Pilates Highlights

Yawning Cat is a variation of the Cat Stretch, part of a great warm-up for any Pilates class. The Yawning Cat adds rotation of the spine to increase flexibility and stretch the muscles of the chest and back. Be sure to keep the abs engaged to prevent the back from arching!

In this video series, Tanya Merryman shows you some lower body exercises during your pilates routine.

Pilates instructor, Dori Markakos, shows the basic positions of Advanced Pilates, such as the open leg rocker advanced

Learn how to use the stretch band for the Kick Back Pilates exercise

How to Perform the Teaser with Infinity in Pilates

Learn how to perform this Scissors with Obliques Exercise as a part of your Pilates routine with this video Pilates lesson from Pilates On Fifth.

Hi, we're Kimberly and Katherine Corp of Pilates on Fifth in New York City, and we're going to show you the Pilates exercise, Hip Twist. So Katherine will sit up nice and tall on her sit bones to start. Then she wants to roll off the sit bones to get the nice abdominal connection and send her hands behind with her fingertips pointing sort of a 45 degree angle away from the body.

In this video series, Tanya Merryman introduces her video series in which she will show you pilates exercises using the pilates reformer machine.

Pilates: Shoulder Blade Preparation. A key exercise in Pilates as it makes you work the muscles which connect the arms to the back, therefore alleviating any excessive tension in the trapezius muscles and neck.

Seated Circles on the Stability Ball targets the deep stabilizers of the lumbar spine and activates the core. Range of motion can be modified to make it easier or a bit more challenging according to your clients’ needs.

In this video, we take a look at the Pilates technique with the Pilates Weekly Workout.

In this video series, Tanya Merryman talks about how to stretch after your pilates routine.

If you've already been practising Pilates for a while, understand the principles of the method and feel confident and strong enough to take the next step, then our intermediate series of Pilates videos are for you.

Follow along as Chris Freytag shows you how to sculpt your body with this Pilates routine

This move strengthens those neglected back muscles