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Published: Sun, 04/25/21

The Jane Thomas Pilates Newsletter

Hello ,

YOUR WHOLE SELF

I organised a mindset coaching session last week for the JTP family. I think everyone who attended felt it was interesting to hear Beth Brennan talk about learning to love ourselves from the inside out.

One of the points that resonated with me most is when she pointed out to us that the longest relationship we will ever have is with ourselves ... so imagine being with someone you don’t like very much 24/7. It’s time to start focusing on the things you like and that make you happy. Be conscious about how we spend our time with ourselves.

I will be starting a Mindset Group as this is an area I am consistently working on for myself but also it is something I hear about more and more from the JTP family so I will be sharing the things that help me with you.

One thing I do consistently to help me process my thoughts is journaling. I keep a notebook specifically for this purpose. If I am overthinking or analysing or worrying, or even if I am upset by something said to me, I have started to journal about how it makes me feel. I just start writing and very quickly it starts to come out. Sometimes putting things in words allow us to process and reflect and possibly understand another perspective. It helps me to recognise what I need, and I also ask myself that if my best friend came to me with this what would I say. The good thing about writing it down is that no-one else needs to know, or be involved, it is purely an exercise for yourself. Sometimes I write a lot, sometimes I just might write three words such as: this feels ****! The point is, it helped me because I actually ended up laughing!

Anyway, if you are interested in joining my Mindset Group, I will keep you informed here about how it will work soon.

Online Classes Timetable

Week Beginning 26 April

There will be no classes on Tuesday or Wednesday this week as I have to go into hospital for a colonoscopy on Tuesday and will need 24 hours to recover ... but the rest of the week is as normal:

Monday 8am — Kickstart Your Day With Jane — 15mins in Zoom
Monday 12.30pm Lunch Break Pilates With Jane — 30mins in Facebook
Thursday 6.45pm — Evening Flow With Jenny — 45mins in Zoom
Friday 8am — Kickstart Your Day With Jane Xtra — 30mins in Zoom
Saturday 9.30am — Morning Movement With Jane — 45mins in Zoom

All links, as usual, on the members jtp.zone website.

Reformers At Home

There's a new routine available now on the members jtp.zone website this week — All Around The World.

One-to-One Sessions

I have now started personal Pilates sessions — matwork or Reformer — in my covid-secure Garden Pilates Pod, and if you are interested please reply to this Newsletter for more information and to book a session. Also, if you don’t feel comfortable doing face-to-face yet you can book some one-to-one virtual time with me.

4-Week Trial

If you haven’t tried online Pilates classes yet, and you are new to Jane Thomas Pilates, you can have a Free 4-Week Trial.

Enrolling on my Free 4-Week Trial will give you unrestricted access to:

The full Live online class timetable
Popup Props Classes
Pilates Surgeries
Pilates Tutorials — including runners knee, hip flexors, the shoulder girdle, foot cramp
Reformers at Home — if you are lucky enough to have a Home Reformer
Special Events — exercise for menopausal women, and coming soon — all things Nutrition and healthy eating.

For four whole weeks! Just click or tap the link here for details and to enrol.

Start at the ABC

And if you are brand- or relatively-new to Pilates, I currently have an offer of a Free Absolute Beginners Course, which starts from the very beginning of Pilates, introduces you to the correct techniques and exercises you need to know to take your Pilates further, and gets you to the stage where you can join my regular classes afterwards. The Free Absolute Beginners Course comes with six class videos progressing you through the basics of Pilates, and is complete with a Free 52-page full-colour book, detailing the exercises and classes — so you can practise as often as you want over the two months of the Course. Click or tap here for more information about my Free Absolute Beginners Course.

Exercise Of The Week

My experience as a Biomechanics Coach and a Be Activated Coach, has always overlapped my Pilates teaching and practice and helped me to understand more about how the body functions and how it responds to movement. So this week I thought I would share a simple release which I would prescribe as a Biomechanics Coach if I could see restricted movement when lifting the leg and this was affecting the lower back and pelvis and in turn the rest of the body.

If you are finding that you have restricted movement in the hips when lifting a leg, for example cycling or going upstairs, follow the instructions in the video.

As with every Exercise Of The Week, keep away from pain and only work to a level appropriate for your body.

Here is the video.

Have a great week everyone — keep moving, and keeping safe!

Jane xx

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