This picture is me, post-Pilates session pregnant with my boy who is now 7 years old! Time flies but one constant that remains for me is I’m still doing Pilates!
Throughout both of my pregnancies I continued my Pilates practice. Yes, it was modified for my growing belly, but I was getting my movement in and feeling the benefits!
As a Pilates student at the time, I don’t even think I was aware of all the benefits my Pilates practice brought me. So many changes happen to your body during pregnancy.
I remember being in class post 1st pregnancy and my instructor at the time noticed how my body was changing and asked if we were expecting again! I was a little mortified because I was just trying to figure out baby #1 and as it turned out I was pregnant with baby #2! My instructor was the first to guess it even before I knew it! LOL!
So this quick gentle flow goes out to all the mamas and really anyone looking to get some feel-good movement in for the day! Let’s call it a self-care Sunday movement session.
Props I use:
- Towel
- Box or chair
- A wall
- Breathing – rib cage
- Toe Taps – single leg or try leg slides
- Telescope Arms
- Quadruped Shoulder Circles & leg slides
- Seated foot towel exercises
- Wall hand waves
- Wall push up
- Heel Raises on box/yoga block/stairs etc. near a wall
Enjoy and let me know how it feels for you!