by admin | Feb 3, 2019 | Ageing, Disease, Health, Wellbeing
The World Health Organisation has called stress ‘the health epidemic of the 21st Century’. 1 in 5 people have visited their GP for a stress-related condition in the past year and 85% of us are experiencing stress regularly. There has been a lot of information...
by admin | Jan 19, 2019 | Ageing, Exercise, Nordic Walking, Nutrition, PILATES, Wellbeing
How to Find the Perfect Class for You? How often have you gone to a class only to feel that you couldn’t ‘do’ it, or you didn’t ‘like’ it? Many people fail to realise that whether you ‘like’ the class or whether you can...
by admin | Sep 24, 2018 | Wellbeing
The next time you tell yourself that you’ll sleep when you’re dead, realize that you’re making a decision that can make that day come much sooner. Pushing late into the night is a health and productivity killer. According to the Division of Sleep Medicine at the...
by admin | Feb 27, 2018 | Wellbeing
This is a very good article by Michaeleen-Doucleff. She promotes the use of the hip hinge – an exercise we do in Pilates on a regular basis. Lost Art Of Bending Over: How Other Cultures Spare Their Spines A man bends with a beautiful hip hinge in Puerta Vallarta,...
by admin | Feb 16, 2017 | PILATES, Wellbeing
Ruth has written a blog for Human Kinetics, giving us expert insight into myofascial release, with an explanation of how it works. Source: A guide to myofascial release by Ruth Duncan | Human Kinetics Sport, Health & Fitness Blog...
by admin | Jul 11, 2016 | Disease, Wellbeing
As we are moving through the Summer months I become a little more preoccupied with the hydration levels of my clients. When I ask them whether they thought they were drinking enough water the answer is generally ‘no’! I myself know how hard it is to...
