Hello

Very quickly, thank you so much to everyone who sent supportive messages last week. I really am grateful and appreciate everyone’s care. Apologies if I haven’t replied yet, I will be doing so over the next few days.

 

Also, over the next few weeks in the Newsletter I will begin to look at the ‘whole’ health and wellbeing self, and show how Pilates fits into that picture.

 

Starting here, I would like you to take a moment and jot down a list of your health niggles ... this might include: waking up but still feeling tired, general stiffness, aches and pains in certain parts of the body, feeling anxious, having a head full of worries, eczema, breathlessness...

 

Make a list, and then over the next couple of weeks I will be looking at each of the four areas I list below and show how each one of those when out of balance, affects your overall health and wellbeing.

 

Have a look at the following and think how they all feel for you. I want you to think about whether these are long-term issues or they have just started to happen during lockdown.

• SLEEP — how well do you sleep? Are you getting 8 hours of good sleep a night?
• STRESS — do you feel stressed? Does your mind feel constantly ‘wired’? Do you struggle to concentrate and flit from one thing to another?
• NUTRITION/DIET — What is your diet like? Do you crave certain foods? Do you feel the need to snack?
• EXERCISE — Are you exercising regularly? What sort of exercise do you do? Do you get outside daily?

I will show you how, with a few informed decisions and by making some small incremental changes, you can improve your health and wellbeing. It is something I have been looking at for myself, and I want to share what I have learnt with you.

 

 

Last week we had Jenny as guest teacher for some of the online classes, and I am happy to report that Jenny will be teaching a regular class — every Thursday morning from next week (see the timetable below).

 

Beginners

I will be starting a new Beginners Pilates Course from Thursday 8th October. This will be live in Zoom, and will run for 3 weeks with a 7.00pm start. If you know of someone, or you may be looking at starting Pilates with me, then please click or tap the link here for more information and/or to book.

 

Reformers

Reformers At Home will be ongoing this week, as I add another class to the list. Listening to Jo Malone being interviewed this week, she talks about her 50 Shades of Grey moment with her Pilates Reformer each week during her recovery from cancer. When I heard this I loved it, I like the idea of the Pilates Reformer ‘sexing’ up your Pilates workouts...

 

If you are looking at buying a Home Reformer or you have one gathering dust in the corner of your spare room, then please head over to Facebook and request to join the private JTP Reformers at Home Facebook group. There is also a separate section in the jtp.zone for Reformers at Home workouts. If you are already a member you have full access to all the Reformers At Home routines there.

 

Thank Heavens For Online Pilates

Hurrah for the online classes and everyone who has committed to them and shown up to every class every week — the new face-to-face classes in local venues that are slowly being reintroduced would not be going ahead without you. And it is lovely to see everyone catching up and chatting in the Zoom classes ... staying connected.

 

I have taught over 150 classes online since 23rd March, recorded every single class, and we keep the recordings available for everyone who continues to pay £10 per month.

 

Talking of which... here is next week's Live class timetable:

 

WEEK BEGINNING 28 SEPTEMBER

• Monday 8.00am — Wakeup With Jane — 30 minutes — Live in Zoom
• Monday 12.30pm — Out for Lunch with Jane — 45 minutes — Live in the JTP Zone Facebook group
• Tuesday 9.30am — Morning Movement — 60 minutes — Live in Zoom (Jane)
• Wednesday 8.00am — Wakeup With Jane — 30 minutes — Live in Zoom
• Thursday 9.30am — Morning Movement — 60 minutes — Live in Zoom (Jenny)
• Friday 12.30PM — Out for Lunch with Jane — 45 minutes — Live in Zoom (Jane)
• Saturday 9.30AM — Morning Movement — 60 minutes — Live in Zoom (Jane)

 

Just a quick update here, Old Woodhouse Community Hall will be heading into week 3 of a five week course, and Rempstone started last week so heading into week 2.

 

Things for face-to-face classes are different from before-Covid-19, as we cannot run Catchup classes anymore for two main reasons:

1. We do not have enough classes running yet to provide a working Catchup system
2. As the organisers of these classes we have to maintain a Test and Trace system, and this simply wouldn’t allow a safe Catchup system at this time.

Meanwhile, I am currently looking at the potential for safe return of face-to-face classes in Quorn Village Hall, and Rosebery Street Medical Centre in Loughborough. I have to assess if venues can meet my Risk Assessment guidelines to run as safe a class as possible. Then starts the administration of ensuring we fulfil all Government and professional bodies' regulations for a safe return. I will continue to update you in this Newsletter.

 

For those of you returning to face-to-face classes — please remember to check in with the Terms & Conditions every week to remind yourself (click or tap here to see the face-to-face matwork class Terms & Conditions), and please remember to bring everything you need to participate in a class as we are NOT able to provide this for you.