Do you feel you are star gazing and not making progress in your life, work, relationships or body? Are you comparing yourself to others instead of focusing on your daily actions, core values, dreams and goals? Life is like a train pulling all the carriages. The train engine starts slow down the track and then [...]
Like Usain Bolt, everyone wants a quick result in life, but few recognise, the time effort, energy and expenditure, dedication and discipline required. You see “You cannot fire a canon from a canoe”- Paul Chek. At my Pilates studio we have a holistic (whole body approach). This is the truth; you cannot treat the body [...]
The teacher You cannot teach movement if the movement itself is not in your body. So you may not have the flexibility, core strength or right body type to achieve the full posture, but do your best to have an understanding and know a modification to demonstrate. Make sure you know your subject – You would [...]
I get enquiries every day for teacher training, chronic pain, Pilates apparatus and so on. These are the thoughts and actions that hold people back that prevent people from progressing forwards with me by signing up and in life. I don’t have the energy I don’t have the time I don’t have the skill The [...]
Ask yourself: What are you grateful for in the year 2021 ??? I am grateful for every experience of hardship and pain. As you actually learn and grow more from discomfort that you do form pleasure I am grateful for all clients who have been in a position to support the studios I am grateful [...]
I mentioned it in Thursdays newsletter about ‘what people MIGHT think’ That I was back at Garuda Pilates studio for the first time in what felt like forever Was great to be back on those amazing machines of James de Silva By the end? I was actually quite breathless, but in a good way Like,… lactic [...]
1. INDIVIDUAL EXPERT ADVICE In a world diluted with influencers and Pilates “pros”, you can’t beat expert advice from a qualified and experienced professional. A qualified Pilates teacher is the expert you need to provide you tailored advice and exercises, whether you’re goal is to: Complete your first marathon or triathlon Improve your sporting game [...]
If you want to make progress in life you need to change your perception and reaction. Everything happens for me to improve my growth and contribution or everything happens to me (victim archetype). If you want your family and friends to change, you need to change yourself first. We are always progressing through pain and [...]
Any success in your life is built on rituals and habitual patterns. Without a plan or end game, there is no goal to be disciplined for. Without a vision of the future we will return to the past, which tends to be full of bad habits and mistakes. The things we do every day are [...]
If you thought pilates was just for women think again. Professional athletes have been using pilates, yoga and apparatus for years as part of their rehabilitation and pre-habilitation program. My first professional rugby league team was the ‘Saints’ (St.Helens) back in 1997. The strength and conditioning coach was Nigel Ashley Jones who had arrived from [...]
