Blogs
Please find all the blogs and articles written on the following subject matter –
Weekly exercises or stretches to improve your core strength,
Improve your back care, and how to get Better balance and posture to live well
How to improve your wellbeing creating healthy habits. with retreat information.
Nutrition diet and receipy ideas
Hoe to perform better and prevent injuries during sports like skiing, swimming and cycling
Joint mobilisation and better mobility for less aches and pain
Womens wellness for peri-menopause and menopause
Online Pilates and Lesson Plans so you can do classes at home
Articles in the media and more more
How is your hip and shoulder mobility?
Now you know that here at Pilates Community we always like to emphasise the importance of mobility in your life. At the end of the day, including some daily movement in your life is essential. Today, we focus on hip and shoulder mobility. It may surprise you to learn...
10 minute Pilates stretches to improve mobility – focus on shoulders and neck
What a strange time it is. More has opened up over the last week, and yet I'm feeling as if I'm still stuck at home more than I'd like to be. It's like we're busier but we're not doing any more, does that make sense?! Over the next few weeks, these blogs will be...
Why do I do Pilates? Why do I feel the need to daily stretch? Find out my top 10 Reasons Why
Why do you need to mobilise more with Pilates ? here are my 10 reasons why I do Pilates and not only to prevent injury.
“BEST PILATES STUDIO SOUTH EAST AWARD 2020- it’s official!
Well, what a week it has been! Last week, I asked many of you to let me know how we are doing. I wanted to get to know you better, so I asked questions about your particular health concerns and how doing Pilates has helped. I also wanted to know how you were finding...
Do you have pain in your hips and lower back?
Hi, how are you all? This week's post is all about HIP PAIN and LOWER BACK PAIN and how to release tight hips! I suffer from hip pain after a car accident in 2004. Do you get hip pain please email me back to let me know where it is to see if I can help ?? Read on to...
Lesson Plan
Pilates Lesson Plan Mixed Class Exercise Lesson Plan Repetition Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Standing Warm up your joints – ankles, knees hip circles Spine Twist and side bend, back flex and extend 4 ...
Is working from home hurting your back?
Home working Exercises Hello everyone, how are you doing? I hope that you are all well and making time to look after yourselves in this mental health week. Before I talk about the appropriate exercises I wanted to mention that its mental health week and the focus is...
Strong Saturday – Pilates Community Online Blog
Easy ways to stay healthy at home It’s easy at times like these to slip into bad habits, so here is a reminder about some simple things you can do to ensure you stay healthy – and happy – at home. Make the most of the first 10 minutes of the day and set the tone...
Strong Saturday!
Hi, and welcome to May! How are you getting on? I hope you've been able to get outside and enjoy some of the glorious sunshine we have been experiencing over the past few weeks. It is indeed still a very strange time, and some adjustments to your daily fitness...
Improve your posture
Handout - Assess your postureBackcare Checklist to Improve your posture Are you suffering from any of these problems – Headaches or sore eyes? Neck, mid or lower backache or pain, shoulder strain. Shoulders dropped forward creating a dropped or flared rib cage?...
The best Foods to help Reduce Stress
The Best Foods to Help reduce Stress Foods that help reduce stress When we are stressed, we tend to reach for unhealthy food – crisps, chocolate wine (or is that just me?). But there are foods that can help with stress, you can nurture yourself with good, healthy...
Weekly blog and exercise – 17th April – Are you still moving?
Hello everyone! Well, here we are post-Easter and we're still in the lockdown. How are you all managing? I found solace in a little chocolate indulgence, but am pleased to now be back in the swing of things and keeping moving by runs or dog walks outside and Pilates...
How to get better Sleep
Sleep better strategies to try Are you struggling to get a good night's sleep? If yes, then try and make the time you go to bed and your bedtime routine intentional, strategic and consistent. Sleep won’t get better by chance. Start in the morning by making...
How are you?
How are you? These are strange times and I just wanted to check in to see how you are doing? With so much uncertainty, I hope that you are able to spend some time looking after yourself and taking time to stay healthy. I know that many people have turned to their...
Keep fit with our Facebook Live and Zoom classes – March 2020
Now that we are all minimising social contact to prevent the spread of COVID-19, let me show you how you can continue Pilates from your own home. Due to government guidelines, the Garden Studio is now closed until further notice.If you are already a class attendee,...
