makes our soul feel happy.

In our meditations, we want to practice with an awareness of the things we do that help us feel better and move us toward our intention.

Twists in a yoga practices are one of my favorite things to do. Twists can help to reduce muscle and joint tightness and they can also help to reduce the stress we feel. But another of my favorites of the benefit of twists is that they are perfect way to warm you up on a chilly day!

Developed by the New Zealand Falls Prevention Research Group, the Otago Exercise Program (OEP) originated at the University of Otago, in Otago, New Zealand. These exercises have been validated and have been proven to decrease falls and fall-related injuries in high-risk older adults. Professionals the world over consider these exercises one of the best fall prevention programs for high-risk older adults and for older adults starting fall risk management.

It’s leg day in Chair Pilates! Perhaps you remember when we used to go to the gym and only work one part of our body. It was arm day, abs day, glutes day, etc., and our workout would be very focused on that one area of our body. When we say it's leg day and Pilates, we mean that will give particular emphasis to our legs, but like every Pilates class, we are still going to work our entire body.

Are you moving through a busy time right now? Feeling perhaps there is not enough time to get everything done and considering forgoing your yoga?

Yoga is practice intended to give us better balance on every level of being. When we are feeling busy or overwhelmed, slowing down is more important and a state of being this practice will offer you. I invite you to take a breath and do your practice.

When you think about it, whenever we work with Plan B, we are using the practice of acceptance. Many of us think of Plan B, as something last minute, frenetic, something we usually don't want to do, but have to do, because what we wanted to do, Plan A, just isn't going to work.

It is a well known and proven fact that regularly moving our joints helps to keep us healthy, feeling good and to maintain our independence.

This seated joint practice will help you to move every joint in your body, in every direction it moves! Done regularly, it will also help you to regain lost range of motion and improve mobility.

Join me for the all out, yet gentle class! This class is very focused on the abdominals, with the intention that a stronger core helps you to be stronger in all areas!

Pauses in our days are critical to our overall health. When we feel depleted or drained (well, actually before we let ourselves get to this point), it is essential that we pause. While you may not think of doing a yoga practice as an actual pause in your day, that is exactly what a yoga practice is.

While abs and back body practices for better balance are often considered to be more strenuous class, they are also essential to your balance practice. They are also a key part of continuing to expand your balance practice as you grow stronger.

It is a well known fact that a core tenet of Pilates is that everything we work and strengthen in a practice comes from strengthening our core. In this practice we will put extra emphasis on the legs, pelvis, shoulders, and chest, but we will do this by leading the exercises from our core.

In yoga, several poses and sequences are designed to help build inner heat and warmth. The intention can be that inner heat helps to burn off stress and other difficult energies. But it’s also sometimes nice to just do a warming practice on a chilly, winter’s day!

When practicing for better balance, it is important to think of the balance of your overall state of being. This practice focuses on shoulder health. In order to stand tall, as well as walk and move with greater balance, we must work to both strengthen our shoulders, as well as not allow our shoulders to round forward when we stand and walk. This short practice will give you simple and easy to remember exercises to improve your shoulder health.

We very often to set an intention when we meditate. I like to invite my students to not set an intention for each meditation, as we practice, but rather set an intention for why we practice overall. At a time when so many are setting resolutions, I prefer to set an intention, not only for a long term, but as a means to make me a better person. This practice is a great practice for the new year but can also be practiced at any time.

It is a well known fact that a core tenet of Pilates is that everything we work and strengthen in a practice comes from strengthening our core. We don't have to do an intense practice to achieve this. But rather, we can gently put extra emphasis on the legs, pelvis, shoulders, and chest, while doing the best exercise for ourself and leading from the core.

This is a Yoga practice for better balance, with particular emphasis on Warrior 3. (Note that in the first part of the video, I erroneously call it Warrior 1.) Let me guide you into getting to know both this pose and your body a little better. You will also find that this class helps you to find better alignment and poses such as down dog, standing backbends, and plank pose. If you are looking to improve your balance this is the perfect practice to come back to you again and again!

I like to think of enchantment as a practice of taking mindfulness one step further. Mindfulness invites us to be present; to be aware of our surroundings, our inner body, our emotions and our thoughts. Practicing enchantment along with mindfulness, invites us to be more mindful to all those little things we tend to look past or miss, but that do delight us when we notice them.

