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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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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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How are you doing?
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 kitchen for comfort…
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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 – 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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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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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,…