'Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself!' Leo Tolstoy A recent public opinion poll from the American Psychiatrist Association reported that citizens were anxious about their safety, their health, their finances, their relationships, their politics and their livelihoods. We are a nation of reactors rather than reflectors. When we [...]
The quote is correct from a functional movement point of view with reference to training elite sports people to become better at their game. Real sports performance happens on your feet, on the pitch, under the load of your own body weight and external resistance. However there are two missing key points with regards to [...]
Whether you are a professional footballer, a medic, a movement or manual therapist, a health profession or Joe Bloggs trying to live your best life. When you are truly working on living your best healthy life, healing from an injury or maintaining peak performance, you must look at organs and glands prior to muscles. On [...]
Have you heard of the iceberg theory popularised by Sigmeund Freud. He illustrates that 95 % of our behaviours and beliefs come from our mental life that lies beneath the surface. This metaphor represents the three levels of the mind: the conscious (visible tip), the preconscious (just below the surface), and the unconscious (vast submerged portion). The conscious mind consists of thoughts and perceptions that are fully aware at any moment, while the preconscious contains memories and thoughts that are not currently conscious but can be accessed with effort. The unconscious mind, however, is where much of our behaviour is influenced by hidden drives, fears, desires, and memories that shape our actions without our direct knowledge. This theory remains a powerful image of how much of our mental life lies hidden beneath the surface, offering insights into the structure and function of the mind. Everything that happens on the outside world whether it be war, famine, poverty, crime, politics is all linked with our deep subconscious [...]
Nisha Srivastava — Pilates Manchester / pilates4sport Nisha Srivastava Pilates Manchester & Pilates for Sport: Spirit in the Studio CHEK practitioner There is something truly special about working with Nisha. It is her spirit, authenticity and honesty. Her energy will lift you no matter what sort of day you have had, or what position you [...]
Whether you are suffering from Achilles tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, sciatic, a hamstring or gait faulty firing pattern such as Trendelenburg you need to address the body holistically. This means a top down approach, rather than bottom up. So in line with Paul Chek's totem pole, you look at everything from belief systems, to breathing, vestibular, [...]
Pilates Manchester never fails its athletes as it always comes from a place of honesty and integrity. We specialise in working in principles, so gentler forms of movement. We are not selling body building, strength and conditioning packages, physio or sprint/speed running, nor have we ever pretended to do so. Most athletes contact the studio [...]
Einstein said: 'The medicine of the future will be based on frequency'. When you learn to feel, you will heal. Remember we are dumbed down by distractions, poor quality nutrients filled with herbicides, pesticides and of rodenticides, disrupted sleep, dehydrated tissues, faulty breathing patterns, stinking thinking, poor movement practices and limited beliefs. If you don't [...]
Did you know that the frequency of authenticity is 40 times more powerful than the frequency of love. Most of us need to take off the mask of societal expectations and programming and live in the freedom of being your own authentic self. Most people are not broken they are just not breathing and living [...]
Is mouth breathing making you sick? Based on the anatomical function of the respiratory system, nose breathing is the best way to strengthen the entire human system. Based on research of Joseph Pilates, he only advocated for nose breathing. Nose breathing filters all the rubbish with nairs (small hairs) and also effects the shape of [...]
