Lie flat on your back with your arms down by your sides, palms facing down and legs in Pilates first position.
Inhale to prepare. Exhale, and draw your legs up into the air with your inner thighs squeezed and heels together. Inhale, and hold the position.
Exhale, press your arms onto the floor, and come to a shoulder stand, lifting your hips and reaching the legs upward.
Squeeze your buttocks and draw your navel to your spine to help maintain the hip lift.
Inhale, and lower one leg down toward your head.
Grab onto your calf with both hands and, at the same time, raise your other leg even higher into the air.
Pull the calf down for a double-pulse exhale.
Switch legs and pulse twice.
Repeat sequence six times on each leg.