Pilates Community weekly blog – How Pilates can help you get Ski-fit
Get Ski fit - Pilates Exercises to get ready for Skiing [Week 1] Pain and injury-free skiing for all the family with Pilates I am a keen skier so I appreciate that getting your body ready for your ski trip really can help you avoid injury, get...
Pilates Community Weekly Blog – how to fit Pilates into your busy life – try Pilates at home
Last week we discussed making more of your time, ensuring that your every moment spent exercising counts. This week I want to make sure that you can fit Pilates into your busy life. Classes are great (come and see me for a class here!). As well as the exercise,...
Pilates Community Weekly Blog – Fitness in February
Hello and welcome to February! This is a short month (even on a leap year) and this has got us thinking about the time it takes to get fit. In the old days, getting fit was all about how much time you put in. An hour of swimming laps in the swimming pool, 45 minutes...
10 Ways to reduce stress over Christmas
We’ve reached December! Festive greetings to you all at this wonderful, though at times stressful, season of goodwill. I’m struggling this week, there is so much to do and we place such high expectations on ourselves. I would like this Christmas to be about spending...
This week’s recipe – a healthy Christmas cake
RECIPE OF THE WEEK Healthy Christmas Fruit Cake A healthy Christmas fruit cake recipe with no added refined sugar, that's gluten free, dairy free and grain free using almond flour and coconut flour. Easy to make! Prep Time: 40 minutes Cook Time: 1 hour Total...
Strong Saturday recipe – Ottolenghi’s ratatouille
This is taken from Yotam Ottolenghi’s Ratatouille book Plenty: Vibrant Vegetable Recipes from London's Ottolenghi Note: Follow the instructions closely, over-cooking the vegetables “is the point,” according to Ottolenghi. Ingredients: 7 tbsp sunflower oil 4...
Pilates Community – Stronger Saturday – Focus on Lifestyle for Bone Health
Bone density and lifestyle This month at Farnham Pilates we’ve been focusing on helping clients improve their bone density and bone health. This week we look at lifestyle changes you can make to improve your bone health. These assume you do not have problems with your...
Foods for Strong Bones from Farnham Pilates
Farnham Pilates Weekly Blog -Get Stronger Bones.A few Osteoporosis/Bone Health Facts and FiguresBone remodelling is a lifelong process, but unfortunately bone loss starts to outpace bone gain as we age. This starts to happen around aged 34 when peak bone mass is...
Do you need help with weight gain, healthy diet and fitness during lockdown?
Tips to prevent weight gain working from home.
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Back Pain? Follow our simple Pilates exercises
Do you have Back Pain especially in the morning? Try my favourite gentle exercises to help your body stay mobile and painfree. Pilates Community: My Top 6 Backcare Pilates Mobilising Exercises and Favourite Stretches By Hannah Epps Start with A B C - Find...
Improvers Lesson Plan
Handout Lesson Plan - ImproversPlease follow this Improvers lesson plan Exercise Lesson Plan Repetition Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Standing Warm up your joints – ankles, knees hip circles Spine Twist and side bend, back flex and...
Beginners Pilates Lesson Plan and exercises
Handout Beginners lesson Plan and exercises NEUTRAL ALIGNMENT AND GOOD POSTURE To begin with start with A B C – Standing in neutral Alignment, Breathing wide and full into your rib cage (thoracically), then engage your Core muscles on your out breathe – by...
How to Activate your “Core Muscles”
Handout How to activate your Core Muscles During Pilates we aim to activate the core to stabilise the pelvis and give us core stability. What is Core Stability Pilates exercises start with reference to your “core stability” achieved by lifting your pelvic floor then...
Understanding Pilates Breathing
Handout How to do Thoracic breathing Breathing during Pilates is called thoracic, Lateral or intercostal breathing Breathing exercises have been used in the belief it provides health benefits or enhance physical performance. Personally I used controlled breathing...
How Breathing deeper can help you reduce stress
Breathing Teachniques and breathing practice s BREATHING AND STRESS You are probably wondering how there is a link between breathing and stress? Breathing is a signal and information to the brain about how the body is. So, the more stressed you feel, the faster you...
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