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.
4 tips for your summer routine
Why love a summer routine? Summer routine is something we can learn from the flowers. In fact all living things respond subtly to the seasons and that's what a summer routine supports you to do. I teach movement and Pilates in Lennox Head, Ballina and Byron Bay,...
Why do an annual reflection?
An annual reflection is ... when you take some time to look back on the decisions and choices you have made over the last year and reflect on whether or not they are taking you towards what you truly want. Does life ever feel like it's dragging you through a bush...
Stiff every morning? Try these moves
Waking up feeling stiff every morning is not a great way to start the day. It can make you apprehensive about getting out of bed and no matter how old you are can make you feel one hundred years old! In Lennox Head in the northern rivers of New South Whales I teach...
Reasons to love your roller
Reasons to love your roller! Do you have a roller that you bought during lockdown for classes and now you never use it? I want to give you some ideas for home practice so you can benefit from having such a fantastic piece of equipment at home. Now, to be honest,...
What you need to know about your Psoas
Your Psoas muscles are the keys to good posture and pain free movement. Read that again. Your Psoas muscles are the keys to good posture and pain free movement. In the movement world whole books have been written about the Psoas ( and I have read them so you don't...
What to do when you have shoulder pain
Do you have shoulder pain? You may have a diagnosed injury such as a rotator cuff injury or frozen shoulder. Or you may feel pinching or strain around your shoulders affecting the range of movement of your arm. You may experience tightness in your shoulders...
5 reasons to look after your pelvic health (at any age)
Pelvic health is usually not your top priority, I get that, but pelvic health actually gets you closer to your health goals than you think! At my Pilates studio in Lennox Head I work with clients to improve movement, reduce pain and build strength and flexibility. The...
Why you need to stop judging your body
It doesn't matter what exercise you are doing, or not doing, stop judging your body and you will get so much more out of it! I hear it from clients a lot, "this is my bad hip", "this is my 'lazy' leg", "my knees are atrocious", "my back is a mess", "I have no core"....
Tips for starting a new habit
Starting a new habit can be tough and now that our New Years resolutions are distant memories it's a good time to check in with how we are tracking towards our health goals. We all have new habits we want to make a part of our lives!As a Pilates teacher teaching...