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We are coming towards the end of our Summer Timetable and heading into our new year of Pilates programmes.
You should all start to receive an email
showing all the dates for the forthcoming year. This applies to both matwork courses and Reformer courses, so those who do both will receive two separate emails with the course dates for each.
Your team of instructors are looking forward to the new year, using their expertise to help everyone to continue to look, move and feel great. Helen and Jenny will also be using their new skills gathered from their Biomechanics Coaching course. They will be using these skills
to provide more opportunities to our family of clients to improve posture, alignment and balance, and in turn enable more mobility and flexibility.
As a team we are committed to providing you with the best possible Pilates experience, the most effective Pilates programme we can and our statement of intent is to continue to develop so we can continue to achieve this goal.
Have a good week everyone — remember to look, move and
feel great.
Jane, Keith and the team
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I want you to focus on your core strength with this week’s exercise — a Double Leg Stretch.
If you are fairly new to Pilates then work on stabilising the back and creating shoulder mobility. If you have been doing Pilates for a while then look at the
challenge that this exercise brings, using both the legs to create more work for the core muscles.
Focus on keeping your breath working for you, breathing out for the effort of the stretch, and breathing in to return to your centre. Work at the appropriate level for your body, so if your body is feeling tired then work with less challenge and focus on the breath.
Feel the difference, move differently, and look more
balanced.
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- Sleep Time — time to allow the brain to rest and recover from the experiences of the day
- Physical Time — time to move and connect with our physical body
- Focus Time — time to focus on tasks we set ourselves, goals
that connect with the brain
- Connecting Time — time to connect with others, friends, family, our environment
- Play Time — time to be spontaneous, creative and playful
- Down Time — time to switch off from being focused, letting the mind wander and relax, time to truly recharge
- Time In — time to reflect, focus on sensations, images, feelings and thoughts.
Just as when preparing a meal, we would want a balance of food on the plate in order
for us to feel we are achieving a healthy balance of nutrients for our physical health, we should look at our mind platter and aim to achieve the same kind of balance.
Try to set a target of doing one thing every day towards achieving optimal brain matter — go to bed earlier to help sleep, do the exercise of the week every day, set some goals that you feel passionate about, arrange to have a coffee with friends, take time to do something that isn’t planned, make some
time to watch a film, give yourself time to consider your feelings and thoughts and write them down in a journal.
Value and invest in your brain this week.
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Only a limited number of Summer Timetable matwork and Reformer classes this week, so make sure you come to your class if you are booked. And don't turn up to a class that isn't actually on...
;-)
Book a Catchup
If you know you will have to miss a class in your course for any reason, and
would like to book a space in another class instead, just follow the link to book it.
Simply tell us the class you will miss and —most important — please give us as many alternatives as possible. If you only give us one alternative, we cannot guarantee you will get a Catchup.
Please also let us know if you will miss your class but don't want a Catchup — the whole Catchup system relies on knowing when spaces will
occur.
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