Have you ever noticed that before you start getting closer to your breakthrough in life the universe will push harder against you, The door slams shut, doubt creeps in, and it feels like everything and everyone is testing every ounce of your strength. This is not failure, this is the test before success, this is [...]
We are all trying to navigate through life the best we can with the tools in our tool box. But our results are always based on our level of awareness. We see the world as we are, not as it is! We are conditioned from a young age into belief systems, and this comes through [...]
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less travelled by, And that has made all the difference." Robert Frost There is so much noise out in the Pilates, fitness and wellness industry. We are sold everything on social media including looks, celebrity lifestyle, consumerism, false health, what we think is [...]
The worst mistakes most Pilates teachers make, and this has included me in the past, is not to work on my own inner spiritual, mental and belief system. Many Pilates teachers do not lack movement, but what we lack is inner meditative and creative practices that bring us more in line with Dr.Quiet Hippocrates talked [...]
The Kumba mela is the largest religious gathering worldwide with up to 40 million people attending. It happens once every 12 years and takes place at the meeting of the three river- The Ganges, the Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati. The event takes place in Prayagraj was chosen because it's believed to be one of [...]
When I finished school, I went to dance college. There was a mix of builds and body types both in dancers, teachers and examiners. I often wondered when everyone is doing so much movement, why do many hold a lot of weight, when they eat so little, and why is there so much chronic pain [...]
As you know I teach and practice holistic lifestyle and Pilates, and I will often use the word core, even though I will say that in isolation the individual muscles will do nothing. However this is where the understanding of the full method of pilates apparatus and the body comes from. If you take class [...]
Firstly there are no good or bad. Everything in life is based on our perception. Our perception is determined by our upbringing including schooling, education, religion, beliefs and environment. Perception bias is the tendency to perceive ourselves and our environment in a subjective way. Although we like to think our judgment is impartial, we are, in fact, [...]
Do you feel you are star gazing and not making progress in your life, work, relationships or body? Are you comparing yourself to others instead of focusing on your daily actions, core values, dreams and goals? Life is like a train pulling all the carriages. The train engine starts slow down the track and then [...]
My question today : “Is illness (physical, mental, emotionally and spiritually) acting as a feedback loop, to let us know we are not perceiving both sides of the events in our life”? We all have an intrinsic capacity to heal. I have a thirst for understanding the healing process and what it involves. Everything in life [...]
