Articles Index
How to Sleep Better
Get sleep tips and exercises from Joseph Pilates that teach you how to sleep better, including exercises to do if you have insomnia or need deeper sleep.
Sex and Pilates
The word is out: One of the great benefits of Pilates is better sex. Find out why.
Make DVD Workouts Work for You
DVD workouts can be a good way to exercise at home. Get tips on how to make DVD workouts work for you.
The Inner Workout: Dealing with Self-Criticism
Self-criticism is a habit you can change. Here are 3 ways to calm your inner critic when it comes with you to exercise class.
Book Review: Scolio-Pilates
Scolio-Pilates is a detailed manual of Pilates exercises for scoliosis. It is a significant resource book for Pilates teachers, and for those with scoliosis who want to work with exercise as a treatment for scoliosis. Read my book review.
Pilates and Travel
Travel can take a toll on your Pilates workout routine. But with a little planning, you might be surprised how easy it is stay on track.
What to Know About Core Exercises
We call a lot of exercises core exercises but many target just a few abdominal muscles and miss the full spectrum of core training. Learn about the core muscles and how to improve your core workouts.
Free Pilates Exercise Videos Online
Find the best online Pilates videos. Top choices for Pilates exercises in free online video and podcast format.
DVD Review: Accelerated Pilates with Resistance Band
Read a review of review of Accelerated Pilates with resistance band, a Pilates DVD from Lisa Hubbard. This intermediate Pilates DVD includes a bonus ab workout.
Review: Intermediate Pilates Workout DVD from Alisa Wyatt
This is a review of the Intermediate Pilates DVD Workout from Alisa Wyatt. This Pilates DVD is based on the classical Pilates mat sequence.
Review: the Breezy Sweater from Gaiam
When it's time to cover-up those Pilates and yoga workout clothes, a wrap sweater between home and the studio or gym is handy. Here is a review of the breezy cover-up sweater from Gaiam.
Review: Racerback Tank Top
Read a review of the racerback tank top for Pilates and yoga from Abi and Joseph. This workout top is smooth, long enough, and elegant. Find out if it fits your needs.
How to Roll Your Pilates and Yoga Mats
Learn how to roll your Pilates and yoga mats for storage and to keep them clean.
Review: YogaFit for Pilates and Yoga
Read a review the Yoga Fit line of affordable Pilates and yoga clothes.
Review: Streaming Pilates Videos Online at Gaiam TV
Gaiam TV offers streaming Pilates videos online. Read a review of the Pilates offerings at Gaiam.
Pilates Ring and Foam Roller Workouts on MP3
This Pilates workout on MP3 download gives you a Pilates ring workout with exercises that activate core muscles and tone the arms and butt. The foam roller exercises teach stability, stretch and massage with the foam roller.
Back of the Arm - Workout for Tone and Stability
More exercises than you think are arm workouts. Learn to use the back of the arm for tone and stability in Pilates exercises.
Review: Pilates Basics Mat Class Podcast
Read a review a basic Pilates mat workout available as a podcast from Pilates instructor Lynda Lippin.
Pilates DVD Review: Beyond Kegels
Kegel exercises are one way to do pelvic floor exercises, but with the Beyond Kegels DVD, you will learn many other pelvic floor exercises done with a Pilates magic circle.
DVD Review: Prenatal Pilates with Dale Shea
Follow along with up-tempo workouts during pregnancy with a Prenatal Pilates DVD from Dale Shea.
Review: Form Pilates
Lindsay Lopez beginner Pilates DVD, Form Pilates, offers 3 versions of classical Pilates beginner workout. Read a review.
Thank You!
2011 Pilates at About.com Readers' Choice Award Thank You
Review: Toe Socks from ToeSox
Toe Socks are fun. Add a non skid sock to socks with toes and you have functional fun. Read this review of toe socks for yoga and Pilates made by ToeSox.
Pilates Neck Pull - Tips from the Masters
Get tips on how to do Pilates exercise neck pull from the great Pilates instructors Romana Kryzanowska, Jay Grimes and Kathy Grant as shared by Alisa Wyatt.
So You Do Pilates, Do You?
Steven Boshoff gives us the story of one mans journey from being injured as a motor bike racer to becoming a Pilates instructor.