I hope you have had a good week enjoying the sunshine when it's made an appearance, and doing the things you love.

Retreat News

You can now book for the next Pilates, Mindset and Mindfulness Retreat which is on Saturday 17 September.

Here's some of the feedback from the previous day’s retreat last week:

      “a fab day”

          “got so much out of the intimate atmosphere”

    “would highly recommend and would probably repeat annually if on offer”

              “Bring on a weekend retreat!”

The Pilates, Mindset and Mindfulness Retreat is an intimate event, with only 6 spaces, which provides a feeling of an individual 1-1 atmosphere. I'd love you to join me. Follow the link here for more details and to book.

Face-to-face classes this week are — Quorn Village Hall Monday 9.30am, and Old Woodhouse Community Hall Friday 9.15am & 10.30am. You can view the online Calendar using the link below.

Online Classes are as normal this week — see online Calendar link below — except that the Saturday Morning Movement class is a recording as Jane will be presenting her Beginners Guide to Pilates Workshop.

Beginners Guide Workshop

The Beginners Guide to Pilates Workshop, on Saturday 13 August is fully booked. 

If you've missed it, or know someone else who would benefit from bringing Pilates into their life... look out for a brand-new Beginners Pilates Course in September. You'll find more information in this Newsletter when the Course is finalised.

Evening Energiser Pilates

The five day Evening Energiser Pilates programme that was held every night last week, is now available on the members jtp.zone website to be repeated or done for the first time. 

Thank you and well done to everyone who came to every session. It was great to see you, be motivated by you, and inspired to keep moving. The programme is also available to be purchased in the JTP shop as a stand alone package if you are not a member of JTP classes.

This week I am treating you to a 20-minute routine with no lumbar flexion. 

This is ideal for those who may have fusion in the lumbar spine, or any condition where flexion is a contra indicator such as osteoporosis.

Work at an appropriate level for your body and keep away from pain.

In one of the sessions on my Retreat day we looked at our Life Pie, taking different areas of our life and addressing the balance and impact they might have on our whole life. 

Two of those sections are Friends and Family, and Relationships, and by looking at these sections we can take time to think about who we spend time with, who we don’t spend time with and how that impacts on us, possibly affecting other areas.

We will all have people in our life who can affect us in different ways — members of our family who we might not look forward to seeing, a colleague at work who makes us feel not good enough — but we will also have people in our life who lift our spirits, who inspire us, who make us feel joyous. 

In general we want to be able to spend more time with the people who fall into the latter definitions: those are the people who cheer you on with your successes, or lift you up when things aren’t working out, who make us smile when we are with them.

Within your circle of friends and people you spend time with here are 3 signs to look out for, that tell you to spend LESS time with them: 

• You have less energy after being around them

• They are only interested in talking, not listening

• Their micro-expressions reveal their jealousy and resentment

These people will bring you down, make you feel heavy hearted, and will affect how you feel about your life.

Here are 3 signs to look out for, that tell you to spend MORE time with them:

• You start to smile and look forward to seeing them
• You can’t wait to share what’s been happening and find out what’s been happening for them
• You feel they are your cheerleader and want to celebrate your successes

Your circle of friends and family should be proud of you — make them your priority and in that way you are making YOU your priority.