A big thank you to those who came along to our Be You Workshop on Friday. It was great to share this very special and unique experience, and I hope we were all able to take something from it that will help us with the way we live our lives.
Remember “I am enough…”
Snow Warning As I write this Newsletter, I am aware that there is
a Snow Warning currently in place — with snow forecast on Monday evening, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This may, of course affect our classes. Our Inclement Weather Policy is on our website, under the Classes tab, which basically says that we will attempt to run classes throughout the bad weather, but if we can't we will attempt — where possible — to put a replacement class on at another time.
During the inclement weather, we will also put news on
the website about classes that we know we have to cancel due to snow. As a result, it's worth checking the website before you go to your regular class, to see if it has been already cancelled. We will try to update the website at around 3pm each day with any known class cancellations for the following 24 hours or so.
Last-minute cancellations can't be displayed of course, but if it saves you a trip in the snow it's certainly worth a
check.
Have a great week folks (weather permitting), and remember to keep checking in with the Newsletter to find out more about my on-line programmes, and in the meantime keep looking, moving and feeling
good.
Jane, Keith and the team
xxxxx
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As our classes are back to a full timetable this week I have chosen just one exercise to focus on.
Let's look at Single Leg Circle — mobility for the hip, stability for the lower back and pelvis, and lengthening muscles. You should feel a
challenge in the deep core muscles as you use them to stabilise the pelvis and lower back, and you may feel some fatigue in the upper thigh muscles building.
Think of the long thigh bone like a spoon stirring a cup of tea — the cup being the hip socket. This image should give you the idea of the movement you are looking to achieve, and you should focus on the stability of the pelvis while creating the best range of movement appropriate for your
body.
Begin by doing 4 repetitions in one direction and 4 in the other direction. Build up to 8 in each direction. If you have any specific hip problems such as arthritis or bursitis, then keep the leg bent and work with a smaller range of movement — keep away from pain.
Feel the difference, move differently, and look more balanced.
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After the Be You Workshop on Friday, I was interested to hear the different interpretations of what Philippa had been saying to us.
In particular, during the hypnotherapy section of the workshop, Philippa used the phrase:
I am enough…
And for me this is such a very important part of being able to live a happy, more complete, life. Philippa referred to the negative chatter we have going on for ourselves in our heads, which can be about appearance, about something we have to do, or relationship-based, or it could be about going on a journey or just
about anything really… So the statement for me I am enough… relates to having a different kind of conversation in my head.
Instead of letting my conversation stop me from doing something or trying something new, I want to have a conversation with myself that gives me the nudge in the back to do something, to fully participate, to go for it, to just do it.
I hope this week you will all be having a good old chin wag with
yourself, in particular start the sentence with I am enough…
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Some changes to a couple of classes — matwork and Reformer — this week. First, as we can't have Hathern Community School Hall on 26 February (ie, tonight) there are no matwork classes there, and they will run instead on 26
March.
Also, there are no 8am and 9am Reformer classes on Thursday 1 March. There is a 12.30pm Reformer class that day, however.
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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