About This Video

In this guided movement video, Melinda leads Tia and Dustin through Pilates-based floor exercises focused on seated posture, joint movement, core support, and body awareness.

The video begins in a seated position on the floor. Participants may sit cross-legged or use a pillow, ball, or block to support the legs. Melinda guides participants to sit tall, notice the core muscles, breathe, and stay aware of the neck, spine, hips, and legs.

Participants practice several floor-based movements, including wrist flexion, reaching forward, walking the hands out and back, neck movement, seated spine flexion, arm reaching, leaning back with hand support, lifting the legs, moving the ankles, and stretching through the hips and legs.

The video also includes reminders to adjust the movement based on what feels safe and comfortable. Participants can keep their legs on the floor, use support under the knees, or try more challenging versions only if they feel steady.

This video gives participants a guided movement activity focused on seated floor work, posture, core support, wrist and ankle movement, hip awareness, leg strength, stretching, balance, and everyday body awareness.

Good For

• Adults with IDD who are practicing seated movement, floor exercises, posture, core support, hip mobility, leg strength, ankle movement, or body awareness.

• Caregivers looking for a guided Pilates-based movement video with floor work, gentle stretching, joint awareness, and movement options.

• Adult day programs, home routines, or group activities about Pilates, movement, stretching, posture, mobility, body awareness, and movement safety.

• Participants who benefit from visual modeling, clear reminders, repeated practice, slower pacing, and support with moving safely and confidently.

How to Use This Video

Use this video as a standalone Pilates-based floor movement activity.

Caregivers can help participants choose a safe place on the floor with enough room to sit, reach, and move the legs. A mat, pillow, ball, block, or folded blanket may help participants sit more comfortably or support the knees and hips.

This video does not need to be completed all at once. Participants can pause often, repeat one movement, skip movements that do not feel safe, or return to the video later for more practice.

Because this activity involves floor work, seated balance, reaching, leg lifting, hip movement, ankle movement, and getting down to and up from the floor, caregivers should provide support, adjust the activity as needed, and stop if any movement causes pain or does not feel safe.

At the end, participants can notice how their wrists, neck, spine, hips, legs, ankles, and body feel, then return to this video again to keep practicing gentle floor-based movement.