Michael Miller Pilates

Joseph Pilates Standing Footwork

I'm pleased to announce new material
added to the Michael Miller Pilates Continuing Ed on the Web database
at www.hermit.com.

For the first time, the warm up sequence that Joseph Pilates demonstrates on film on more than one occasion is captured and shown here:

http://www.hermit.com/michaelmiller/courseware/subscriber/mat0.htm

In plane, front front

side to side, in and out

front, front, front switch

front, front, front, switch

front, front switch

front, front switch

front switch

front switch

front switch

side to side

side to side

...now starts roll up.

Standing Saw with variations, lunges, and Neck Pull

then with the arms, circles inside to outside, then outside to inside,

then Corkscrew arms.

All of which is consistent with his other work and the idea derived therefrom.

Transition: Seal through Crab to Rocking

I'm not sure where this came from.

I remember doing it back in the early eighties
at the City Rec center's Full Mat
class. We worked hard in those days
to refine the flow of the mat work.

For photos of the head stand transition from Crab to Rocking, for subscribers, can be seen here.

Transition: Balance Control to Standing

The most advanced way of doing something is usually the hardest, and yet the simplest. As we have already examined, staying in the median plane going from standing to footwork or 100s, is reversed when you transition from control balance to standing.

Subscribers can see photos here.

Transition: Standing to Supine

The point to this transition is that you do not distort your plane.

Subscribers can see photos here.

Michael Miller Mat Embodied

Video clip 12 minutes total

100s to the Spine Stretch

All you get is to see the movement and hear the breathing, which is the value of the piece, you get to hear the breathing.   For a free sample of the roll up click here or subscribers can view the whole piece by clicking here.

Breath buoys

Once you learn how to breath while doing pilates, your breath buoys your efforts.

The 35 minute mat

My mat, the Michael Miller Pilates Full Mat, done in 35 minutes, is a standard of excellence.

You do the mat to achieve the complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit. That may happen way before the completion of the mat.

You recite the poem to achieve the effect.

Roll Roll Roll Your Spine

Subscribers can click here and hear Kathy Zachary sing her adapatation of an old favorite.

Push up

Control balance