Ismini Studios

Weird and curious is what some of my clients thought when I asked them to bring a straw to Intuitive Pilates this week.

Why are we using a straw?

Well to experiment with the quality of your breathing.

If our breathing is slow and smooth movement becomes easier, because we feel calmer. Our nervous system is soothed as the vagus nerve is stimulated and regulated.

The minute you force your exhalation you immediately cause tension throughout your whole body. Movement becomes harder. Movement is impaired.

I even asked clients to use the straw to breathe during their Feldenkrais Functional Integration®️ lessons to illustrate how they are holding tension throughout.

The straw gives you feedback so you can learn what your breathing habits are.

So, it may be weird, but let’s be honest super enlightening!

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