Finally, a complete manual for Pilates Mat exercises by internationally renowned Pilates expert Ellie Herman. This guide is meant for Pilates Instructors and fitness professionals as well as Pilates aficionados who want a deeper understanding of their own practice. This book takes you through the classic Pilates Mat repertoire and introduces original exercises developed by Ellie Herman and her instructors over the last fifteen years. Included in the book are: step by step photo sequences, detailed description of over 80 Pilates Mat exercises, proper breathing and specific alignment cues, thumbnail cheat sheets, benefits and contraindications, rehabilitation applications, special tips and imagery.
Ellie Herman is an internationally reknown Pilates instructor and author with twenty years of experience. She has authored eight Pilates books including; Pilates for Dummies, Pilates Props Workbook, Pilates Workbook on the Ball, and a series of five Pilates manuals covering all the major Pilates modalities: Pilates Mat, Reformer, Cadillac, Wunda Chair and Pilates Springboard.
Based in the Bay Area for more than twenty years, Ellie founded Ellie Herman Studios in San Francisco (1992), Oakland (2000) and then relocated to New York, and opened her third studio in Brooklyn (2005). While overseeing these three studios, Ellie trained hundreds of Pilates Instructors, many of whom have gone on to open their own studios.
Ellie invented a piece of Pilates equipment called The Pilates Springboard, an inexpensive and space saving version of the Cadillac, manufactured and distributed by Balanced Body, Inc.
Ellie developed Walk-ilates, a system that uses Pilates-based exercises to correct faulty alignment and gait patterns.
Ellie has an MS in Acupuncture and Chinese Herbology.
