Pilates with Stretch-eze®.

Stretch-eze® – is an invention of Kimberly Dye, a Pilates instructor from the United States who is a former professional dancer. In 2007 her invention was awarded the highest prize among the goods designed for fitness and travel. Stretch-eze ® is a perfect piece of equipment that helps to feel the body movement in three dimensions.

Nowadays stress relief is an important component of any form of fitness activity based on health and functionality.
Pilates is a technique that needs no innovations, but the pace of modern life often leads to the use of the Pilates method as just another kind of fitness, which is just a small piece of a broad-based and remarkable system. Routine performance of the repertoire or inept use of the exercises often leads to stiffness instead of freedom, fixation instead of stability, and an overload instead of grace. The use of Stretch-eze® in Pilates allows you to give volume to the familiar exercises, thereby increasing the healing effect on the body, removing the stress and bringing the pleasure of movement.

Stretch-еze® will allow you to emphasize yet another facet of Pilates art – the freedom of movement to liberate the body and release emotional blocks.
The repertoire of Pilates + Stretch-eze® is applicable for group classes, personal and rehabilitation programs, for work with children and elderly people and other groups.

Why does it work?

Notorious imbalances, inharmonious states and loss of equilibrium and the like are the reasons for a person to acquire certain movement patterns that are a reflection of the same apparent patterns of the mind movements.
The mind is designed so that it is difficult for us to see the most characteristic patterns ourselves: movement skills, thinking processes, words-parasites, standard psychic responses or behavior imprints. Thus, we become an uncharted territory for ourselves. The world is painted for us in tones that are most active in the process of our own manifestation. As a result, it becomes quite difficult to see yourself clearly as your marks are nothing but an illusion, created mostly by our own reactions. The body is no exception. Seeing your usual movement pattern becomes a daunting task even if the movement is inefficient. You are forced to find and use a new way to compensate for the inefficient movement. And that leads to an overload in the whole body.

Pilates with Studio Equipment is quite effective in correcting this situation, as it gives unambiguous objective landmarks in space with a clear material mapping. A harmoniously planned exercise program, provided with competent execution, eventually leads to the three-dimensional perception of being in space and building a more objective perception of the world system.
It is painstaking work, requiring long and persistent practice.
Stretch-eze® is a simple piece of equipment that helps to awaken receptors which are giving information about your body volume. This important tool makes your work more accurate and reduces the period of time required to achieve a high quality repertoire in Pilates.

Stretch-eze® in combination with the principles of Joseph Pilates method helps to improve coordination, relieve muscle blocks, and reduce physical stress; it increases stress-resistance, stimulates balanced operation of vital systems such as respiration, blood circulation, and the endocrine system. As a result it reduces the emotional burden caused by imbalances of the hormone system due to exposure to physical blocks.

Understanding healthy movement and knowing the Pilates method will facilitate you work with Stretch-eze ® greatly. Nevertheless, the use of simple sets of exercises specifically designed for Stretch-eze ® at home will help anyone to achieve excellent results in dealing with such common problems as:

- Stress in the neck area (cervical spine instability, headaches, sleeping disorders, chronic fatigue, etc.)
- Activation of the Centre (prevention of lower back pain, prevention of intervertebral hernias and other back problems)
- Improved posture (reducing the load on the musculoskeletal system and strengthening the whole body)
- Breathing pattern disorders (stress reduction, relief from depression and stabilization of body weight).
 
Stretch-eze® will literally make your world spacious!

Author:Kateryna Smirnova