While doing your Pilates practice in chair is a great choice to build strength, it can be difficult to build upper body strength when exercising in a chair. This practice, while working the whole body, puts particular emphasis and the chest, shoulders and arms. It’s one that I hope you will come back to again and again if you are looking to build more upper body strength.

One of the reasons that we feel so much better after doing a yoga practice is not only because the poses help to build strength and improve flexibility, but moreso because, on out most subtle level of being, yoga helps us to feel a greater sense of inner space and greater ease and clarity.

It is well known that Chair Pilates is a practice to help improve balance, especially as we age. It also goes without saying, that to improve our balance, we have to do some standing exercises. This practice is just that and one that you will want to practice again and again to improve your balance.

It goes without saying, that to improve our balance, we have to do some standing exercises. This practice is just that and one that you will want to practice again and again.

Using a visualization of setting down a shaken snow globe, connect with the essence of settling and becoming still. The perfect practice to move away from whatever might be agitating or unsettling you during the Holiday season.

Standing on uneven surfaces or on some kind of cushion, can be challenging, but can also significantly improve your balance. Take a few minutes to sit quietly, then move your spine. Then, grad a towel and add a little more instability to your practice.

For a practice of true balance, which yoga is meant to be, we must remember to work all parts of our body. In the practice we move from head to toes, with some extra focus on the side of the torso.

When we are moving through uncertainty, it is important to remember that we must work with uncertainty, rather that struggle against it.

This week, It’s Leg Day in the New Chair Pilates class. Work with me to not only strengthening the legs and pelvis, but to also learn why it s important to do so.

Join me, as we take a new approach to balance poses in this challenging intermediate chair yoga sequence!

As I often mention, a practice of better balance means bringing balance into everything we do. When we work to strengthen our core for better balance, it is also essential that we work to improve flexibility and range of motion in our joints.

As we age and turn to fitness practices like Chair Yoga, Balance should be a critical objective in our fitness journey. Yoga (and Chair Yoga) is an ideal movement practice to give us better balance.

Faith is the bird who feels the light, and sings, when the dawn is still dark. ~ S R Tragore

Years ago my mother read this quote to me in one of my darkest times. It resonated so deeply with me that I have regularly used it as my meditation and to remind myself that there is always light ... always.

Healthy, strong and stable knees are essential to better balance. In this class, we focus on all the muscle groups that help to keep the knees strong and stable. (Note: if you haven't exercised these muscles in a while, be gentle with your practice today.)

While it is important to do regular exercises to strengthen the core for better stability, here are 10 simple practices that you can do daily or regularly to help enhance your balance classes.

This whole body practice, puts particular emphasis on the shoulder girdle and side body.

Let's add a little somethin' to the exercises this week. Challenge yourself to up your game, while still being mindful to what your body needs.

If we fall, we need to have a strategy to get back up and we need to practice that strategy often. Knowing key things, such as your stronger side, how to remain calm after you fall and how to use something like a chair or table to get up is important. There is also the added benefit that these practices also build stronger muscles for better balance as well.

Sometimes, the world around us can feel crazy, unsettled and unkind. We sometimes wonder if the practices and the work that we do through our meditations is all for naught. This practice comes from the tenets of meditation and is one that I turn to when the negativity of the information that constantly flows toward me eels like too much. I invite you to sit with me and truly feel the power of love.

One of the keys to better balance, is doing practices that help us to avoid falling. Tripping because we are not lifting our feet when walk is very common in older adults. Today we will practice to build strength and muscle memory to get our knees up when we walk. If we are getting our knees up, then we are picking up our feet.

I like to offer classes that are more of a fusion style of Pilates, where I incorporate practices such as Barre, Yoga and Core Sculpting. When we incorporate sculpting into our practices, we are working our whole Bobbi with the intention of seeing differences in our physical body as a result of the exercises.

While we can sit and improve core strength, if we really want to improve our balance, we have to do some standing practices that will challenge our balance. That's exactly what this class does! And in addition to challenging ourselves, we are telling our body and our nervous system that it's okay to be a little imbalanced, we just want to make sure we are being safe when we are!

Yoga is well known as a practice that benefits are pelvis and hip areas. Today's chair yoga is specifically one of those practices. Join me as we move our body to both open and strengthen the front, sides, and back of the pelvis.

