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Month: September 2017

Posted on September 8, 2017

5 Benefits of Pilates

Strength, balance, mobility, posture, emotional wellbeing.

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5 minutes ago I was a kohlrabi virgin. Popped that cherry and I can tell you it is pure addictive pleasure. Thanks @riverfordyorkeast I’m in love with a vegetable 🤓😂
O N T H E B L O G ⠀ ⠀ I razzed up this quick salad the other day - its full of bone healthy nutrients including Calcium and Vitamin D. Head over to the blog for the full low-down on the nutrients, what they do, and MOST IMPORTANTLY - the recipe! I mean, if you can even call it that. Its easy.⠀Link in profile 👆⠀ 🥒🥑🍅🌶️🥕🐟 ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #pilates #pilateslife #pilatesmom #healthy #energyforlife #nourishedbody #innerglow #balance #healthychoices #nutrition ⠀ #osteoporosis #bonehealth #osteopenia #strongbonesstrongwoman⠀ #happywomen #wellwomen #womenswellbeing #strongwomen #innerstrength #womenshealth #fitmoms #fitmums ⠀ #pilatesmom #pilatesbusiness #pilatesmat #physiopilates #healthandfitness #balance #wellbeing #health
Maximum veg-a-thon last night at the @riverfordyorkeast Veg masterclass. My belly and my heart were both full. Cooking, learning and sharing a passion for fresh, tasty food with a group of like-minded lovely people - what could be better? ☺️ Ordeted my first #riverfordorganic veg box, and really excited to try some new meat free recipes!
Really looking forward to attending a Master Veg Class tonight with @riverfordyorkeast Curious to learn more about meat-free cooking. Stand-by for veg-spam 🥦🍅🍆🥑🥒🥬🌽🥕🌶🍠
But Anna, that's not for me - that's for older people, right? Sure, bone density decreases with age, but for post-menopausal women, the drop in bone-protective oestrogen causes an even greater loss of bone density. This is why 1 in 2 women in the UK will suffer a fractured bone after the age of 50, compared with 1 in 5 men (Source: International Osteoporosis Foundation) Anna, what can I do?! There are lots of things that you can do NOW to prevent loss of bone density later in life. Spoiler alert - it's the stuff you know you should be doing anyway 😁 Increase your activity levels (more on that later in the month), stop smoking, drink less alcohol, and get clued-up about Bone Health, before you hit the menopause! Prevention is better than cure my friends and fore-warned is forearmed. So this month, I'll be sharing a few healthy bone nuggets (yum) with you on here and on Instagram. #happywomen #wellwomen #womenswellbeing #strongwomen #innerstrength #womenshealth #fitmoms #fitmums ⠀ #physio #physiotherapy #physiopilates #physicalactivity #healthpromotion⠀ #osteoporosis #bonehealth #osteopenia ⠀ #pilates #pilateslife #pilatesmom #pilatesbusiness #pilatesmat #pilatesmatwork #physioledpilates #physiopilates #healthandfitness #balance #flexibility #strength #movement #wellbeing
M I N D F U L W A L K I N G : P A R T T W O⠀ T H E B O D Y S C A N ⠀ When you are out walking, especially, I find, on a longer walk (or run) where my muscles are starting to complain a bit. I do a body scan. Starting at my feet, noticing the sensations from inside my feet, the feeling of my shoes and socks, the vibration as each foot pounds the pavement or the cobbles or the soft grassy surface. Moving up to the shins and calves, then the knees, and so on a so forth - all the way up to the crown of my head, noticing all of this and more, along the way. Usually I'm pleasantly surprised to find that (especially on a run 😂) that I am not dying, but that the sensations are ones of B E I N G A L I V E. The joints and muscles doing their job as they should be. Or I notice clenched fists, or hunched shoulders, that I didn't even know were happening - and I let go. I really promote full body awareness in this way during my Pilates classes. Often the insight is not in the part of your body that you are moving, but in the parts that you didn't realise were trying to "Help".⠀ ⭐⠀ ⭐⠀ ⭐⠀ ⭐⠀ ⭐⠀ ⭐⠀ #walkingforhealth #walkingforwellbeing #healthwalks #walkingyork #naturewalks #mindfulwalking ⠀ #mindfulness #mindbody #connection #mentalwellbing #mentalhealth #emotionalwellbing #emotionalintelligence #wellbeing ⠀ #happywomen #wellwomen #womenswellbeing #strongwomen #innerstrength #womenshealth #fitmoms #fitmums #physio #physiotherapy #physiopilates #physicalactivity #healthpromotion #gowalkingwithanna
M I N D F U L W A L K I N G : P A R T O N E ⠀ If you watch my stories, you'll know how nutty I am over taking pictures of nature as I walk 🤓 A mindful walk could involve noticing how your body feels (more on that later) but for me, the mindfulness is in noticing the sights and sounds around me. You can tune into nature or into the built-up environment. ⠀ ⠀ 👂The sounds - birds, cars, sirens it's all part of the soundscape⠀ ⠀ 👁The sights - the colours and shapes of the leaves on the trees, the different types of grasses and weeds along the roadside. The brightness of the sun and how it reflects off windows and through leaves.⠀ ⠀ 🖐The sensations - the feeling of air moving over your cheeks, or raindrops! Or sunshine! Brush your hand through some leaves or along some railings.⠀ ⠀ 👃The smells! In York we are lucky that the air is often filled with chocolate scents, but what else can you smell? Good or bad! ⠀ ⠀ Feeling connected to your surroundings can help to put physical and emotional stress into perspective, and strengthen your sense of connection to your community. Try it!⠀ ⠀ For more walking motivation tips, read my recent blog post. Link in profile.⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #mindfulness #mindbody #connection #mentalwellbing #mentalhealth #emotionalwellbing #emotionalintelligence #wellbeing ⠀ #happywomen #wellwomen #womenswellbeing #innerstrength #womenshealth ⠀ #pilates #pilateslife #pilatesmom #healthy #energyforlife #nourishedbody #innerglow #balance ⠀ #walkingforhealth #walkingforwellbeing #healthwalks #walkingyork #naturewalks #mindfulwalking #GoWalkingWithAnna
Starting the week the right way! Not every meal I make is like this! Sometimes life gets in the way and I’m having a tin of tomato soup for lunch, or something from the freezer for tea. But when I have the ingredients and the time it feels like a real treat!! Like all Mums - I do the very best I can and I try not to worry about the odd freezer tea! 💚beetroot 💚feta 💚avocado 💚sauerkraut 💚tomatoes & basil 💚raw fennel 💚rocket 💚dressed in lemon juice & rapeseed oil
O V E R H E A R D I N C L A S S ⠀ We have been working on increasing our respiratory capacity over the last couple of weeks, using breathing exercises and some beautiful shoulder and thoracic spine mobility work. It feels amazing and so cleansing to really breathe deeply and to have S P A C E for that breath to come into the body. How lovely to overhear this at the end of one of our recent classes... all she needs to do now, is FLY! ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ ⠀ #pilates #pilateslife #pilatesmom #pilatesbusiness #pilatesmat #pilatesmatwork #physioledpilates #physiopilates #healthandfitness #balance #flexibility #strength #movement #wellbeing #health #breathe #firstactandthelast
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