Many of us set our goals for 2017, but how are we actually going to achieve our goals for this year? I’ve come up with a process I call re-engineering of your body and mind which may help. It’s 4 steps. Once you’ve got a sense...
What pops into your head when you think of meditation? I think for a lot of people (me included) it was the image of sitting legs crossed desperately trying to keep my mind quiet, allowing thoughts to come and go but without being drawn to...
January, and the start of a New Year, is often the time we choose to set goals. It's an opportunity to reflect on where we have been and where we want to go. I love goal setting - I believe it is something we could all...
On 7 September 2016, the Daily Express posted an article on tennis player Andy Murray. Murray had just won a crucial match in the US Open and had put his win down to a 'good night's sleep'. Simple but true. The first line of...
We've all been there. A bad night's sleep. But what if it becomes more than a one-off experience? It's amazing to think that up to 35% of people suffer from brief episodes of insomnia and up to 10% have chronic insomnia (Sleep Education)....
SLEEP. It's a huge problem. According to the BBC, scientists from Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard and Manchester University warn cutting sleep can lead to serious health problems. When they state 'serious' we are talking cancer, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, infections and obesity. So, it is a...
That's right - creating your posture. You weren't born with 'bad' or 'good' posture. Unless we were born with a structural muscular skeletal issue,we would have all enjoyed a beautifully balanced structure. We would have innately understood the need for balance as we learnt to...
I wrote that simple sentence last week on a Pilates forum I belong to. Someone had asked a question as to "how important is it to teach breathing in a class?". I do not normally comment in these forums, but was moved to last week...
A few months back, inspired by a blip in my own health I reviewed my life balance. I bought all the fashionable eating books of this current time: Deliciously Ella, Kris Carr and Madeleine Shaw. I also picked up a book by Bear Grylls called...
I love to move - I take every opportunity to move my body on a daily basis. I try to attend classes whenever I can; so when I was on holiday in May, I took a Pilates class in the resort I was staying at....