Do your Pilates class while standing and using the chair for balance and as a support prop.

When we feel emotions like anger, frustration, agitation, and anxiety, we often feel like they are building up to the point of explosion or implosion. We can use our meditation to decompress ourselves, releasing the bulk of these energies, and then gaining the clarity to see our part in them and how we can change that.

The upper legs are a key part of the balance and stability we get from the pelvic area. Join me for some fun and challenging poses to work the upper legs.

This practice, while working the whole body, will give you some new ways to work and strengthen the shoulders!

We often think of Pilates as only a way to build strength. In traditional Pilates, many of the stretches are built into the practice. In Chair Pilates those stretches are more difficult to incorporate into the practice. Today we focus on the importance of flexibility and do plenty of stretches in the practice.

Have you ever considered walking for your meditation? We all know that being out in nature can be very calming ... for that matter walking just about anywhere can be calming.

A Vinyasa Yoga practice is one in which we pace our practice and movements to the cadence of the breath. This not only helps us to move and build strength, but also helps us to feel calmer and less stressed.

Achy back and shoulders, accompanied by poor balance, are signs that we need to work on strength to improve not only our balance, but improve shoulder and back health. This class is all about building strength!

Better Balance is a well-rounded, full body practice. Any type of movement or stretching practice we do, can, in some way improve our balance. Today we will focus on shoulders and pelvis as means to better balance.

New to my Better Balance classes? Start here! This video will start you off with basics and the props you need and then give you a nice all around balance class. THIS CLASS IS LEVEL 1 FOR BEGINNERS

We often tend to think of Balance as doing core exercises or standing on one leg. But, using Pilates, we can also improve our balance by both strengthening and stretching our shoulder and pelvic areas.

This short 10 minute video is one that I recommend doing daily, first thing in the morning if you can! This is a great way to get your day started! Please be sure to do this video before you start any of the better balance classes so that your spinal column is warmed up and ready.

I recommend either doing a short meditation or just sitting quietly and focusing on your breath for a few moments before you begin your Better Balance Classes. This will help to clear your mind so you can focus on what you're doing and practice more safely, as well as help to relax the muscles in your body so that you can move more freely for the strengthening and flexibility practices.

Welcome to my Stretching Series! This series has three videos, two of which are done seated and one which is done standing up. This practice is a seated practice that stretches the lower back, the lower belly, and the backs of your legs.

Welcome to my Stretching Series! This series has three videos, two of which are done seated and one which is done standing up. This practice is a seated practice that stretches the upper body, shoulders, and neck.

Welcome to my Stretching Series! This series has three videos, two of which are done seated and one which is done standing up. This standing practice is all about stretching into those hard to get to place, such as the front and inner thighs.

You can connect with any energy or mood you are seeking, whenever you want. Using a visualization technique and the energy of peace, allow me to guide you and help you to bring your awareness to a peace that is here, now, in the present moment.

Today's practice centers around Warrior One. This foundational yoga pose is ideal for working to strengthen the back and pelvis. Join me as we explore Warrior One, as well as other poses that both open and strengthen the back body.

An important part of any Pilates practice is the pelvic work; strengthening the lower pelvic abdominals, the lower back, and the glutes and pelvis. In a Gentle Chair Pilates class, where we practice in a chair because of limitations, it is even more important. The pelvic work we do in Chair Pilates can give us better back health, better posture, and can ease back, hip and even knee pain.

In meditation, the breath is one of the most powerful tools you have. Whether you are looking to center, find peace, settle down, connect to strength or trying to fall asleep, the breath, which is always available, is the perfect go to technique.

Twists are one of the healthiest things we can do for our bodies. When we twist, we can relieve tension we feel in our body and twists are a great way if ‘wringing out’ the muscles and endocrine system so that new and nutrient rich blood and fluids can move into those areas. Twists also move our body into asymmetry, stretching on side and compressing the other, putting healthy stress on our joints.

Let’s get back to the basics of Pilates and work to strengthen and lengthen all aspects of the core.

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In a world where we tend to categorize everything as eithe good or bad or black or white, we get stuck in thinking fear has only one opposite, courage or strength. In your meditation today, I invite you to consider and meditate on other opposites; wisdom, stillness, clarity and more and how to reconnect with these qualities.

