Focus!

Focusing attention is challenging with our omnipresent phones. It’s often the first thing we reach for in the morning, and the last thing we let go of at night.

In this crazy-busy world, we’re distracted by our phones 150 times a day, on average.

Pilates gives you a chance to re-learn how to focus.  It’s giving you a chance to fine tune attention to build stronger mind-body connections and become more resilient mentally.

“This really works,” my new client Kathy said from the mat, “I can’t believe how you’re telling me to drag my heel along the carpet and that’s just how it feels.”

While focusing, Kathy was getting a breather from her persistent back pain, and recruiting other neuro-muscular connections to shore up her spinal alignment. 

Pilates is about neurogenesis, developing neurons in the brain, a process that starts in utero, and that we now know can continue throughout our lifetime. 

That’s why you want to put your phone away and fully focus on Pilates. Erecting new neurons has been shown to improve memory, lower risks of Alzheimer’s, and increase your problem-solving skills. 

The more you pay attention, the more you know, the more you know, the more you know to pay attention. It works!