Michelle Dockery Quotes

I have very bad posture.

I honestly think I've gotten taller since I started doing Pilates. And my posture is totally different - no more slouching!

When you're wearing a corset for a long period of time, things that were important to you hours before are no longer important, because doing them exhausts you.

My body needs to be aligned when I am sleeping so for that I sometimes sleep on the floor.

Pilates is amazing. It makes you conscious of how you have been doing something incorrectly for so long, even something as simple as just standing there.

Your core holds you upright; it helps you bend and twist and jump; it helps you transfer power through your body; and it strengthens your posture, whether you are batting, sitting at a desk or running around a park.

The Alexander Technique helped a long-standing back problem and to get a good night's sleep after many years of tossing and turning.

Never slouch as doing so compresses the lungs, overcrowds other vital organs, rounds the back, and throws you off balance.

The Alexander Technique works... I recommend it enthusiastically to anyone who has neck pains or back pain.

Because of poor posture, practically 95% of our population suffers from varying degrees of spinal curvature, not to mention more serious ailments. Good posture can be successfully acquired only when the entire mechanism of the body is under perfect control.

The standing yoga routines work all the main muscles of the body and improve stamina while increasing your metabolic rate, and there is a specific Yoga Abs workout to build all-important core strength to improve posture and trim the waistline.

Ballroom dancing is so articulate. Your hips have to be a certain way, legs have to be straight at one time and bent another.

Dancing is all about your core.

Pilates and yoga, we always do those together. But I think it's a little bit easier for me, at 5-7, to be more flexible and to move a little better than him at 6-5.

I work out with Pilates - it's a great workout for body alignment. I work out every day with once a week break. I mix it with weight training and cardio.

Twists are wonderful for whittling your waist, stretching your back, and detoxifying the body.

In yoga, you hold the positions, whereas in dance, you're constantly moving, extending, reaching through the legs and arms, which helps build long, lean muscles as opposed to shorter, tighter ones.

For exercise, I am doing a lot of Pilates. I am very tight and not very flexible, and so it is a nice balance between stretching and doing exercises.

A secret control slip is a wonderful invention. It sculpts and lifts the bum and smooths the hips.

When you're using your upper body to live, you get to know how to move every muscle.

A waist trainer will help you get the figure you want and feel sexier and better about yourself.

Pilates helps condition the body without punishing it.

Ballet Beautiful has made my pregnancy a joy. I've avoided back pain and swelling by keeping my core strong and body moving.

Dancers know how to move their arms and their hands. But I don't know the first thing about how to move my arms and hands gracefully.

Pilates has been the perfect solution to maintaining strength and vitality in my life.