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We forget that the water cycle and the life cycle are one
– Jacques Yves Cousteau
Do you ever feel like you were born in the wrong era? Looking down the supermarket isles do you see any...
“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...