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This breathing technique can help you to relax, reduce stress or get to sleep. Make yourself comfortable and start with a full exhalation. Inhale through your nose and count to four Hold your breath and count to seven Exhale fully through your mouth as you count to eight, while making a whoosh sound Repeat for … More 4-7-8 Breathing

Overview Your pelvic floor refers to the set of muscles around your bladder, bottom, and vagina or penis. They form a sling which supports your pelvic organs. To feel your pelvic floor muscles, imagine that you are trying to stop the flow of urine (although to avoid bladder problems, you should not actually do this … More Your Pelvic Floor

I have recently been awarded the Duty to Care badge from UK Coaching, which recognises my understanding of the areas of Diversity, Inclusion, Mental Health, Safeguarding and Wellbeing in relation to the sport and physical activity sector.

When you’re pregnant, being active is important for both you and your baby. It can help to keep you both healthy and it’s safe for your developing baby. Being active after your baby is born has lots of benefits too. It’s usually recommended that you take a break from exercise between 8 and 14 weeks. … More Pilates in Pregnancy

I have recently signed up as a supervising teacher for Body Control Pilates. This means that I will be helping trainee teachers gain practical experience during my mat classes. Trainees have to complete both observation hours and supervised teaching hours. What does this mean for you? a trainee teacher may come to observe your mat … More Supervised Teaching

I am insured with EMD UK, who are running a scheme for instructors to declare that they are taking all appropriate NGB and Government measures to run COVID-19 compliant classes, including appropriate social distancing, hygiene, and risk assessments. You can view my certificate below.

For 4 weeks from 25 Jan-21st of Feb 2021, CFN will be raising awareness across our social media (Facebook, Insta and Linkedin and Twitter) of all of the wonderful things that instructors and community facilities have been involved in through lockdowns 1, 2 and 3; and all the bits in between to support the physical, … More #lockdownlife

In Pilates, we work the pelvic floor muscles together with the deep abdominal muscles and muscles alongside your spine (multifidus), to stabilise your trunk. We call this action centring and it is one of our basic principles. By strengthening these muscles, they are better able to support your back and can help you manage or … More Centring