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Shoulders: Strength, Stability and Standing Posture with Lindsay Hendrikson

Shoulders: Strength, Stability and Standing Posture with Lindsay Hendrikson

Jul 03, 2025
 

Shoulder dysfunction is increasingly common, often stemming from modern lifestyle habits such as prolonged sitting and excessive screen time. These patterns can lead to postural imbalances like rounded shoulders, forward head posture,and kyphosis, resulting in inefficient or dysfunctional shoulder movement—often without any pain. As instructors, it’s our responsibility to recognize these patterns and guide clients toward more functional movement.

Zoey Trap

Yoga on the Chair

September is National Yoga Month, and we celebrate this complementary mind-body-spirit modality alongside our beloved Pilates practice. Rather than viewing these disciplines as separate entities, we embrace the philosophy of Pilates AND Yoga—two powerful movement systems that enhance and inform each other.

Walk this Way

Walk this Way

Want to help your clients walk better, feel stronger, and move with ease? Walk This Way is a focused workshop that blends Pilates-based strength and mobility training to improve gait,...
Exercise Spotlight: Leg Pull Front - Peak Pilates

Exercise Spotlight: Leg Pull Front

The Leg Pull Front is a great weight bearing exercise that strengthens and aligns the entire body and challenges shoulder stability and upper body strength. MI Zoey Trap explains the setup, cues and modifications for new students.This exercise shares a shape in space to many Pilates exercises. They include:Push Up Series on the MatLong Stretch [...]
Cherea Hatcher

Pilates for Every Body: Upholding the Legacy of Inclusion and Equity

By Cheréa “Ray” Hatcher, Peak Pilates ® Level 2 Graduate “Every person in the world should do Pilates,” said Joseph Pilates, the creator of the practice that bears his name....
Pilates for youth

Pilates For Youth

Pilates For Youth Virtual Workshop With Nancy Gwinnell Hurd Joseph Pilates has these words to say about Pilates for Children "First, educate the child. In childhood, habits are easily formed—good...
Enhancing Mental Health with Pilates

Enhancing Mental Health with Pilates

May is mental health awareness month- are you ready to learn more about how Pilates supports mental health and how you can help your clients physically, mentally and spiritually? Pilates...
Rethink Spine Corrector

Rethink Spine Corrector

Re-Think the Spine Corrector with Zoey Trap, MS I’ve always loved the barrels, they bring out my playful side. Over the last 25 years I have had the joy of...
Jamie Isaac

Let's Go Old School

By Jamie Isaac Is Joe’s original work simply outdated? Has science based movement truly taken us to a level where reverence to his work is misplaced nostalgia, or at best...
Wunda Chair

More on the Chair

MORE ON THE CHAIR Led by: Nancy Gwinnell Hurd I am really looking forward to sharing some fun and challenging Classical Chair exercises with you in my “More on The...
Joanna Brooks

Black History Month

More Than Enough Written by Joanna Brooks I don’t remember at which point I realized what I’m about to write next. I just know that it came to me, clearly,...
Julia Hughes

Foam Roller Fun

Foam Roller Fun By Julia Hughes For years, I’ve had a collection of foam rollers in both my home and my studio. The sizes and density vary, but each serves...
Scott Samford

Help! My client can’t……..

Pilates for Special Populations: Navigating Challenges with Expertise As Pilates instructors, we often encounter clients with specific physical limitations or conditions that require thoughtful modifications. While Classical Pilates offers a...