We're On Our Hols, Our Hol Hol Holidays

Published: Mon, 10/24/16

The Jane Thomas Pilates Newsletter
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Hello ,

I greet you from sunny Cyprus, taking some time to share one of my favourite places with you. Here are some photos.
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Above — the perfect day — and below — the perfect end to the perfect day.
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I am also still buzzing about the Jane Does Joseph Master Class!

I received some great feedback from those who attended — stating how energized they felt immediately following the class, then muscles feeling like they had worked like never before, but also how much more mobility and flexibility it gave.

I am very excited about the next Master Classes as we head towards Christmas and into the New Year. I plan to hold a Master Class for Back Care and Health, where I will be looking at the best exercises to take care of your back, and providing more mobility in the spine. 

I will also be revisiting Joseph’s original exercises and choosing some of my favourites and putting them into a flowing sequence. Exciting times ahead for the JTP family.

Remember that the Master Classes are always free to those of you who already attend group classes or sessions at our Studio — it is our way of showing our appreciation to you, by providing you with more choice and confidence to achieve your health and fitness goals.

Have a good week everyone — remember to look, move and feel great.

Exercise Of The Week
No classes this week, so here is 9 minutes of Pilates for you to fit into your life everyday while taking a break from your regular Pilates class.

The exercises in the video focus on strength, and I do provide a few modifications. There is a mini roll down for those who struggle with vertigo, there is a modification for a side lift, as well as an extra challenge, and a roll up is also given at two different levels.

As with all our Exercises Of The Week, work at the appropriate level for your body, and have some fun.

Feel the difference, move differently, and look more balanced.
See the video here
Your Whole Self
Don’t you just love to laugh?

I do, and I have done a lot of laughing over the last couple of weeks. Firstly, at our Master Class Jane Does Joseph we did laugh a lot together as we performed all 34 (33 and a half) of Joseph’s original exercises in one hour — an amazing job — and the sound effects as our breathing got a bit challenged was something else!

Then Keith and I have a running joke which goes like this: Keith and I were shopping for a new mobile phone, and the young man serving us was checking some personal information and asked what year I was born. When I replied Keith said in astonishment How Old?... Totally unexpected. To which I snorted and laughed and the young man looked bewildered and concerned that I had revealed my real age to the man I was with!!!

Over the years this has been ongoing, and Keith, at every opportunity, has used this, and sadly, every time he does it makes me laugh. Well, at the weekend, I bumped into someone I used to play hockey with and haven’t seen for over 20 years — I introduced her to Keith and explained that I used to play hockey with her 20 plus years ago to which Keith stated… Yes you have guessed it.

It made me laugh again, it always makes me laugh… and I suppose the reason I am sharing this with you is that laughing is great. It's good for us, and we can always find something to laugh about, even if it is the sad little, ongoing jokes you share with your friends, family, work colleagues.

There's a lot of serious things going on in our world, and in our lives, so it is really important to take some time to find the funny, and to laugh and enjoy whenever, wherever you can.
The Week's Classes
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There's a few classes starting back this week, as replacement classes for a class missed earlier, or for classes which will not be on later in the courses. Only four matwork classes, and one Reformer class.

Next week though — week beginning 31 October — all new courses restart, and classes return to normal.


Catchups
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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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