Emi Moves

entering another year stronger inside & out 💖♊️

Also yea shout out sumo deadlifts, Pilates, eating enough, one million hip thrusts, Bulgarians, and not overtraining/under recovering 💋

you didn’t like the Pilates class because you came in with the wrong expectations 🫢

Pilates IS hard… but is it intense? Not really… it should feel like a reset for your mind just as much as a moment for your body. Let yourself feel good plz 💖💋

heard a rumor that some Pilates certifications have stopped teaching front facing arms and I sincerely hope that’s not the case!!

look all movement has risk… but I sincerely hope we’re empowering Pilates instructors to teach it ALL and to trust themselves to take care of the room 🙂‍↔️💖

weeding out people on this app by having a lil cheeky joke from time to time

idk just my 2 cents but a well educated Pilates teacher who loves to teach and cares deeply will always be on trend

My best advice for new Pilates instructors 👇🏼

Always program less than you think you need. Silence/space is not a bad thing. Look at the bodies you’re teaching in real time, what do they need? For both cues and for programming. If you program too much, you’re going to miss the magic of being present.

Feel it on your own body. You can’t teach what you don’t know. Refining your teaching skills takes a lot of time… you have to do it over and over again before you can successfully teach it.

Let your clients be messy. It’s frustrating when you’re trying to teach someone a simple movement and they are just not getting it buuuut if you’re in a group setting, as long as someone’s safe, keep things flowing. Sometimes it takes *years* for someone to understand where their pelvis is and you can only do so much!!

when your spine feels like a slinky >>>>>

The more I do and teach Pilates (going on 10 years!) the more I fall in love with it.

Its intention, precision, and methodology are a love letter to movement.

And it’s also why it’s so important to seek out educated instructors who care deeply about sharing Pilates in this way.

If you feel like Pilates isn’t “enough” then you don’t understand its nuances and you shouldn’t be calling whatever you doing Pilates. Period.