28/04/2026
Have you ever heard me say the word tensegrity in class and wondered what on earth I was talking about? 😄
It's one of my favourite concepts in Pilates — and once you understand it, you start to feel it in every single exercise.
Tensegrity is the balance between tension and compression that allows a structure to be both strong AND flexible at the same time. Think of those incredible models where rigid rods are suspended in perfect balance by elastic cords — the rods never touch, yet the whole structure is incredibly strong. Neither the tension nor the compression is doing the work alone. It's the relationship between them that creates something extraordinary.
Your body works in exactly the same way. Your bones are the rods. Your muscles, fascia and connective tissue are the cords. When everything is in balance — when nothing is overworking or underworking — you move freely, you stand tall, and you're far less likely to get injured.
This is what we're really training in Pilates. Not just strength. Not just flexibility. But the intelligent relationship between the two. 🌿
