Bess Mahaney Pilates

Day 15 NECK PULL I have not memorized the order of the mat work, so I missed Neck Pull this year! So here is a rewind from my very first #marchmatness This is another head to toe exercise! Another roll up with a little extra!... Enjoy! @marchmatness @360pilatesonline

Day 14 TWO LEG KICK This exercise is fabulous, I love working the posterior chain of my body, this is a head-to-toe exercise! extension has always been difficult for me until the last year or two when I had the opportunity to teach more Mat classes! My yoga practice also helped me get stronger with my Pilates practice, especially when it comes to spinal extension. I also noticed I should have one cheek on the mat while my knees are bent, no one is perfect ... Enjoy! @marchmatness

Day 13 ONE LEG KICK This exercise is deceiving to say the least, a lot of my clients and followers will say " that's one I can do"! But it is very challenging if done correctly, which is like every Pilates exercise! Keeping your upper back neutral, while you keep your pelvic floor stable and "kick, kick and reach"! You will feel this everywhere! Another head to toe exercise!... Enjoy!

Day 12 SWAN/SWAN DIVE This crazy challenging exercise is preparing you for the following prone exercises, extension has always been challenging for me, but I'm pretty sure teaching the mat work all of last year and even before that and studying as much as I could of this classical mat work, I have improved a lot, and thank you to my fabulous camera person for capturing this! This is also a head to toe exercise!... Enjoy! @marchmatness

Day 11 SAW Rotation, rotation, rotation!... My clients will tell you that I love rotation, and they all have to do it! So of course this is my favorite stretchy type exercise, I love the spinal articulation and the rotation and the hamstring stretch and the two-way stretch that you get in the shoulders! There's a lot going on in this exercise, and it's all fabulous! Enjoy!

My bff/client has been with me 2 1/2 years; despite her complaints of how I can't count to 10, and how some exercises are uncomfortable, she is a Pilates addict! The benefits outweigh my inability to count correctly and the difficulty of the exercises at times. @iadominguez1

#throwbackthursday #selfie #walkover #cadillac #pilates #upsidedown #pilatesinstructor

We had a warming trend in San Jose California! So here we are outside under the giant tent at Almaden Valley Athletic Club! #keepmoving #pilatesatavac #pilatesinstructor #pilates #reformer

One more for #unilateraltraining #mountainclimbers #keepmoving #pilatesinstructor #mvechair #pilates #pilatesisforeverybody

Many thanks to my IG community and family and friends and students and clients, Merry Christmas!

Candlestick by @catstewart89 I'm always aspiring to become as good as my clients! #2021goals #avac #pilatesatavac #inversions #advancedpilates

It's #wundachairwednesday and I continue my theme of unilateral training/balance work. Although everything about Pilates is great, this is one of the greatest things about Pilates! Unilateral training is when you train one side of the body at a time, which helps with imbalances. #unilateraltraining #pilatesinstructor #pilates #mvechair #shelterinplacepilates #verticallunges #keepmoving

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This is how I teach modified hanging pull ups on the Cadillac.... Soon my client will be hanging horizontally on the trapeze and Cadillac while doing these pull-ups. #cadillac #pilates #pilatesisforeverybody #stretchandstrengthen

Stability chair feels...#pilates #pilatesinstructor #keepmoving

#happyveteransday My dad... Carey MacWayne Mahaney WWII and Korea Veteran

Let the healing begin, thank you America

My daughter (right) and her best friend voted today!!! #voteearly #vote2020

Pilates is challenging, joyful, yet difficult, I find it very rewarding when I can definitely see improvement in a client after nearly two years of working together. I taught Thigh Stretch to this wonderful client for the first time yesterday, and it was amazing to see the long lines evident in her form, which would never have been there two years ago. So, with that said, I love Pilates! #pilatesinstructor #pilatesisforeverybody #keepmoving

Climb a tree #progressnotperfection #pilatesinstructor #ladderbarrel

I love #hangingback back on the trapeze. #stretchandstrengthen #trapezetable #cadillac #pilatesinstructor #pilatesmethod