Pilates + Life + Health
Go With The FLOW
Flow is one of the six, with a capital "P" Pilates Principles
Click >> HERE << for my blog on Concentration, and >> HERE << for the post on Precision.
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Side Leg Kicks - how I love you!
Here we go looking into #21 of Joseph Pilates' original 34 Mat exercises, The Side Kick.
I've just gone to my copy of Return To Life Through Contrology, Joe's book...
Well, well well,
The Schtudio* is almost done! (do I say that every couple of weeks?)
*shed + studio = schtudio
This week the concrete surround is being poured and I am painting the interior...
Reflecting on Mirrors - Are they Good or Bad?
sorry but that pun was too obvious to resist...
Don't you love it when you go to the hair salon and after they (thoroughly) wash...
Same, same, but different… SPINE TWIST the CIRCUIT BREAKER
Same:
One of the features of the Pilates Matwork is that when we move from one exercise to the next and change our...
EXPECTATIONS
Do the expectations we place on ourselves make us feel crappy or give us the feels??
this post does have a Pilates bent but *warning* you will have to read and read...
Do you have a hard time concentrating?
In this day and age let me assure you you’re not alone. There are so many things that distract us - yes indeedy.
So. Much. Information. (and the...
Celebrate Yourself!
Hey, I wrote this whole blog and then twigged that I'm massively repeating myself
You see, several months ago I wrote about the very same topic (in a slightly different...
IMPROVISATION
Don’t worry, there will be no amorphous movement* expected of you here, that’s not the kind of improvisation I’m talking about.
*my deep apologies to all of my...
Oh Neck Pull, how I struggle…
Neck Pull, #15 in Joseph Pilates’ original 34 matwork exercises is what I like to call a ‘kitchen sink’ exercise.
What I mean is that it's an...
Do you have a favourite Pilates exercise? Do you also have one you happen to dread?
If the Dreaded One gets left out of the class flow by your teacher are you excited? Relieved?
I definitely have...
It's your lucky day cause it's time to look at another Pillar of Health
Today we'll be talking about - drumroll please...
ENVIRONMENT
I think we can probably agree that...
I really want to start this post with: “There were four in the bed and the little one said, roll over, roll over, so they all rolled over and one fell out…”
Okay, now that...
RECOMBOBULATION: Regroup & Re-Set
I’ve just returned from an epic trip - a whole month in the USA seeing friends and family! I have to admit though, after a two + year Covid induced...
What do that cute puppy and Julie Andrews have to do with The Hundred? Well, the puppy - besides being adorable - is in a pretty perfect 100 curl and Ms. Andrews said, I mean sang, ...
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