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How to Do a Swan Pilates Exercise

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    Part of the video series: How to Do Mat Pilates Exercises

    From Quick Guide: Learn Pilates

    Summary: Learn about how to do the swan pilates exercises with expert pilates workout tips in this free fitness video on pilates mat exercises.

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    By Constance Borho, eHow Presenter

    Connie Borho has over 20 years’ varied experience in the health and wellness, and the Balance Pilates and Yoga Center in Bradenton, Florida. Recent work with college football players...read more

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    " I'll be teaching you "Swan 1". It?s a spinal articulation in extension. It helps to lengthen your back, use the extensor muscles of your spine to create flexibility in the spine and strength in that extension. Also teaches you to anchor the pelvis, lift the belly in to support the spine and lengthen out through the legs. Press the pelvis down and into the floor, bring your belly skin up towards your spine. Lengthen out through the legs, firmly pulled into the center. Hands right underneath your armpits, elbows reaching up towards the ceiling and then back and into your hips. Shoulder blades down your back, firmly. On an inhale, peel your eyes up, your nose up, your chin up. And lift as far as you can up, without hiking your shoulders. So slide those shoulders down your back. And release as you exhale and lengthen out. Now you want to make sure that you keep the back of the neck long. So this time I'm going to hold her neck so that she can stay really long in her neck. Inhale and peel your eyes up, your nose up and your chin up. Shoulders down your back. And then exhale and pull yourself longer to come down. And release the head down."

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