In one season of life, when I was living in the East/Ukrainian Village at the corner of Veselka, I started doing Pilates 3x/week at New York Pilates. It completely changed how I stand, how I hold myself and how I move. I credited it as the reason for my “great posture” when a military couple leaned over to compliment me on it at dinner recently.
“All movement originates in the core.” The instructors said, each class, guiding us back to breath and center. It clicked, and I connected.
I think of it often, to center myself, to connect to myself, to move from the inside out. Am I entering this moment, this meeting, this movement from my core, with my core? Is this a decision I’ve connected to in my core, that deep, gentle, solid center line that runs through us, that glows, that connects us to our whole body, our whole spirit, our whole being?
Note: The origin of Pilates, created by Joseph Pilates during internment in WWI, is fascinating. (He studied animals’ movement to develop it!)