Pilates

Five anatomy myths that Pilates and Yoga teachers make

By |2026-06-29T16:27:21+01:00March 6th, 2020|Anatomy, Pilates, Yoga|

So I speak from experience here as i’ve had over 30 years in the fitness and dance business; 25 of those years were as a pilates/yoga teacher, and just under 20 years of those were owning commercial studios. Here are five of the many anatomy myths that i’ve encountered over the years. I now offer [...]

Five of the mistakes I’ve made as a pilates/yoga teacher so far:

By |2026-06-29T16:27:54+01:00February 28th, 2020|Pilates, Yoga|

So I speak from experience here as i've had over 30 years in the fitness and dance business; 25 of those years were as a pilates/yoga teacher, and just under 20 years of those were owning commercial studios. Here are just five of the many mistakes that i've learnt from over the years. I now [...]

Facing your own self shadow – Part 2

By |2026-06-29T16:29:16+01:00September 25th, 2019|Pilates, Spirituality|

My first interaction of the shadow self many years ago when I opened my Pilates studio in St.Helens. I was visited by a fellow Pilates teacher who wanted to open a studio and was told to stay my side of the bridge. As you all know I am from Merseyside. I now understand that the [...]

Connecting with the shadow self – Part 1

By |2026-06-29T16:29:09+01:00September 25th, 2019|Pilates, Spirituality|

How well do you actually know yourself? If you’re like most people, you probably have a decent idea about your own desires, values, beliefs, and opinions. You have a personal code that you choose to follow that dictates whether you are being a “good” person. If there is any one thing you can know in this universe, surely it is [...]

Buddahs second arrow

By |2026-06-29T16:30:24+01:00August 17th, 2019|Pilates, Spirituality|

Have you heard about Buddhas second arrow? There is something philosophical in the phase 'unlucky in life'. It can feel like the world is against us with one thing happening after the other: a parking ticket, a flat tyre, a job loss, a break up, a cancelled flight, an illness, a bereavement........and so on. There [...]

Emotions, the good, the bad and the ugly

By |2026-06-29T16:30:41+01:00August 17th, 2019|Pilates|

Why are emotions so powerful? What are they? They not only effect the way we react, but they effect the way we breathe, the way we move, our posture and they form the shape of our connective tissues. Many people have a hard time feeling their emotions, or even consciously generating positive ones. This is why [...]

What has Frida Kahlo’s eyebrows and my Pilates studio got in common?

By |2026-06-29T16:31:09+01:00July 14th, 2019|Pilates|

 “I won’t curb my self-expression to meet your expectations of how a woman should look, says Kahlo. That shock of dark hair on her brow is a statement rejecting stereotypes about what is and isn’t attractive. Kahlo’s unibrow is important because it’s confidently unconventional. Her image remains a shaft of light for women who feel [...]

“90% of stimulation and nutrition to the brain is generated by spinal movement”

By |2026-06-29T16:32:22+01:00February 13th, 2019|Anatomy, Health and Wellbeing, Pilates|

Nobel Prize recipient Dr. Roger Sperry says that the spine is the motor that drives the brain. According to his research “90% of the stimulation and nutrition to the brain is generated by the movement of the spine.” Only 10% of our brain’s energy goes into thinking, metabolism, immunity, and healing. Dr.Roger Sperry demonstrated that [...]

Feet & grounding – Part 2

By |2026-06-29T16:34:41+01:00October 14th, 2018|Pilates, Spirituality, Yoga|

"In all animals and humans, a single cell is the building block for constructing the body and and a self centred  template for the whole." Surgeon Nial Galloway As they multiply self self organising cells pack themselves together in tissues. Powerful forces are constantly at work multiplying one cell to become two, then two to [...]

Talent, skill & footballer Steven Pienaar

By |2026-06-29T16:38:33+01:00March 4th, 2018|Anatomy, Pilates|

Why have some of us got it and some of us have not? Whether it's football, pilates, yoga, playing an instrument, passing an exam or taking up a new hobby. Every human has a skill; this is based on revolutionary scientific discovery involving a neural insulator called myelin, which some neurologists now consider being the [...]

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