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Pilates Leg Circles on the Roller – part of the women's fitness video series by GeoBeats. Hi, I am Charlotte and this is Alice, and we are here at Streamline Pilates studio in Brooklyn Heights, New York. We are going to show you how to use the foam roller to increase your balance while doing pilates mat work. Lets start with some leg circles. So laying down on the roller, you have got your tail bone at one end, your head at the other, your spine is comfortably centered on the roll. Take a minute and just take a couple of breaths and let your spine sink down into the roll trying to release any tension that you feel in your body so that you can go into the exercise in a relaxed way rather than racing or gripping in any spot. You also want to have your shoulder blades wrapping around the roll so that you can help strengthen the muscles in the back of your shoulders and use those shoulder blades to hold on to the roll almost like hands in the back of your body. You want your forearms down on the mat, your elbows are solidly down, your wrist, your whole palm, fingers straight. And from there lets walk your feet away from you so that your toes and heels are still on the floor and your legs are fairly straight. So now you are ready to go into the exercise. Take an inhale through your nose and exhale, scoop your belly button back towards your spine and just tuck your lower back down towards the roller so that you can feel stable through your pelvis and its connected to your core <b>…</b>
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