Tuck your elbows in, keeping them bent at 90 degrees next to your body. Place your palms face up. Move your arms outwards away from your stomach. At the same time, contract your shoulder blade muscles, drawing your shoulder blades towards the midline of the back.<\/p>\n
No way! It’s actually a really smart move…forgive the pun. It will open up your chest and improve shoulder rotation. It also encourages good shoulder blade placement which will improve your posture and how you feel about yourself (correct posture sends happy endorphins whooshing through your body).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n No. Students of all levels can benefit from shoulder mobility.<\/p>\n Yes. Sitting down makes it an ideal exercise for office workers who are hunched over a computer for hours on end.<\/p>\n Stand tall (or sit). Place both hands palm up in front of you with elbows bent to 90 degrees. Keeping elbows locked in by your sides, and shoulder blades gently slid down towards hips, slowly open your hands apart and then back together. Repeat 8 times.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tuck your elbows in, keeping them bent at 90 degrees next to your body. Place your palms face up. Move your arms outwards away from your stomach. At the same time, contract your shoulder blade muscles, drawing your shoulder blades towards the midline of the back. Pilates Dumb Waiter FAQs Is it dumb to do […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":64610,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"pose_category":[142,31],"pose_types":[191,43,47,45,39],"pose_anatomy":[54,55,56,57,58,59,61,62],"pose_chakras":[64,70,67,65,66,69,68],"pose_therapy":[71,74,77,80,81,88,89],"pose_drishti":[95],"pose_dosha":[101,100],"pose_meridian_lines":[],"class_list":["post-64608","yoga_pilates_poses","type-yoga_pilates_poses","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","pose_category-matwork-seated-floor","pose_category-pilates-lesson-planner","pose_types-animal","pose_types-hip-opener","pose_types-seated","pose_types-seated-floor","pose_types-stretch","pose_anatomy-core","pose_anatomy-hamstrings","pose_anatomy-hips","pose_anatomy-knees","pose_anatomy-lower-back","pose_anatomy-middle-back","pose_anatomy-psoas","pose_anatomy-wrists-arms","pose_chakras-base","pose_chakras-crown-centre","pose_chakras-heart-centre","pose_chakras-sacral-centre","pose_chakras-solar-plexus-centre","pose_chakras-third-eye","pose_chakras-throat-centre","pose_therapy-anxiety","pose_therapy-back-pain","pose_therapy-depression","pose_therapy-eye-fatigue","pose_therapy-fatigue","pose_therapy-poor-posture","pose_therapy-stress","pose_drishti-tip-of-nose","pose_dosha-kapha","pose_dosha-pitta"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIs Pilates Dumb Waiter just for beginners?<\/h4>\n
\nCan I perform Pilates Dumb Waiter sitting down?<\/h4>\n
\nWhat are the teaching directions for Pilates Dumb Waiter exercise?<\/h4>\n