Mindful Practices for Pilates

Firstly, let’s just clear up what mindfulness is - at its most basic, it’s about helping you develop an awareness of yourself and how you feel. That may be a massively oversimplified description, but in reality, that really is all mindfulness needs to be. There are many, many different ways to make this happen, but the ones that get the most attention are those that classically envision a budhist monk sitting on top of a hill, looking over some beautiful scene. And although this probably is a fantastic way to reconnect with yourself, it doesn’t have to be that removed from the modern world. The main goal of becoming aware of yourself and how you feel is actually just to draw your brain back to the present moment, so it’s not burning through energy reserves dwelling on the past and future, and leaves you with a bit more clarity on what’s true for you in that present moment. So let’s discuss some options that you can use for yourself, and develop for use with your clients.