Rebuild Strength and Confidence in Your Midlife Body –
Midlife can bring unexpected changes — aching hips, tight shoulders, plantar fasciitis, pelvic floor concerns or a loss of trust in your core. This blog is for women over 40 who want a smarter approach to movement.
Through practical Pilates guidance and evidence-informed strength work, you’ll learn how to move in ways that reduce pain, improve stability and help you feel capable again.
5 exercises that are great to do after having a baby
So you have been cleared for exercise after baby and you want to get started with exercise safely. Firstly, well done you!! Birthing a person is pretty major so now that you are ready to getting reconnected with your core I want to offer you some great post-natal...
5 exercises to avoid after having a baby
In my last post I talked about signs that your post baby body is not ready for your workout. It was great to have people reach out and thank me for sharing important information for women's health. So here's more. If you are postpartum and have been cleared for...
5 Signs your post baby body isn’t ready for your exercise program
A friend of mine just had a baby. She had a pretty tough labor and ended up having a c-section. Her doctor “checked” her at 6 weeks and said “things look fine” and then at 8 weeks she got the go ahead to exercise again. With nothing more than that. No check for...
I have a shoulder injury, now what?
As we age shoulder injuries can become more common especially in women from 40-65 years. Shoulder injuries can be very painful and can limit natural movement significantly. Shoulder injuries include frozen shoulder, osteoarthritis, rotator cuff injuries and bursitis....
Schedule your exercise like you schedule work, cos it will pay you more!
Time is limited! We all get the same 24 hours. If ‘not enough time’ is the reason you give for not getting to exercise I want you to think about how you value time. There are some things I always make time for. Work, playing with my little boy on the beach in Lennox...
5 safe ways to get back into exercise!
The New Year is often the time when we reset and refocus on our health and wellbeing. Movement and exercise is a fundamental part of wellbeing and the key to this is getting exercise into your routine. If you want to get more movement in your life this New Year I have...
What are you going to drop to get some exercise?
Are you trying to fit exercise into your life? If you carry your gym gear around with you a lot but never seem to get to the gym, then this one is for you. If you are in a new phase of life, with a new baby or newly retired or just turned 40 and you feel this is your...
What does Move to Nurture mean?
I often get the question, "move to nurture what?" or "move to nurture who?" It is a great opener to start talking about self care. And how when you care for yourself, you nurture all the others in your life too. Move to nurture is my business name, it is my personal...
Positive body image and how to get it
If you are a parent or uncle or aunty or mentor to a young person in your life and you have ever struggled with loving your body how it is, this is for you. We know it is important to model positive body image for the children and young people in our lives. But what...