Let’s get back to the basics of Pilates and work to strengthen and lengthen all aspects of the core.

Twists are one of the healthiest things we can do for our bodies. When we twist, we can relieve tension we feel in our body and twists are a great way of ‘wringing out’ the muscles and endocrine system so that new and nutrient rich blood and fluids can move into those areas. Twists also move our body into asymmetry, stretching one side and compressing the other, putting healthy stress on our joints.

In a practice such as Chair Yoga, we are reminded that we are three dimensional and have four sides. Today's Chair Yoga practice will help you to both strengthen and stretch all four sides of your body. Giving you a complete and whole practice. Please enjoy.

In today's chair Pilates practice, work with me to focus predominately on chair and standing variations to the Pilates side leg series, which works not only the side legs, but the side pelvis as well. Please enjoy.

This has long been one of my favorite meditations to both teach and practice. Using our breath as our technique in meditation practices can truly enhance our practice. In this practice, The Space Between the Breaths, we find a deep inner stillness and quietness through our meditation. Please enjoy.

The word Yoga means to join or unite, more importantly, the word yoga means to bring into balance. When we practice balance in yoga classes, the intention is not just for physical balance, but to bring ourselves into balance overall. Join me for this balancing yoga class and see how you feel on every level at the end of the practice.

In Pilates, we tend to put a lot of emphasis on our abs or the glutes. It is equally important to focus on the side body, from the shoulders down to the legs. Join me for this side body focused Gentle Chair Pilates class and feel the benefits of working the WHOLE body!

Allowing yourself to be human is one if the most empowering choices you can make. And meditation is the perfect space to begin that practice

The word Yoga means to join or unite, more importantly, the word yoga means to bring into balance. When we practice balance in yoga classes, the intention is not just for physical balance, but to bring ourselves into balance overall. Join me for this balancing yoga class and see how you feel on every level at the end of the practice.

In Pilates, we tend to put a lot of emphasis on our abs or the glutes. It is equally important to focus on the side body, from the shoulders down to the legs. Join me for this side body focused Chair Pilates class and feel the benefits of working the WHOLE body!

Today, we start with our head and work our way all the way down to our toes. Moving every joint and strengthening and stretching every muscle along the way. This is truly a whole body, Chair Yoga practice!

Practicing Pilates Mindfully means to practice in such a way that you listen to your body and exercise in the way that most benefits it. It also means you use you breath as an integral part of of your practice.

An Intermediate style yoga class is far more than a class with a lot of challenging poses. It is also more than an exercise practice to make you stronger. More importantly, and some would say most importantly, including me, it is a practice that teaches us to move through challenges by staying connected to our true essence and remembering to breathe.

To get the full benefits of a Pilates practice, it is important to remember that Pilates is a mind/body style of exercise, meant to help you to feel better and stronger on every level of being.

In traditional yoga, there is much emphasis on opening the heart space. When we close off our heart, we move in struggle and when we open the heart we move into greater ease. Opening the heart and shoulder also has many physical benefits as well.

We tend to think mostly about core, pelvis and legs when we do Pilates. But, gently working from and incorporating the core, we can also use our Gentle Chair Pilates to gently strengthen our chest, shoulder girdle, and upper arms. Which gives us better posture, a healthier upper back and better balance.

The vast blue sky, concealed by storm clouds is theme that is often used in meditations and visualizations. We must think of our minds and our true essence like the vast blue sky and those things that unsettle us, as the storm clouds that sometimes conceal our vastness and true essence.

In traditional yoga, there is much emphasis on opening the heart space. When we close off our heart, we move in struggle and when we open the heart we move into greater ease. Opening the heart and shoulder also has many physical benefits as well.

We tend to think mostly about core, pelvis and legs when we do Pilates. But, working from and incorporating the core, we can also use our Pilates to strengthen our chest, shoulder girdle, and upper arms. Which gives us better posture, a healthier upper back and better balance.

At the heart of every yoga practice is the breath. We use our connection to breath to center us, to settle us, to calm us and to set the pace of movement for our practice. When we move to the breath, we move at our most natural rhythm or cadence.

Join me for this more gentle, yet challenging, Chair Pilates practice, where I guide you and prompt you to engage and use the whole body for the exercises, thereby strengthening everywhere, while also targeting specific areas.

