STRETCHING AND ITS BENEFITS the area rather than focusing into it. Can you stay with the sensations occurring and let them be, rather than automatically pulling away? When something is not acknowledged it can become worse but If I want to make my clients happy during a Pilates class, I just add in some stretching, especially those hamstrings and gluts. When we stretch our bodies with the emphasis on releasing tension and breathing deeply through it, we create relaxation in o