Paula Ramirez

A recent visit to the Corpus Museum (very recommended) in the Netherlands, got me thinking about how my movement practice approach had evolved in the past decade. Less inclined to follow movement methods and more inclined to question them through physiology and pscychology, here I few points that influence my decisions in the moment of choosing programming, topics or simply warm ups for me and you dear students. 🫁 👃🏼Did you know that nasal breathing regulates emotions better than oral...

"Dogs bounding, horses frisking, whales breaching, all in the pursuit of pleasure" Charles Darwin. Jumping is more than just a physical action. It is a powerful expression of joy, freedom, and vitality shared across many species, including humans. As we grow older, the ability and desire to jump often diminish, but its significance remains profound. This post is about why jumping matters throughout life, especially as we age, and how we could keep creating opportunities to do it more often....

What I want you to understand during my Pilates sessions In a group or private session, with or without Pilates apparatus, when I teach movement with this method, there are unspoken messages and direct ones about how crucial is variability in your physical practice and why you should aim more than the baseline. Baseline= Normal Since I read David Attenborough's book " A life in our planet" there is a term that is stuck in my head: -Shifting baseline syndrome- It's the tendency for the...