I personally found Pilates to be difficult for me to coordinate, breath-wise.
My Pilates instructor explained the proper breathing as involving allowing
the sternum and the lower ribs to collapse completely. I have spent so much
time working on the expansion of the lower ribcage and a high (although not
excessively so) sternum that I really couldn't let it go. The result was
that, despite my best efforts to make the switchover, I was doing the
exercises with the breathing I'm used to, and I would suffer terribly from
lower back pain for days after my once-weekly class. So I dropped.
Christine Thomas
Wauwatosa, WI
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