PRO-ROLLER® Pilates Essentials

Deepen mind-body awareness, promote better posture, and challenge core strength by incorporating a foam roller with Pilates exercise—this book shows how. Available as a package, which includes one foam roller.

Price

$60.90

About the Book

  • Second edition: includes more than 30 Pilates exercises using the OPTP® PRO-ROLLER®
  • Exercises include knee lifts, abdominal curls, the hundred, mid-back extension, triceps press, leg scissors and more
  • Includes exercise prompts, emphasizing key Pilates principles (proper alignment, control, fluidity, concentration and measured breathing)
  • Each exercise includes concise step-by-step instructions and large color photos

Author(s)

  • Angela Kneale, OTD, MA, OTR/L, NBC-HWC

Publication Details

  • ISBN-13: 978-0-9843724-2-3
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Publisher: OPTP®
  • Pages: 56
  • Type: Softcover
  • Illustrated: Yes
  • Dimensions: 10"L x 7"W

Improve Your Pilates Practice and Mind-Body Connection

In this revised second edition, occupational therapist, integrative health and wellness coach, and Franklin Method® educator, Angela Kneale, educates readers on the principles of the Pilates method. She provides a history of Pilates, along with basic guidelines and benefits of a regular Pilates practice, including improved mind-body connection. She then describes how incorporating a foam roller can help enhance Pilates movements for added benefit.

More Than 40 Pilates Exercises with Step-by-Step Instructions

This in-depth foam roller Pilates book includes more than 40 exercises incorporating the foam roller to help improve balance, strength and flexibility. Each exercise includes clear, step-by step instructions detailing the movement sequence, cues for inhaling and exhaling during the movement, benefits of each exercise, things to pay attention to within the body, a suggested number of repetitions, and color photos showing how to perform each exercise. Increase your awareness of how your body feels and moves while improving your posture and body symmetry, and challenging core strength and balance with this Pilates exercise and stretching book.

Improve Strength and Flexibility

Improve strength and flexibility while decreasing muscle stress and tension with the exercises in this book. Learn how to incorporate a foam roller with Pilates movements for additional body awareness and better posture while challenging core strength. More than 40 exercises are included, with clear instructions and colorful imagery.

Exercises in this book include:

Arm Scissors, Arm Circles, Abdominal Crunch, Hundred, Spine Twist, Leg Extension, Knee Lift, Saw, Bridge, Leg Scissors and Swan.

About the Author:

Angela Kneale, OTD, MA, OTR/L, NBC-HWC

Angela specializes in the integration of movement, breathing, postural alignment, and relaxation techniques for optimal health and wellness. She is an integrative health coach, Franklin Method® educator, and has achieved full certification from Stott Pilates. She enjoys teaching and has incorporated Pilates into her Occupational Therapy practice for more than 25 years.

From the Back Cover

Pilates has been called the ultimate mind-body exercise, a whole approach to movement based on the work of Joseph Pilates (1880–1967).

Incorporating the PRO-ROLLER® with Pilates exercise creates additional awareness of how your body feels and moves, helping develop better posture and body symmetry, while challenging core strength and balance. The PRO-ROLLER® is an excellent teaching tool, providing opportunities to playfully experience movement that targets strength and flexibility, while decreasing muscle stress and tension.

Everything in One Set

Select "BOOK + 36" ROLLER" above to get everything you need.

BOOK ONLY (PRO-ROLLER® Pilates Essentials book)

BOOK + 36" ROLLER (PRO-ROLLER® Pilates Essentials book and PRO-ROLLER® Standard Foam Roller)

BOOK + 36" ROLLER (PRO-ROLLER® Pilates Essentials book and PRO-ROLLER® Soft Foam Roller)

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