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5 Ways to Counteract Sitting at Work

Five Ways to Counteract Sitting at Work 1. Micro-breaks Eye breaks – every 20 minutes spend 20 seconds focusing your eyes on something 20 feet away from you (the 20 – 20 – 20 exercise). You should also blink the…

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The Risks of Prolonged Sitting

The Risks of Prolonged Sitting Prolonged sitting at a computer endangers your health Do you feel stiff and sore after prolonged sitting at a computer for a few hours? Along with poor posture, sitting at a computer can contribute to…

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Pilates Mini-ball Exercise 1

This is an intermediate level exercise that requires considerable shoulder girdle and core strength.

Jodie Krantz showing a pilates exercise with a mini-ball under her pelvis

Pilates Mini-ball Exercise 2 Pelvic Self-Massage

Improve core stability and shoulder girdle strength while massaging gluteal muscles and back of the pelvis.

Jodie Krantz in a pilates studio doing a pelvic stability exercise with a mini-ball

Pilates Mini-ball Exercise 4: The Uneven Bridge

This exercise requires an ability to maintain balance and pelvic stability with the mini-ball in an asymmetric or uneven position under the back of the pelvis.

Jodie Krantz in the Free2move pilates studio stretching the hip flexor with one knee up and a mini-ball under the pelvis

Pilates Mini-ball Exercise 3 : Hip Flexor Stretch

This Pilates exercise combines core stability and balance work with a gentle stretch for the psoas muscle in the front of the hip.

Jodie Krantz in the Free2move Pilates studio doing a side stretch with a mini-ball under her hip

Pilates Mini-ball Exercise 5: Side Stretch

This is a great stretch for the muscles along the side of you chest and waist as well as the area under your arm. Intermediate level.

Jodie Krantz on the floor of the Free2move pilates studio doing the toe touching exercise with a mini-ball under her pelvis

Pilates Mini-ball Exercise 6: Toe Touches

This exercise requires you to balance your pelvis on the small unstable surface of the mini-ball with your legs in the 'table-top' position.

Jodie Krantz lying on the floor in the pilates studio at Free2move holding her jaw.

Feldenkrais: Free your Neck and Jaw Part 1

In this video you'll explore a series of gentle movements based on the Feldenkrais Method to help release jaw pain and neck tension., headaches, teeth clenching and teeth grinding (bruxism).

Jodie Krantz lying on the floor in the pilates studio of Free2move showing a jaw exercise

Feldenkrais: Free your Neck and Jaw Part 2

This is part 2 of these gentle exercises based on the Feldenkrais Method can help you relieve jaw and neck tension, which can lead to teeth clenching and teeth grinding (bruxism).