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Can you stabilise and let the body move?
Where will you practice it?
The Tree, Single Leg Circles or …?

Find your Centre to stabilise without gripping - then move with control.


Karen Frischmann Contrology by Balanced Body Photo credit Altum Pilates | Classical Pilates Studio | Orchard Singapore

Stabilise the body to create more freedom of movement.

Try a familiar exercise and take your attention away from “getting the position right.” Instead, notice your breath.

How does the body feel as you move?

TEACHING TIP: Let the breath inform the movement.
Shown here is the Butterfly on the Contrology Ped-o-Pul and using the breath to inform how the body moves in spinal rotation - finding more twist on the exhale.
In Return to Life through Contrology, Joe focused on correct breathing for vitality - telling us to ‘squeeze’ the air out of the lungs, much like wringing the water out of a a wet cloth.

Thank you Joe.

Contrology by Balanced Body

Breath can tell us a lot about how we’re organising the body. Notice how you move when you use your breath.



With thanks
Karen Frischmann
Altum Pilates | Classical Pilates Studio | Orchard Singapore

Take a moment before you move.
Can you be aware of your Centre and notice how it changes the way you move?

Practice. Feel. Explore.

The centre is more than “the core or the abdominals”.
In Contrology, the centre connects the gut, seat and back – creating the foundation for balanced, efficient movement.
Understanding the purpose behind the work allows us to teach with greater clarity and intention.

Thanks, Sandy Vintage Pilates / resource for the Contrology Handbook, and distilling the core principles for us.

Monday motivational mat.
A great way to start your week.
I had to leave out some exercises due to a pulled back muscle but still enjoyed my practice.
Stay warm.
Keep the body moving.

The Push-up is the last exercise in the Contrology Mat repertoire.
It’s the finale of all preceding exercises testing strength, balance, coordination and alignment.
So, it needs to be integrated from start to finish and head to toe, constantly finding the two-way stretch from a strong centre.

Even better amongst nature and fresh air…