KEY AREAS: Lower Back, Core, Pelvis, Stability, Balance
START POSITION: Get into The Classic Pilates Start Position. Then put your knees together.
NOTES: Push gently down with one of your hands and twist your hips towards the other side, lowering your knees, and as your body twists, turn your head (but not too much) to look in the opposite direction to where your knees have gone. Relax and feel the pull for a few seconds and then reverse the whole motion, with your knees and head turning in different directions.
This exercise would be on my top 5 list of best exercises for people suffering with lower back issues. It is easy to learn and easy to perform. And from this same lying position you can quickly move into other exercises which help the lower back. This one cannot be left out but it should be done in conjunction with other exercises.