Have you ever sat somewhere and noticed a speck of dirt on the floor, or dust on the shelf? And your mind wouldn’t let you stop thinking about it? What about remembering an insult you received last week, or last month or last year or overthinking an upcoming event or appointment? They are all specks of dirt, aren’t they? Meditate with me and let the speck of dirt go.

At the heart of every yoga practice is the breath. We use our connection to breath to center us, to settle us, to calm us and to set the pace of movement for our practice. When we move to the breath, we move at our most natural rhythm or cadence.

Join me for this challenging Chair Pilates practice, where I guide you and prompt you to engage and use the whole body for the exercises, thereby strengthening everywhere, while also targeting specific areas.

Using an actual candle or simply an image of candle in your mind's eye, sit and watch the aliveness of the flame of your candle. Observe all the colors and parts of the flame and, as you settle and become more still, watch the flame move into stillness as well.

Twists are an essential part of any yoga practice and that is no surprises, since twists are so good for us in so many ways. From relieving stress, to aiding in digestion, to helping with range of motion, incorporating twists into our movement practices is one of the healthiest things we can do for ourselves.

Twists are an essential part of any yoga practice and that is no surprises, since twists are so good for us in so many ways. From relieving stress, to aiding in digestion, to helping with range of motion, incorporating twists into our movement practices is one of the healthiest things we can do for ourselves.

A basic Chair Pilates class is one that incorporates exercises for the whole body, from the head to the toes. This class will not only work the core, but the arms, the wrists, even the hands. It also includes well rounded exercises to efficiently work the pelvis and lower body.

A basic Gentle Chair Pilates class is one that incorporates exercises for the whole body, from the head to the toes. This class will start with the basics in spinal, shoulder and hip movement and then not only gently work the core, but the arms, the wrists, even the hands.

The distractions that come up in our meditations often center around challenges we are currently facing in life, whether they are self-inflicted or have arisen from circumstances beyond on our control. In this space of clarity and intuitive thought, we can more rationally approach the distractions/challenges or know whether we need to let go or let be.

The different Warrior poses in yoga work our bodies in different ways, such as opening the hips and pelvis and improving balance and stability. Because of the way we place our hips and pelvis in Warrior I.

The different Warrior poses in yoga work our bodies in different ways, such as opening the hips and pelvis in Warrior II and improving balance and stability in Lunging Warrior.

Because of the way we place our hips and pelvis in Warrior I, this pose is a great pose for strengthening the back and pelvic area. Join me to explore Warrior I.

Every Pilates class puts plenty of focus on strengthening then core. Today I invite to use props in your practice to not only work the core, but work and strengthen your pelvis and legs by working from your core and adding props into the mix to make our legs, glutes and pelvis abs work a little bit harder.

Every Pilates class, including Gentle classes, puts plenty of focus on strengthening then core. Today I invite you to use props in your practice, to not only gently work the core, but gently work and strengthen your pelvis and legs by working from your core and adding props into the mix to make our legs, glutes and pelvis abs work a little bit harder.

When we practice a style yoga called Flow or Vinyasa, we move through sequences of poses to the cadence of our breath, we let the breath set the pace at which we move.

Let's take our practice to standing today! We will warm up while seated and then do our exercises standing.

In today's practice we focus on using the strength we are building to help us to lengthen the spine and the spinal column. This also helps to improve balance and posture.

When we practice a style yoga called Flow or Vinyasa, we move through sequences of poses to the cadence of our breath, we let the breath set the pace at which we move.

The true purpose of meditation is for us to go within and connect to our inner shelter and qualities of peace, calm, stillness, comfort, strength and much more. But to not only be connected to this inner shelter, but all time.

We'll move, strengthen and stretch the whole body in this class, and challenge ourselves. I invite you to move with intention and awareness and to mindfully do the exercises for YOUR body and healthier YOU!

We'll move, strengthen and stretch the whole body in this class, gently of course. I invite you to move with intention and awareness and to mindfully do the exercises for YOUR body and healthier YOU!

As we progress in our practices, expanding (not necessarily improving) how we do and experience the poses helps us to better understand our changing body and how the practice benefits us.

As we progress in our practices, expanding (not necessarily improving) how we do and experience the poses helps us to better understand our changing body and how the practice benefits us.

