March Matness Exercises

Inspired by the original photography from return to life through contrology marchmatness founder benjamin degenhardt kicked things off in march 2013 with daily posts to spark a conversation around the mat work.

March matness exercises.

March matness is celebrated around the world. What is march matness. Spine stretch is a pilates mat exercise that feels really good. Spine stretch can also be a stretch for the hamstrings as well as a moment to center oneself before moving on to more challenging exercises.

In short this is where all of your preparation comes together into the beauty and magic of contrology or the pilates method. It s an annual campaign that highlights the 34 mat exercises by joseph pilates. These exercises are highlighted in joseph pilates first book return to life. Some of these exercises are challenging and may not be accessible to you read more.

Exercises by mother nature published by marchmatness on march 26 2014. While pilates has evolved in so many ways march matness is all about returning to the roots of pilates and performing the classic mat sequence of 34 exercises. Though it is still a flexion exercise done with the abs lifted the emphasis has changed to stretching the spine. The last 10 days of march matness include upper body strengthening side bending core strengthening balance spinal extension and coordination.

We won t be highlighting each of these on social medial this year. March may be over but the march matness series is available for you day and night on youtube. March matness the month of march every year is a time when the pilates community around the world celebrates joseph pilates original mat series consisting of 34 exercises. Every march the pilates community celebrates the original mat exercises created by joseph pilates himself.

Repost innaessence day 31 and the last. Pilates march matness series. Each video includes variations on each exercise to take it up a notch or bring it down a level. We are celebrating the original sequence of mat exercises by joseph pilates.