Pilates + Life + Health

Changes, Easy & Forced: The Sister Effect life matwork philosophy pilates Nov 16, 2022

Past Effects on your Present Pilates

I’ve got the 1979 hit “We Are Family” by the inimitable Sister Sledge banging around in my...

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The Schtudio Schtory life pilates teaching Nov 09, 2022

The long and winding journey to a finally finished studio.

I can finally say that my bricks and mortar studio is open - yippee. I’ve already...

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Pilates Exercise Dive: Pilates Push Ups exercises matwork pilates principle Nov 02, 2022

Yep, it's time for another exploration of one of the classical Pilates Mat exercises but first...

This might be the worst video I've ever presented...

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Pilates Principle: Centring / Centering matwork pilates principle Oct 12, 2022

CENTRING or, is it CENTERING??

There are six Pilates Principles and while not coming directly from the mouth of Joe, they are none the...

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Pilates Exercise Dive: Shoulder Bridge exercises matwork pilates Oct 05, 2022

Shoulder Bridge

but first a discount announcement... If you're reading this in October of 2022 I'm offering 50% off any rental from my Video...

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Consistent Persistence & Lifelong Finesse exercises matwork philosophy pilates teaching Sep 28, 2022

“Put one foot in front of the other and soon you’ll be walking 'cross the floor. Put one foot in front of the other, and soon...

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Feedback & Negativity Bias healthy living life philosophy pilates teaching Sep 21, 2022

Feedback and Criticism & Negativity Bias

When I was a professional dancer I worked for a very demanding woman.

First, let me just tell you...

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Pilates Exercise Dive: Single Leg Circle exercises matwork pilates teaching Sep 07, 2022

SINGLE LEG CIRCLE

First, please enjoy the video above. Part One showcases Charlie (front and mostly centre) with a bit of hubby's chainsaw in the...

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Relationships: Student > Teacher > Guru? healthy living life philosophy pilates teaching Aug 24, 2022

Teacher or Guru?

Pre-blog I wrote long form newsletters to my email subscribers. This was one of my most popular from last year so I'm sharing the...

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Long Term Relationships & Change healthy living life philosophy pilates teaching Aug 17, 2022

Relationships over time

How long have you been working with your current teacher? (or if you're a Pilates instructor, your current clients?)

...

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Pilates Principle: Flow exercises matwork philosophy pilates principle Aug 10, 2022

Go With The FLOW

Flow is one of the six, with a capital "P" Pilates Principles

Click >> HERE << for my blog on Concentration, and...

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Pilates Exercise Dive: Side Leg Kicks exercises history matwork philosophy pilates teaching Aug 03, 2022

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...

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Don't be an Ostrich healthy living life philosophy pilates teaching Jul 27, 2022

Well, well well,

The Schtudio* is almost done! (do I say that every couple of weeks?)

*shed + studio = schtudio 

This week the concrete...

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Reflections on Mirrors healthy living philosophy pilates teaching Jul 20, 2022

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...

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Pilates Exercise Dive: Spine Twist exercises matwork pilates pillar of health Jul 06, 2022

Same, same, but different… SPINE TWIST the CIRCUIT BREAKER

 

Same:

One of the features of the Pilates Matwork is that when we move from...

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What Do You Expect?? healthy living life philosophy pilates Jun 29, 2022

EXPECTATIONS

Do the expectations we place on ourselves make us feel crappy or give us the feels??

 

this post does have a Pilates...

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Pilates Princple: Concentration life matwork philosophy pilates principle Jun 22, 2022

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 -...

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3 Musings: Stay Curious, Keep Learning, Find Mentors healthy living life philosophy pilates principle Jun 15, 2022

Celebrate Yourself!

Hey, I wrote this whole blog and then twigged that I'm massively repeating myself

You see, several months ago I wrote...

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Improvisation (& Adaptation) life matwork philosophy pilates Jun 08, 2022

IMPROVISATION

Don’t worry, there will be no amorphous movement* expected of you here, that’s not the kind of improvisation I’m...

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