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The test before success

By |2025-10-19T20:00:03+01:00October 19th, 2025|Accepting change, Anatomy, anger, anxiety, clarity, genes, gossip, gut, habits, Inspiration, life, love, Mental health, mind, Philsophy, psychology, simplicity, thinking, Thoughts, tired, words|

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 [...]

Is it true that you are the five people you spend time with?

By |2025-01-30T15:03:06+00:00January 30th, 2025|Accepting change, anxiety, Breathing, Emotional Experience, Inspiration, life, love, thinking, Thoughts, words|

Have you heard the quote from Jim Rohn: ‘You are the average of five people you spend the time with the most?’ or heard: ‘Show me your friends and I will show you your future?’ Research from Christakis and Fowler in 'The New England Journal of Medicine' stated that: ‘People are more likely to network [...]

In the way or on the way?

By |2023-01-07T22:04:47+00:00January 1st, 2023|Accepting change, Anatomy, Immune system, Inspiration, life, love, Mental health, mind, Mouth Breathing, Nature, pain, psychology, thinking, Thoughts, tired, words|

“I can’t do that because XXXX will happen". These beliefs will prevent you from taking action. Every decision that we make comes from our Amygdala (Amygdala is the integrative centre for emotions, emotional behaviour, and motivation. The amygdala is commonly thought to form the core of a neural system for processing fearful and threatening stimuli).  Our [...]

‘If no one gives you a medal… design your own.’ Billy Connolly

By |2022-04-03T19:07:37+01:00April 3rd, 2022|Accepting change, Anatomy, anger, anxiety, classes, connective tissue recovery, connective tissue repair, Fitness, Flexibility, Immune system, life, love, mind, Nature, One to one training, pain, Pandiculation, Philsophy, psychology, sadness, thinking, Thoughts, words|

What story are we holding onto…. In all my 30 years plus of teaching I have encountered many stories. This is the thing we all have a story, whether it’s physical, mental, emotional or spiritual. The danger is when we hold onto that story and let it rule our lives by the decisions that we [...]

The time may never be right

By |2026-05-22T05:01:36+01:00March 21st, 2022|Accepting change, Anatomy, anxiety, clarity, classes, connective tissue recovery, connective tissue repair, Embodied Emotion, Emotional Experience, gossip, life, love, Spirituality, The straw man effect, thinking, Thoughts, transformation, words|

There will never be a right time….. It’s always the way isn’t it, there will never be a right time, to move to a new house, change jobs, finish a relationship, start a new hobby, take up a sport, start that healthy eating programme, tackle that niggling injury, change your body, give up smoking, stop [...]

3 Keys  to Raising Your Standards

By |2022-01-20T13:57:04+00:00January 20th, 2022|Accepting change, Anatomy, Embodied Emotion, Emotional Experience, Flexibility, life, love, One to one training, Orthotics, pain, Philsophy, sadness, stress, thinking, Thoughts, tired, words|

“Everything you have wanted is on the other side of your comfort zone.” Over the last two days I’ve interviewed new staff for both my Manchester and St. Helens studio. Mad you may think to be expanding in such times of uncertainty; this is the thing, everyone wants to show up when everything is going [...]

No one is coming to change your life or body

By |2021-12-24T21:10:34+00:00December 24th, 2021|life, mind, Nature, retreats, thinking, Thoughts, tired, transformation, words, yoga|

If you are waiting for somebody to give you true health, fix that back, increase longevity and vitality or to pick you up. I’ve got news, no one is coming …… Infact governments take large payouts from corporate companies, so a nations health is always about keeping us reliant on consumerism. After all we can [...]

I am excited despite the doom and gloom of MSM

By |2021-12-17T12:30:40+00:00December 17th, 2021|Accepting change, anxiety, Bare feet, connective tissue recovery, connective tissue repair, Deep longitudinal system, Flexibility, Inspiration, life, love, mind, One to one training, Philsophy, sadness, stress, thinking, Thoughts, tired, transformation, words|

You see I can focus on the article I received this morning on gyms and exercise facilities being down on numbers or closing altogether OR I can focus on the amazing opportunity I have to deliver even more outstanding services and find opportunities in adversity Things always happen FOR me and NEVER too me But [...]

What people might think???

By |2021-12-07T17:12:35+00:00December 7th, 2021|Immune system, infant development, Inspiration, life, pain, Philsophy, psychology, stress, thinking, Thoughts, tired, transformation, words|

So I was back at the GARUDA apparatus studio on Monday for the first time in 18 months …. Man… what a buzz To be brutally honest, I was actually NERVOUS How would I get on? Would I have the mobility for the repertoire? Will I be able to handle the strength work? Will people [...]

It was great to be back at Garuda

By |2021-12-07T17:02:22+00:00December 7th, 2021|classes, connective tissue recovery, connective tissue repair, gossip, Inspiration, Lateral sling sytem, life, love, mind, Pilates, sadness, stress, sugar, tired, transformation, words|

I mentioned it in Thursdays newsletter about ‘what people MIGHT think’ That I was back at Garuda Pilates studio for the first time in what felt like forever Was great to be back on those amazing machines of James de Silva By the end? I was actually quite breathless, but in a good way Like,… lactic [...]

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