I love the idea of “the humble chair” for a Pilates class, a class which is designed to use a regular chair as a tool for movement. We sit in one everyday, be it for work or for a meal perhaps. But have you ever played on one?

As masks are now a very necessary part of our everyday lives, coupled with general anxiety in terms of the future and the state of the world, our breathing has imperceptibly fallen on the shallow side of the scale. Breathing is important not only in the delivery of oxygen to our cells, but also to the proper mechanics of the neck and shoulder complex.