The theme of surrender or letting go is a common one in meditative practices. Learning to recognize that over which we have control and surrendering to that over which we do not have control is a key practice to living with less struggle.

Today, take the time to do some important deep relaxation and clearing of your inner space. We all need to take time each day to relax ... it is vital to our health and mental wellbeing.

How you perceive events, relationships, experiences, etc., that happen in your life, usually comes from your habits. If you habitually see the negative in these moments, then your reality becomes negativity.

When we bring more strength to our pelvis and shoulders, it helps us to stand taller and feel more ease in our back, as well as our pelvis and shoulders. All of which gives us a greater sense of ease and openness.

In yoga the poses and movements incorporate both strength and flexibility. When we bring more strength to our pelvis and shoulders, it helps us to stand taller and feel more ease in our back, as well as our pelvis and shoulders.

Short on time? Don't want to spend too much of your day exercising but want to work the whole body? Then this is your class for today!

You don't need to have a lot of intensity to exercise the whole body in just 30 minutes. Join me for this challenging, yet gentle, Chair Pilates class and we will work the whole body.

Use wrist/ankle weights to create a little more resistance in your practice. Or, keep the practice more gentle, and do the exercises without weights. Either way, build some important strength.

Join me as we use our practice to serve us on every level of being. Start by sitting in stillness and inviting a greater sense of balance. Then, experience both the strengthening and stabilizing qualities of your Chair Yoga practice!

Join me as we use our practice to serve us on every level of being. Start by centering with me and sitting in stillness, inviting a greater sense of balance. Then, as we start to move through the poses, experience both the strengthening and stabilizing qualities of the Chair Yoga practice!

For many of us, the way to healthy and less painful back is through exercises and practices that work to strengthen our back, core and pelvis, as well as improve flexibility in these areas. However, it is important to do these exercises at a strength level that is appropriate your, so as not to cause future discomfort.

Upper body and shoulder work can feel quite intense. Working on these areas in a more gentle practice, allows you not only time to rest and stretch, but also allows you to find ways to modify Pilates exercises so as not to be too intense.

A common theme in Pilates fitness, is that everything we do in Pilates (or any fitness exercise for that matter) should come from an engaged core. In this way, the Pilates exercises we do in class are then, not only strengthen the core, but the whole body. Please enjoy this class!

A common theme in Pilates fitness, is that everything we do in Pilates (or any fitness exercise for that matter) should come from an engaged core. In this way, the Pilates exercises we do in class are then, not only strengthen the core, but the whole body.

This simple, yet powerful, practice will help you use your exhale to balance your energy and settle away from struggle.

Opening the shoulders and front body is beneficial in many ways -- better balance, a healthier back, better sleep and much more! Join me in this practice to open the shoulders and front body.

Opening the shoulders and front body is beneficial in many ways -- better balance, a healthier back, better sleep and much more! Join me in this practice to open the shoulders and front body.

Yoga is a practice that connects us to our youthful and playful selves. Even as we age and have trouble doing practices that require us to be on the floor or that seem to need a generous amount of joint flexibility, we can still turn to yoga, using a chair and other props, to nourish our souls with youthful playfulness!

Yoga is a practice that connects us to our youthful and playful selves. Even as we age and have trouble doing practices that require us to be on the floor or that seem to need a generous amount of joint flexibility, we can still turn to yoga.

This challenging class is all about workin the abs. Spend 30 minutes with me and we'll not only tone the abs, but work the whole body!

Join me for this challenging Barre Pilates Fusion class to strengthen and improve flexibility of your whole body!

Join me as we use our pilates practice to explore new and different ways to strengthen the core. After all, variety is the spice of life!

As we age, maintaining good balance is essential. Chair Pilates is a great practice to help maintain and improve balance and today's class is all about balance!

This class is very focused on core strength, specifically targeting abs, upper back, middle back, lower back and glutes. These types of exercises will not only improve strength, but will also improve back, pelvic and shoulder health and improve posture and stability (balance).

Today's practice will build strength and improve stability through the core, pelvis and legs. Enjoy!

Today's class is about strengthening and toning the whole body. A great all around practice!

The primary focus of today's class is core, of course, as well as upper body and back body. Enjoy!

This fusion style Chair Pilates classes incorporates several aspect of Barre to compliment the Pilates exercises. Done mostly standing, this class will tone your whole body.

