Mandi MaliaPilates · Breath · Strength
It's the first thing I teach. Everything else is built on top of it: how you stabilize your spine, where the effort lands, whether your neck hurts afterward.
We can learn to use our muscles to support our skeletons. Posture is trainable. So is moving out of pain.
Most movement instruction starts at the arms and legs. I start at the diaphragm and the feet, the two systems almost nobody trains, and build outward from there. Breathing properly isn't a warm-up or a relaxation exercise. It's the mechanism that lets your deep core do its job.
The people I work best with are curious. They want to understand what their body is doing and why, not just be put through a workout. Some are in pain or returning from injury. Some move well already and want to move efficiently. They're asking the same question.
If your neck hurts during Pilates, the effort is in the wrong place. That's fixable, and it's usually your head position.
Reformer, Cadillac, chair and CoreAlign. The apparatus lets us work precisely, and it supports a body that isn't ready to do the work unsupported yet.
Diaphragmatic breathing taught as mechanics: ribcage, pressure, timing. Learned on its own, then put to work inside everything else.
Assessment-led programming, calisthenics, suspension training. Load and intensity, applied to a body that knows how to organize itself first.
Where a surprising amount of pain elsewhere actually starts. Almost nobody trains their feet. It's often the fastest change available.
Full apparatus sessions at Inside Out Pilates in Tequesta.
Strength and conditioning in the open air.
Private sessions where it's easiest for you.
Classes, workshops and private sessions are opening shortly. Leave your email and I'll let you know first.
No more than a note or two a month. I work with people who are in pain or returning from injury, but I'm not a physical therapist and nothing here is medical advice.