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“Inflammation ages you from the inside out by eating away at your telomeres, the caps protecting the ends of your chromosomes. Every time a chromosome divides, its telomere shortens. So...
Do you ever go to get out of bed and notice a little pooch on your tum? Or push yourself up out of the couch after lounging around and feel a strain in your middle? Or maybe when you're practicing...
Definition: Wonky/ ‘wonki’/
adjective
not straight; crooked or askew
synonyms: crooked, off centre, lopsided, askew, skew, skew-whiff (of a thing), unsteady, shaky, unstable, rocky,...
‘Strengthen your core’ is a common recommendation from exercise professionals, physical therapists, doctors, surgeons and researchers, for an array physical concerns [1, 2]....
As a Pilates instructor I just assumed that I would have the ideal birth. I looked after my pregnant body with daily exercise and meditation and I nourished myself from the garden. I hired a Doula...
Stuck in an exercise rut?
“I am exercising as hard as I can so why am I not getting stronger, faster, better?”
This is a common one. A new client starts with us and joins the group...
As a pilates teacher, you are aware that having a strong and healthy pelvic floor is crucial for both men and women. However, you may not realise that flat feet, or fallen arches, can have a direct...
Why Physical therapy?
Pilates comes under many a guise. It may be a fitness based mat or reformer class – choreographed (sometimes to music), all participants doing the same thing and...
And how consistent meditation practice can improve your life
Meditation has guided me since I was 14 years old. My Mum introduced me with a weekend course and the practice has woven through my life...
And when to say no to alcohol…
Let’s say you fall over and fracture a bone or ‘pull’ a muscle. Your body is sore and tender and you don’t want to put any weight on it...
A major part of a Pilates Instructors’ job (and of many other practitioners in different physical movement fields) is to identify weaker or imbalanced movement patterns, across the whole...
Do you ever find yourself in a scroll time warp?
Do you have to make a conscious effort NOT to open your social media channel?
Do you jump on ‘just to post a quick pic’ and then realise...