Join me for this challenging Chair Pilates class which focuses primarily on strengthening the core and back.

This Chair Pilates class is structured to work your whole body in just 30 minutes!

Pilates for a better posture is not just to help us to stand and sit taller. Better posture also also means better balance and stability, as well as a healthier back, shoulders and pelvis!

This practice is perfect for anyone brand new to Chair Pilates, but will also give those who already do Gentle Chair Pilates a nice whole body workout!

An all levels practice is not just a practice for practitioners of all levels of experience with Yoga. It is also an opportunity for each of us to do the best practice for our bodies.

Join me as we move to our breath and make our Yoga practice a form of moving meditation. While doing challenging, Intermediate level poses, help yourself to feel better on every level!

A strong and flexible spine is essential for better back health, posture and balance. Join me in this practice, focusing on all of the above, as well as shoulders and pelvis.

Today’s practice is focused on opening and improving range of motion in the shoulder area. Using both seated and standing poses, we’ll practice unique ways to work our shoulders, while also working on core and pelvic strength.

Keeping our pelvis/hips and shoulder areas open and strong is essential to a healthy back, better posture and better balance. Join me as we focus on these areas through movement and yoga poses.

Sit and breathe with me as we go within ourselves and reconnect with the peace, calm and love and compassion of who we truly are.

Students with all levels of experience are invited to join me for this Chair Pilates, which both tones and strengthens the whole body.

Our imbalances are not only caused by physical problems, such as weak muscles, but they also come from our stress levels and state of being. Join me in this practice to address imbalances on all levels, as well as being ok with feeling unstable and imbalanced now and then.

Let’s use our practice and some new ways of doing poses to help improve core strength, balance and stability. Let’s also work to open our shoulders and side bodies, as tightness in these areas can hinder balance and stability.

Are you looking for a whole body pilates class, that will both tone and strengthen? Look no further ... this class is for you! Join me to work the core, your pelvis, legs, shoulders and arms!

Today, let’s get back to one of the core tenets of yoga … to breathe and move at a more natural rhythm, which will serve to help reduce our stress levels and to slow us down. As we move today, we will focus on a stronger core for greater stability and improved back health.

Join me to truly practice yoga in this class and let’s give our body wellness on every level of being. Let’s move to the easy, gentle cadence of the breath and challenge ourselves to build greater stability.

Let’s open and work our whole body in today’s class! In our seated portion, let’s move and open our neck and shoulder area and then, before we stand, let’s do some new movements to tone our core and back for better stability.

Let’s take a few extra minutes today and use the seated portion of our class to really open up our back, shoulders, side body and pelvis. We’ll follow that with a standing sequence that truly focuses on strengthening our core and back.

We start today's practice by moving and opening all our joints and muscles in the seated portion of class. Then, as we stand, we will focus on both opening and strengthening the pelvis and core stability group of muscles.

Yoga is a practice of balance on every level. Balancing our bodies left to right and front to back, as well as finding and building the strength to improve your balance while standing, walking and even going up the stairs. Yoga also teaches us to find inner balance and greater inner stability.

Today's practice will be helpful to strengthen your core and improve both posture and balance/stability. Join me as we work and move through the whole body.

Join me today as we choose to give our mental energy to a visualization, which helps us to bring peace and calm into the present moment. Be aware of how your thoughts make you feel. If you don't like it, change your thoughts.

Today's Chair Yoga class is all about strengthening some important postural muscles. This will not only help you to sit taller and stand with better posture, but these poses and movements will help to improve balance and core strength.

Today's class is all about core stability. Work lower belly, glutes and upper legs. All of which is critical to healthy and happy back. When we feel strong and stable in our core, we feel stronger on every level, more powerful and a greater sense of freedom.

When the root is deep, there is no reason to fear the wind.
~ African Proverb

Join me for this grounding meditation, as we root down into the energy of our foundation and find balance with the energies of our thoughts and our emotions.

Yoga is about engaging in practices that bring us back into a place of balance; well rounded practices that re-center us and give us a greater sense of stability.

Our imbalances are not only caused by physical problems, such as weak muscles, but they also come from our stress levels and state of being. Join me in this practice to address imbalances on all levels, as well as being ok with feeling unstable and imbalanced now and then.