Everyone knows physical activity is good for your whole body, but exercise is also one of the most effective ways to improve your mental health and wellbeing.
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, and mental health problems will affect one in four people at some point in their lives.
Regular exercise can have an impact on depression and anxiety, it helps you sleep better and
boost your overall mood.
But you don’t have to be a fitness fanatic to reap the benefits. Research indicates that modest amounts of exercise can make a huge difference. Even Joseph Pilates believed that 10 minutes of Pilates a day could help not just the physical wellbeing but also our emotional health.
With this in mind here the Exercise of the Week this week is a 10 minute Pilates routine aimed at focusing on the mind and body
connection.
Diamond Pilates Pelvic Floor Workshop Cara is running another one of her successful Pelvic Floor Workshops in June, and is currently taking booking for it. Her last Pelvic Floor Workshops were filled very quickly, and there are limited spaces, so if you'd like to join her for the new Workshop or just would like more details — reply to this Newsletter and we'll forward it to
Cara.
Have a week full of compassion and gratitude — keep moving, looking and feeling good.
Jane, Keith and the team
xxxxx
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Here is a 10 minute routine focusing on stretch, movement and breath for your physical and emotional wellbeing.
Please work at the appropriate level for your body.
Feel the difference, move
differently, and look more balanced.
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See the video here |
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I am a sufferer of anxiety and have episodes of depression, and one thing that helps me is exercise and being active. We often consider exercise to be a chore, or seen as something we have to do for our physical health, but from my personal experience I value the positive mental benefits too.
Exercise can be a powerful depression fighter for several reasons. Most importantly, it releases endorphins, the powerful chemicals in our brain that energise our spirits and make us feel good.
If you have slipped with your exercise and activity levels because of your mental health issues, it can be difficult to get back into a regular exercise routine again, so it is very important to set realistic goals. Unrealistic goals like completing a marathon, or working out
twice a day will leave you feeling despondent if you fall short. It is far better to set yourself achievable goals and build up from there.
Being active does not have to mean participating in a sport or going to the gym, it can be simply stepping out of your front door and going for a walk, or getting your body moving by doing my 10 minute routine, or exercise of the week which I send out every week in this Newsletter.
You may know of someone
close who is suffering at the moment, so even though we should be reaching out to them every week, perhaps this week — Mental Health Awareness Week — we can raise awareness and understanding and show our support.
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All classes — matwork and Reformer — are running as planned, all in their correct venues, at the correct days and times. Remember there are however no Thursday evening Reformer classes planned this
week.
Note the extra Saturday class in Rosebery Street Medical Centre on 19 May — this is Cara's Diamond Refresher class for those who came to one of her Diamond Pilates Pelvic Floor workshops. Contact Cara directly for details.
You can view the above Calendar large by clicking or tapping on it above, but remember that you can also view our new test Calendar by clicking or tapping here. The test Calendar seems to be working fine and allows you to move from week to week, so we will be moving to that permanently at some point soon.
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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