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Mental Health Awareness week – get out into nature!
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April blog – meet our teachers, a class and timetable update, and the benefits of strength training
Hello April! It’s Spring! And as we creep outside and into a little bit more normality, you may be thinking about reassessing your fitness, getting back to it after a hiatus, or trying something new! In this newsletter, I’ll introduce our teachers, focus on the benefits of strength training to improve balance and walking or running, give you…
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Roll out of bed with Pilates this February!
Happy February everyone! Hints of spring in the air, and I’m surrounding myself with cheerful daffodils to lift my spirits. I’m very pleased to announce that this month we’re launching our series, ROLL OUT OF BED WITH PILATES. During February, we bring you daily, short, FREE Pilates exercises to help you get your mojo back.…
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Be kind to yourself! Christmas present ideas, massage and Pilates 1:1s
I’ve had a really tough couple of weeks. I know times are tricky for everyone in some way or another. I think some of you already know, my step-dad passed away a couple of weeks’ ago. Coupled with the frustrations and anxieties over the current situation, I am sure it’s not only me that feels…
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Gentle movement and staying in touch are the name of the game
Let’s keep moving and stay connected! How is everyone doing out there? Things are a little tough right now, and certainly strange. Please don’t despair. Let’s preserve our sanity, our bodies and help eachother out. We can support ourselves by looking after our health, support our friends and family by reaching out and connecting with…
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Look after yourself this lockdown
So, we may all feel like we’re pros at this lockdown malarkey, but with Winter around the corner, anxiety and worries about any number of things, this lockdown you need to take time to look after yourself this time around. We at Pilates Community are here to help! We have a new teacher joining us…
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Autumn has arrived! Hydration and bones.
Autumn has arrived! Hydration and bones. And why the former is so good for the latter.
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The benefits of one to one Pilates – did you know we offer one to one Pilates in Farnham?
Did you know that we offer one to one Pilates classes in Farnham?
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10 Tips for Autumn and Winter nutrition
Hello! I don’t know about you but things feel surprisingly chilly and windy to me. This kind of weather makes me want to hunker down under a duvet, with a cuppa and several biscuits for company. So see below for our 10 tips for Autumn and Winter nutrition. This month’s featured therapist is osteopath Fleur…
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How is your hip and shoulder mobility?
Now you know that here at Farnham Pilates 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 that hip and shoulder pain can…
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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 focusing…
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Do you have hip and back pain?
Hi, how are you all? This week’s post is all about HIPS! I suffer from hip pain after a car accident I had in 2004. Read on to see how you can relieve the pain…. My Story In 2004 someone drove into the side of the car as I was pulling out of a side…
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Strong Saturday – Farnham Pilates 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…
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Stay fit with Farnham Pilates – classes at home via Facebook Live and Zoom
Now that we are all minimising social contact to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, 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, these are the classes available to you. Please note that…
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Farnham Pilates weekly blog – 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 Five-minute read I am a keen skier so I appreciate that getting your body ready for your ski trip really can help you avoid injury, get stronger so you can do more runs…
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Farnham Pilates 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, classes bring community, support, expertise and…
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Farnham Pilates 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…
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Why do Pilates?
This week we are looking at why people choose to do Pilates classes. “Pilates develops the body uniformly, corrects wrong postures, restores physical vitality, invigorates the mind and elevates the spirit” Joseph Pilates Are you busy running around with back pain or aches but trying to ignore them? Are you trying to do your best…
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Creating Healthy Habits – how to keep up the momentum
So – it’s the third week of January. How are all your new year’s resolutions going? Chances are, some of them have already slipped. If you put too much pressure on yourself, you set yourself up to fail. Short term gains do not create a healthy lifestyle, so it is important to see how incorporating…
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This week’s recipe – a healthy Christmas cake
Healthy Christmas Fruit Cake A healthy Christmas fruit cake recipe 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 Time: 1 hour 40 minutes Ingredients 500 grams mixed dried fruits 75 grams walnuts 1 orange 125 grams almond flour/meal 67 grams coconut flour 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda 2 tsp salt 3 tsp mixed spice 1…
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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 quality time together with family and friends, and not about…
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This week’s healthy recipe – Oriental salmon and broccoli traybake
You only need 5 ingredients to make this delicious and healthy mid-week supper. INGREDIENTS (serves 4) 4 skin-on salmon fillets 1 head broccoli, broken into florets juice ½ lemon, ½ lemon quartered small bunch spring onions, sliced 2 tbsp soy sauce METHOD Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Put the salmon in a large roasting tin, leaving space between…
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Pilates exercises for improved bone density
Today’s is the last blog in our series on bone health. This week, we look at exercises that can improve your bone density. These assume you have healthy bones. If this is not the case, contact me and I can write a special programme for you. For feet and legs Standing tap foot Stand tall and…
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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 garlic cloves, sliced 2 small onions, cut into 1 1/4-inch dice 1/2 fresh green chilli, thinly sliced 2 small red peppers,…
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Farnham Pilates – 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 bones; if you do, please talk to your GP…
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Best Foods for strong Bones from Farnham Pilates
Farnham Pilates Weekly Blog –Get Stronger Saturday Best foods for strong bones Here is your weekly post on Bone health. 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…
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Pilates keeps your bones strong
Welcome all, Here is your weekly post to get your body and mind motivated for the week ahead. Each week we’ll send out exercises and a healthy recipe for you to focus on and why. If you have any specific areas of your body that you would like exercises for please message me and I will try and include it in the…
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