Happy Bank Holiday

Published: Sun, 08/30/20

The Jane Thomas Pilates Newsletter

Hello

This week, we have continued to look at the Studio and our venues regarding our face-to-face matwork classes. The first venue we will be opening up is Old Woodhouse Community Hall on Friday mornings from Friday 18th September. Traudi will be teaching those classes, and we will be emailing the people who were regularly attending those classes at the start of next week to give details about dates, terms and conditions, and expectations of returning to our classes safely.

News of other venues opening will be given here each week, so keep a look out for your class information.

The overriding issue with restarting classes is, of course, Covid-security — making the classes as safe as possible for everyone, while ensuring the venues (our Studio, as well as community-based halls) follow all the required guidelines issued by Government and industry standards bodies. This all takes time and expense.

We will not be able to restart all classes immediately. Covid-security aside, we know from your emails and comments that not all of our lovely classmembers want to return to classes quite just yet, and we fully understand and support that. However, that obviously means — at least initially, and indeed for the foreseeable future — we will not be able to run as extensive a timetable of Reformer and matwork classes as before. In turn, this means that your favourite class might not be one of the first to be restarted.

Exercise Of The Week

Mobility is key to how our body feels and moves. This week I look at mobilising the thoracic spine and the lumbar spine in a very simple, effective, non-straining way.

If you did this every day, your spine would be saying thank you every day.

Always work at an appropriate level for your body and keep away from pain.

Here is the video.

The Week's Online Class Timetable

WEEK BEGINNING 31 AUGUST

I am only doing one Wakeup With Jane class this week — on Friday at 8.00am — as I will be filming some bonus classes, as well as a new Reformers at Home routine this week.

MONDAY 31 AUGUST — BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY — NO CLASS
TUESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER — 9.30AM — LIVE IN ZOOM — 60 MINUTES
THURSDAY 3 SEPTEMBER — 6.00PM — LIVE IN THE JTP ZONE FACEBOOK GROUP — 45 MINUTES
FRIDAY 4 SEPTEMBER — 8.00AM LIVE IN ZOOM — WAKEUP WITH JANE — 30 MINUTES
12.30PM MINDFUL MEDITATION WEEK 3 — (ONLY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BOUGHT THIS PROGRAMME)
SATURDAY 4 SEPTEMBER — 9.30AM LIVE IN ZOOM — 60 MINUTES

All links to Live classes — Zoom and Facebook — are on the jtp.zone timetable for members to access.

The link to the Mindful Meditation Course on Friday is in the email that participants have been sent already.

YOUR WHOLE SELF

The thought of doing something

It doesn’t matter if it is a big decision, or a small decision, it could be doing some exercise, going out, making a phone call, writing a report, sending an email, asking a question ... all of these start with a thought.

Often if we see things as being difficult the thought about it can be daunting, worrying, making us feel anxious and stressed ... the thought can turn into a very negative response of not actually wanting to do anything, until eventually we can talk ourselves out of doing something.

Recently, I have been having lots of these kind of thoughts, a constant, internal conversation in my head. The thoughts of opening the Studio, the thoughts of restarting face-to-face classes, the thoughts of doing risk assessments, the thoughts of talking to fellow teachers, the thoughts of speaking with class participants, the thoughts of talking to my insurers ... even the thought of what to have for tea seems to have become a challenge ....

I am working hard to turn these thoughts around. The Mindful Meditation Course with Wendy is definitely helping in trying to welcome the thoughts, and when I find my head filling up with them, taking myself to my space to try and stop the inner chatter.

So here’s my conclusion… If you find yourself getting stuck in your ‘thoughts’ take some time to stop thinking, and get on and do it, it's often never as bad as we think it is going to be.

Have a good week folks, Happy Bank Holiday Monday, stay safe, stay strong and keep moving,

Jane xxxx

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