The Sun is Out

Published: Mon, 03/13/17

The Jane Thomas Pilates Newsletter
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Another successful weekend has just been completed by all our First Class Pilates Coach Trainees.

All are doing brilliantly. It's been a very positive experience for me — I absolutely love sharing my passion for Pilates with them and watching them grow as Pilates Coaches.

From here until the next big weekend in April they will be practising and fine tuning their skills … in preparation for their assessment days.
Have a fantastic week folks — keep looking, moving and feeling great.

Exercise Of The Week
This week’s short routine is for stability of the pelvis, stability of the shoulder girdle, plus challenging balance and strength of the gluteals and the posterior chain of muscles (around the spine). It is very short so easily fitted into your day and it is enough to wake up your deep core stabilising muscles and provide you with some mobility and balance work for your back.

As with all our exercise routines, work at the appropriate level for your body:

Try to work up to 8 repetitions for each leg for each exercise. If you need any clarification please ask your class instructor or contact me directly.

Feel the difference, move differently, and look more balanced.
See the video here
Your Whole Self
Absorbing emotions from others, do you do this?

I know I do, I experienced this last week when one of the JTP family brought her new baby in to see me and the group.

Her and her partner’s joy was oozing out of them — and joy is a very infectious emotion so all of us in the group couldn’t help but absorb a little of their joy and share it.

On bad days if you meet with someone, or speak to someone who is obviously happy and you can see the joy they are experiencing it is very easy to absorb some of that and it can help to really lift your own emotions. In the same way when someone is experiencing sadness, when you meet them or see them you can also absorb that emotion and feel sad.

Often when people are feeling sad, they try to cover it up, because they realise the effect it can have on others, they try to be brave, and strong. But when this happens and that sadness is being suppressed, this emotion can build and build inside and become something much worse. It can become out of control.

So actually it is important to remember that people who really care about you and really matter in your life, want you to share your feelings whether they be happy, joyous or sadness. They don’t want you to suppress things, it is normal to feel these emotions, and it is being honest and true to yourself to share. And one of the key things to remember is that often when you are sharing your sadness, joy can come out of it. So if you know someone who you suspect is not having a good time, or if you yourself are feeling a bit fed up, make contact, be available and share.
The Week's Classes
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All classes are running this week as normal.


Catchups
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. Our Glamourous Assistant Karen runs the Catchups system, and this link is the quickest, most direct means (it's even faster than emailing her!) of letting Karen know.

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.

Finally, please don't just tell your class Pilates Coach you will be missing a class, as your Coach is not aware of Catchups spaces and has no means of registering your space. Karen needs to know, and the link here (it's also at the bottom of our website too) is the best way to let Karen know.


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