✨ We all behave, act, and respond in line with our core values. 💡 What is important to us may not be important to another person. There are so many positives 🌟 to be seen in a booming Pilates industry, such as: 🧘♀️ Making it accessible to everyone 🏪 Most of Joe Public had [...]
This weekend my Manchester studio had the great opportunity to host movement and manual therapist Paul Thornley. Now if you have been following Paul for a while, he does not need any names such as master trainer to advertise his services, nor does he need flashing lights, prosecco or six pack abs in lycra to [...]
"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 [...]
Does it feel good when we judge, criticize, blame, shame and put other people down? NEVER PUT OTHERS DOWN-EMPOWER AND INSPIRE INSTEAD! As a Pilates teacher, we have been given the greatest gift ever. Everyone that we meet brings us a gift in life. There are no negatives without positives, everything happens for our growth, [...]
With the boom of Pilates worldwide, particular in fitness reformer, the Pilates community will see many pros and cons as we all do. Pilates was always taught as a complete system, and like it or not it is big business right now. Remember there is no black and white, we see things as we our, [...]
‘Knowledge is not power, applied knowledge is power!’ We are literally drowning in information but are truly starved of wisdom. So, despite the fact that we have access to more information than ever in mind and body, we are the most inflamed, the most burnt out, the most undernourished, the most judgemental and the weakest [...]
‘The Times’ article brings to light many problems in the Pilates industry. Always remember there is no negative without positive. There are always two sides to any story or divorce. Read the article here and make your own opinion: https://www.thetimes.com/.../pilates-is-meant-to-be... Since lockdown Pilates has gone viral with the rise of us all spending more time on [...]
I’ve just been to watch the spectacular shapes produced by the glass blower at 'St.Helens World of Glass’. The amazing glass blower spent five years apprenticeship training in Poland. The boiling hot glass if not handled properly would disintegrate the entire arm if mishandled. The heat alone from the kiln like ovens blew to the [...]
After 30 years plus of teaching, my personal experience for Pilates apparatus is always to have some sort of beginner’s entry level or introductory course. I am fortunate enough to be able to do this at both my St.Helens and Manchester studio, but totally understand that other studios choose not to do this due to [...]
