Wow what a week it has been! I can’t believe we are here again … as I always write this Newsletter on Friday afternoons, this time last week I was unaware of what the weekend would hold for us. Keith was re-admitted to hospital late on Friday evening as he had another pancreatitis attack, fortunately this time not as serious as before, so by Sunday evening he was discharged back into my care!

 

This took us completely by surprise, as Keith had been feeling better than he had for weeks, and it wasn’t until he was in bed and trying to get to sleep that he suddenly began to feel ill. The paramedics were brilliant, very reassuring and instilled confidence that Keith would be taken care of, as with Covid-19 restrictions I wasn’t allowed to go with them and also wouldn’t be able to visit. We are both grateful that this was a shorter stay in hospital, and although we aren’t anywhere closer to discovering the cause, it has raised the need for more investigation, which can only be a good thing and help us to move forwards with Keith’s care.

Then there has been the big issue of gyms possibly re-opening from 25th July, and questions over the issue of returning to face-to-face group exercise. Plus — as the Studio has been surprisingly classed as a gym by the Government guidelines — the potential to re-open for 1-1 sessions and small group Reformer classes.

 

Of course, before we do this, we have both the Government guidelines and the many involved professional bodies' guidelines to follow, to ensure that we know exactly how we can make the environment as safe as possible for both class participants and for us as Coaches.

 

Talking of access to Pilates, this week’s Exercise Of The Week is looking at an exercise which can have lots of variations, and there is always a level of movement that can be achieved no matter how your body is feeling — it's a Double Leg Stretch.

 

Please check in with the modifications given, and work at the appropriate level for your body.

Let’s have a look at Mindfulness … and because this is something that I want to know more about I have asked Wendy Gamble to help out here.

 

Wendy has been attending my Pilates classes for many, many years, and — if you attended our Wellbeing day at the start of 2020 — Wendy ran a session for us at the end of the day. Here is a little background about Wendy:

 

Wendy’s particular area of interest is mindfulness and the menopause and also mindfulness in palliative and end of life care.

 

 

Here is some information from Wendy herself, about what Mindfulness offers:

 

 

 

The great news is that Wendy has agreed to run a short course online for members of the jtp.zone and we will be holding a taster introductory session in a couple of weeks' time — on Friday 31 July — followed by a 5-week Mindful Meditation course.

 

More details to follow about this, but this will be an additional programme to the online timetable, so please register your interest here, by replying to this Newsletter (please remember to include your mobile number).

 

If this interests you and you aren’t currently a member of the jtp.zone, again, please reply to this Newsletter (along with your mobile number) to find out how to connect with this specific programme.

Over the next week, please keep yourself and your loved ones safe and well, and I look forward to connecting again in class this week … The timetable of online Live Pilates classes this week is — as always:

Links to all these regular online classes — as well as links to all recorded classes, tutorials, special events, and extra classes — are on the jtp.zone website and the private Facebook Group JTP Zone.