International Women’s Day
This week celebrated International Women’s Day (March 8th), a day to celebrate Women’s achievements, raise awareness of bias, and take action for equality to help form a gender equal world. The year of 2020 and now this month exactly one year on of the global Pandemic, has placed an incredible amount of pressure and uncertainty […]
Learning yoga beyond the mat
When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds, mind transcends limitations, your conscious expands in every direction, and you find yourself in a great, new and wonderful world. I’ve practised yoga properly for around 7 years now (on and off) and since my first class it […]
Low back pain in runners
Runners are often exposed to repetitive movements and strains on the body. This predominantly leads to lower body injuries, but these can then transpire to the lower back too. Low back pain in runners is often unlikely a serious pathology, but due to an imbalance in their muscle support of the legs, and increased sensitisation […]
Non-specific low back pain
Non-specific low back pain refers to low back pain without a specific explanation or structural damage source. It can affect up to 80% of the population and can alter quality of life. So how can the back get so painful without a proper injury? There are many structures in the back that display a sensation of […]
Why Pilates works: Part 1
Pilates is highly regarded as a way of clinically keeping the body healthy, reducing injury, and rehabilitating from injury too. The evidence supporting the use of Pilates in these ways is profound and covers a huge range of conditions from back and neck pain, to pregnancy and postnatal, and even within sports. Not only does […]
The effects of Pilates on stress
We all deal with stress of a varying degree. Light stresses that occur every day such as getting out the house on time and meeting deadlines, and we will all experience bigger stresses at some stage too. This current situation is proving a wave of constant uncertainty however, that does not help our stress levels […]
Being Ready for 2021
I think I speak for everyone when I say I am SO ready for 2021 to commence. 2020 has brought some of the hardest challenges any of us have faced, and some are still very much on-going. As we navigate our way in to the new normal of life in 2021, the year of uncertainties […]
Therapeutic Yoga
I started doing yoga around the year 2013 after moving to a new village and finding a great class to join. I was instantly hooked! It was the perfect mix of strengthening exercises, flexibility, and a sprinkle of mindfulness, and I found it complimented my Pilates practise nicely. A chance to learn something new that […]
National Fitness Day
This week it was National Fitness Day (23rd Sep). This marks a day in the calendar to celebrate all the ways in which movement makes us feel good and benefits our health. I previously wrote about how Pilates benefits your health here, this included how Pilates can reduce blood pressure, aid breathing, improve lung strength, enhance […]
5 ways to improve upper body posture- posture series part 3
Welcome to part 3 of the Posture series. So far we have covered Muscle Activation exercises at your desk, and Tight Hip Flexors, and today we are discussing Upper Body Strength. This are is often over looked when it comes to posture and desk issues, I feel most people are aware of looking after their […]
