Apr 12, 2024 | Back Care, Fitness, News, Pelvic Floor, Pilates, Pregnancy & PostNatal
back pain Intervertebral discs are cushions between the bones of the spine. Keeping them healthy is important because they are the spine’s shock absorbers. An unhealthy or overstrained disc could result in a disc bulge, disc herniation, or eventually...
Jan 17, 2024 | Back Care, Beginners Pilates, Blog, How to Pilates, News, Pilates, Pilates for Men, pilatesinhitchin
Pilates has been around since the early 1900s, mainly in the world of professional dancers, boxers, and the stars of stage and screen. It has gained huge popularity and took off in the 80’s when one of his devotees opened a studio above a hairdressing salon...
Jan 11, 2024 | Back Care, Fitness, News, Pilates, Teacher training
Apart from being three of my favorite things, it’s all about returning to the beginning. I started my Pilates journey after taking Pilates sessions for my back and neck pain out in Sydney (where I lived)That was some 22 years ago. It was my Pilates beginning. At...
Nov 19, 2023 | Back Care, Beginners Pilates, Blog, Fitness, mental health, News, Pilates, Pilates for Men
There exists a common misconception that Pilates is just for women. This stereotype often leads to a series of questions from men like, “Is Pilates just a load of laying down and breathing?” or “Is it suited only for women?” But what do men who...
Feb 27, 2023 | Blog, Feet, News
Tiger Claws? A few weeks ago I was at my regular private session at the pod with Michelle. This particular week she had lost her voice so we decided we would work our way through the intermediate reformer order that I know well and would require less verbal...
