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.
Embrace your unique Pilates journey: the dangers of comparing yourself to others in class
Embrace Your Unique Journey: The Dangers of Comparing Yourself in an Exercise Class Your Pilates journey is unique. Today, we're diving into a topic that many of us grapple with: the dangers of comparing yourself in an exercise class. It's natural to look around and...
Pilates and movement for lung health
Pilates and Movement for Lung Health: A Breath of Fresh Air for Women Over 40 One area often overlooked is lung health. For women over 40, maintaining strong and healthy lungs is crucial to overall well-being, and Pilates offers a wonderful way to support this. Let's...
How to stick to exercises – Embrace your self-care
Welcome to Move to Nurture Pilates, a space dedicated to helping midlife women reconnect with their bodies. Today, we’re focusing on a vital aspect of self-care: sticking to the exercise routines prescribed by your health professional. These exercises are designed not...
Avoid recurring back pain
Recurring Back Pain Do you have recurring back pain after your favourite activities, whether that’s being on a surf board or playing sport? If you've got recurring back pain, the condition of your glutes may be your problem. I am Brigid from Move to Nurture Pilates...
Older equals stronger with Pilates
Age may bring wisdom and experience, but does it have to mean a decline in strength? Absolutely not, older equals stronger with Pilates. In fact, as we journey through life, embracing our inner strength becomes more crucial than ever. And what better way to achieve...
Pilates and your pelvic floor
Pilates and You As women, we navigate through various stages of life. From the joys of motherhood to the transformative journey of menopause, our bodies undergo seismic changes, particularly around the pelvic floor. The pelvic floor, a critical yet often overlooked...
Pilates exercises to avoid for women over 40
Welcome to Move to Nurture Pilates, where I believe that movement and self-discovery should be a joyful journey, especially for the women in their 40s to 70s who grace my studio. I get it; life’s aches and pains, like those pesky back twinges, hip discomfort, and knee...
The Safe Path to Fitness: Why Pilates is the Ideal Choice for Women Navigating Midlife
The Safe Path to Fitness: Why Pilates is the Ideal Choice for Women Navigating MidlifeIf you are looking for a safe path to fitness, Pilates has your back! Teaching in the Lismore, Goonellabh area I get to help hundreds of women improve their health with Pilates every...
2 things I wish every client would do
Breath and Pilates are intimately connected, just like our mind body connection. Get deeper with your Pilates practice with these two tips.