How common it is to hear a non-Pilates practicing person say something like ‘Oh yes I want to start Pilates so I can have a good stretch’. Hmm, such a sentence may have grated on me a few years ago until I began to embrace that the lack of awareness of what Pilates...
If you’ve ever spent a long day on your feet or endured a marathon car ride, you know the feeling—the moment we all crave: a Pilates session isn’t complete without stretching your legs in the long straps, letting gravity do its work while you circle your legs and...
I often get asked about how I got involved with Pilates. So I thought you would enjoy reading about my humble beginnings. I grew up in rural Queensland and moved to Sydney at age 15 where I began my full-time ballet journey with Marilyn Jones and Garth Welch. I danced...
Your brain is a gift of life and how you feed your brain can then mirror your path of successes. The brain continues to grow through your life especially when we give it new things to learn, goals to go after or ask it to change a preconceived idea. Lou Tice said “All...
Why your spine needs to move. Think of the structure of your spine as if it has the mobility of a slinky (the toy), and the pliability of plasticine. Joseph Pilates is quoted as saying “you are only as young as your spine is flexible”. Your spine is the centre of your... 