10 stress-busting Pilates exercises you can do at home

10 stress-busting Pilates exercises you can do at home

Combine it as a sequence, or pick and choose your faves, either way this gentle workout will build strength and instantly soothe you.

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1. Lay with the ball behind the upper back, knees bent, feet on the floor, inhale and lift one leg, keeping the knee bent.

2. Exhale and lift the other leg to meet the first.

3. Inhale and lower one leg

4. Exhale and lower the other

5. Repeat slowly four times, and hold both legs up on the last rep for four breaths

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