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Published: Mon, 04/01/19

Hello

Happy Post Mothers Day!

I hope all you Mums out there had a lovely day yesterday, either celebrating with your own Mum or celebrating with your children. I had a super day. My son and his fiancée organised an afternoon tea for both Mums and it was really lovely spending time with them, and being spoilt and made to feel just a little bit special.

This week I want to say a huge THANK YOU to Sue who has done a tremendous job since January, taking over classes from another Coach and facing massive changes to her own coaching timetable. It was a big challenge for her as she increased her coaching hours, took over classes that had been coached by the same teacher for a long time, and also coped with difficulties with venues.

None of these is easy to deal with but I can honestly say that Sue dealt with everything professionally and with grace. So I wanted to publicly acknowledge this and show my gratitude to her and my thanks for doing such a brilliant job.

No extra news this week other than we are approaching our Easter break and I am looking forward to bringing some speciality Pilates programmes into our timetable as we transition from Spring into Summer.

Have a great week, keep looking, moving and feeling good …

Jane, Keith and the team xx

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Exercise Of The Week

I have decided to not put an Exercise Of The Week into the newsletter this week ……. APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!!!!!

Of course I am giving you an exercise, and here it is. I am constantly working and developing exercises that will help with balance as this is something that most of us find challenging. It is affected by our posture, our alignment, our core strength and our confidence.

If I can encourage you to practise by providing a simple, and short sequence to do every day, that will take less than 5 minutes of your time, then I know that your balance will improve and continue to be maintained.

Work appropriately for your body and keep the range of movement pain free — knock on the door of pain, but do NOT burst through it!

Feel the difference, move differently, and look more balanced.

See the video here

Your Whole Self

I have also decided not to provide a Your Whole Self this week …..

APRIL FOOLS!!!!!!!!!

Of course I am giving some thoughts for your whole self, and here it is.

I want to focus on fun and laughter this week. When we feel like we are going through challenging times, joy can be difficult to find. I am going to quote Joseph Pilates:

Perfect balance of body and mind, is that quality in civilized man, which not only gives him superiority over the savage and animal kingdom, but furnishes him with all the physical and mental powers that are indispensable for attaining the goal of Mankind — HEALTH AND HAPPINESS.

So in order for us to find that perfect balance of body and mind we need to ensure that not only are we exercising to keep our physical wellbeing, but we need to find balance in our emotional wellbeing which should include happiness.

Happiness is a very individual feeling. We can have extrinsic triggers like watching a comedy programme on TV, or seeing something funny … you only have to look at social media to see films of animals doing funny things which make us laugh. But we can also have intrinsic triggers which reminds us of happy times. Food can often do this, it can bring back a memory of a time of happiness, or visiting somewhere, or being by the seaside. Or attending one of my Pilates classes, because we laugh … a lot!

It isn’t always about laughing and trying to find happiness, often happiness finds us by the choices we make, by the friends we keep, by the lifestyle we lead. It can be a deep feeling, a glow, a lightness within us.

I hope that this week, the first week of April that you all find or have some happiness deep within your soul.

The Week's Classes

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