Magical Mat
Mat is where it’s at! The holiday season will soon be approaching, so I figured it could be useful to share a few thoughts on my favorite way to keep our practice going despite family visits or holiday season travel. The answer is simple… Pilates mat work! Just us...
Backward To Go Forward
Progression doesn’t always have to mean moving forward. Looking backward and returning to the basic order or even your fundamentals has advantages too and can in fact speed up progress. If you’re flying solo I fully recommend returning to the basic work regularly....
Mental Health Awareness
Mental health awareness Nature was the theme of this year's Mental health awareness week in the UK... But we don't need to wait for a special day to be aware of mental health, to reach out for help or to reach out to help. In this moment more than ever it is an...
Reduce Stress with Mindful Movement
Mindfulness One of the best ways to reduce stress or anxiety, or feeling overwhelmed, is mindfulness. Mindfulness is simply focusing being present in the moment. This helps us avoid thinking about those things out of our control or that are stress inducing yet not...
Tackling the Teaser
The teaser is challenging, and just when you feel you’re getting somewhere with it, you then discover that it comes with a whole bunch of joyous variations and level ups! So if you know someone who greets the teaser with an inward groan, don’t dismay. As always the...
Surviving Cold Winter Surfing
The Art of Surviving Winter Surfing: Guide to getting the most from your new wetsuit… So these days I’m blessed to live and surf mostly in Southern California, which in reality shouldn’t qualify me to talk about wetsuits and surviving the winter cold in the slightest....
The 5 Best Pilates Exercises For Surfers
Pilates is an excellent way to improve your surfing. Not only does it develop the core strength needed to surf with more power and precision, but it can also be used to improve your paddling, and make your surfing technique far more consistent with less risk of...
Maintaining your studio: Overcoming the fear of gear and going deeper with the method
So you’ve come to the end of your teacher training and its now time to venture into the world of being responsible for other peoples bodies, minds and spirit. There’s more than enough to worry about with remembering our order, spring settings, keeping the clients...
Avocado and flax (clean and green) stress relief smoothie.
Ingredients: 1 banana (peel banana and freeze it for a creamier texture) 1⁄2 avocado (sliced and pitted) 1⁄2 lemon, juiced 125 g / 1 cup spinach, chard or kale 250 ml / 1 cup almond milk 1 to 2 tablespoons of ground flaxseed Method: Place into blender and blend until...
Pilates, A Brief History
Pilates was created by Joseph Pilates in the pre–WWI 1900s. As a youth he suffered from ailments and conditions such as asthma and began a search for a way to improve his health and wellbeing. Drawing from the realms of yoga, army drill, and anatomy and physiology he...
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