Movement & Mind Pilates Challenge

Pilates Fusion with Mark Osmundsen

Level 1-2 - 20 min

This Pilates program is a 9-day commitment to give your body and mind your undivided attention. Designed with just enough intensity to feel satisfying, each 20-minute class includes a strengthening Pilates series with modifications for all levels, followed by 5 minutes to breathe and center yourself. You’ll work with each major muscle group throughout the 9 days, leaving your whole being feeling balanced and bright.

9

Classes

3

Weeks

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This Pilates program is a 9-day commitment to give your body and mind your undivided attention. Designed with just enough intensity to feel satisfying, each 20-minute class includes a strengthening Pilates series with modifications for all levels, followed by 5 minutes to breathe and center yourself. You’ll work with each major muscle group throughout the 9 days, leaving your whole being feeling balanced and bright.

Week 1

Level 1-2 20 mins

Pilates Fusion with Mark Osmundsen

Begin this nine-day commitment to yourself from your core, your center of power. Warm-up slowly then build a steady fire in your abs with Russian twists and reverse crunches before burning through a final plank series. Cool back down and return to your calm center with a closing meditation.

Level 1-2 20 mins

Pilates Fusion with Mark Osmundsen

Practice simple, but effective arm movements to build strength and tone your upper body. Warm-up with modified plank and pushups then work your way through a variety of seated and kneeling strength work. While hand weights are used throughout the class, the movements still provide a challenge without them. Finish with a meditation to help you revel in the feeling of doing something good for yourself. Props Needed: A set of light weights.

Level 1-2 20 mins

Pilates Fusion with Mark Osmundsen

Get into your glutes and hamstrings with standing lunge work and a targeted side leg series. Power through plank with leg pull lifts, with an option to modify on your knees as you build strength. End your practice with a mindful moment to strengthen your daily commitment to yourself.

Week 2

Level 1-2 20 mins

Awesome Obliques

Pilates Fusion with Mark Osmundsen

This class is all about the side body, building strength throughout your midsection with exercises that also challenge your balance. Work your obliques in tabletop and side crunches, then float in and out of side plank, never spending too much time with your weight on your joints. Close with a brief moment in meditation.

Level 1-2 20 mins

Powerful Quads and Calves

Pilates Fusion with Mark Osmundsen

Explore compound movements that target your quads and calves in this simple mat series. Lift and press your heels in bridge, then build on the burn you've created with a barre-style plie series and front lunge pulses. Find your way to your closing meditation feeling grounded and powerful in your legs.

Level 1-2 20 mins

Balanced Back Strength

Pilates Fusion with Mark Osmundsen

Build strength in your back and shoulders with simple, small movements, often utilizing light hand weights. Open your back body with slow stretching then activate the muscles with a series on your belly, kneeling work with your weights, and a sequence in plank. Check-in with yourself in a final moment of meditation. You may choose to leave out the weights and still enjoy a great workout.

Week 3

Level 1-2 20 mins

Pilates Fusion with Mark Osmundsen

Enjoy an extra-stretchy class to relieve tightness in your hips and facilitate an emotional release. Warm-up with core work then ease into several lunge variations using your blocks. Work your way into siren and extended leg stretch with a twist, then stretch it out before a closing meditation, allowing even more space for release. Props Needed: Two yoga blocks.

Level 1-2 20 mins

Feel-Good Full Body

Pilates Fusion with Mark Osmundsen

Bring together all the work you've done with a full-body session filled with fun compound sequences. After a gentle warm-up, connect your body with your breath as you work from head to toe with bridge, leg circles, side bends, and plank to bear crawl. As always, close with a meditation, feeling strong and connected through your whole body.

Level 1-2 20 mins

Mind-Body Connection

Pilates Fusion with Mark Osmundsen

Your final class is totally devoted to connecting and synchronizing your body and spirit. Enjoy small, gentle movements that are all about self-care and self-discovery, creating heat in your belly without tension and releasing with some delicious stretches. As you experience your final meditation, soak in the accomplishment of dedicating these 9 days to your well-being.

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