Pilates vs Yoga, What's the Difference?

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hi and welcome back to trifecta Pilates if you're new year my name is bad it was recently doing a mat Pilates workout and someone came up to me afterwards and said was that Pilates or something because it's like no yoga I've ever seen and I did answer her that yes it was Pilates and even though there are some similarities between Pilates and yoga they definitely are a different movement systems so I'm here today to answer the question what's the difference between yoga and Pilates let's get started with some similarities so both systems are really mind-body Fitness modalities and what this means is we want awareness and thoughtfulness while we move on our mats the benefit of this is we can really be conscious of when an exercise is working for us and when it's not in addition to when we leave the mat usually we feel a little bit more refreshed not only in our body but mentally as well both exercise systems will work to stretch strengthen and tone your muscles and we're both really obsessed with making sure that you're breathing deeply though we do breathe deeply in different ways so in yoga it's all breathing in through the nose and out through nose and breathing into the belly and Pilates we like to breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth and doing that lateral breathing that we've talked about in some of the Pilates classes on this channel and as you inhale feel the ribcage push the hands away to the sides of the room as you exhale just bringing the hands back together again your ribs come back together again even though you'll see some of the same positions in both yoga and Pilates and yoga you do yoga poses or asanas and then obviously do exercises so in yoga you may hold a pose and employees we're going to move through that body position because it is an exercise in general employees will do more side-lying exercises than you do in yoga and you'll strengthen the obliques and leg muscles a little bit more that way in yoga however you'll tend to do more standing exercises in general in the apply this classroom we want you to keep moving with each and every exercise whereas in yoga that we hold a position for a length of time why these classes were always supposed to be short and effective workout so they don't take a whole bunch of time the mats are also different and remember I talked about this in another Pilates mats tend to be a little bit thicker a little bit more cushy and yoga mats are a little bit thinner and usually non-slip because we're rolling along your spine imply this is really important that we have that extra cushion whereas in yoga you're holding poses so you don't want to slip for me personally besides the class feeling different the way I feel after I leave a yoga class compared to apply these classes much different yoga typically will feel really peaceful and calm kind of mind cleared out may take us a while to ease back into the rest of our day whereas employees it's really energizing and uplifting typically it's like you're just ready to go back into your day [Music] there was a point in time where I didn't like Pilates or yoga and it wasn't because this movement system was bad I probably just picked a class that wasn't suitable for me at that time and the instructor I wasn't really vibing with either so if you've ever taken pleasure yoga and really haven't liked it before try a different instructor try a different class because the movement systems are really beneficial for your body and life if you've taken employees or yoga and you really feel a difference between the movement systems leave a comment below and let me know what you think the differences are as always I hope you have a beautiful day and can join me on the mat soon for another Pilates class [Music]