A lower limb injury including knee or shoulder is often associated with a chronic core dysfunction unless it's an impact injury. In the Paul Chek system the core is everything minus the arm and legs, including the organs, respiration brain, eyes and head. My experience is that a dysfunction is a result of poor core [...]
This weekend I attended the most explorative somatic, sound and yoga workshop from the luscious Nikki Cohen at: 'Manchester Yoga central'. Nikki explored somatic movement in the physical, mental and emotional. We shook, bounced, vibrated, undulated, relaxed and breathed through a cosmic two hour meditative movement set. Her talent for music, instruments and sound truly [...]
At dance college we had what was called: 'Limbering sessions', these were ballistic type bouncing sessions to improve our flexibility in order to increase leg height, hip openers and turn out, but did this really help, and was it the right thing? Stretching isn't enough, and you will now find out why mobility is the [...]
Have you ever heard of: 'The caregiver archetype'? This is why you continue to take care of everyone else, before yourself. Most people will defend this action and I totally get it. But if this is correct, why are we asked to fit our own oxygen mask first on a plane, before others? This is [...]
Rehabilitation Pilates for athletes Did you know that Joseph Pilates had been a gymnast and bodybuilder. In 1912, he moved to England. There, he was a prize fighter, circus performer, and self-defence trainer at police schools and Scotland Yard. Joseph Pilates mother was also a naturopath, so he did have a holistic background. My personal [...]
'You have tight hamstrings, keep going and it will eventually loosen off! This lady has been practicing that's why she has the mobility, you have not been doing enough self practice'. Yoga/Pilates teacher So a few thoughts came up from the teacher saying this, are my hamstrings really short and tight or long and [...]
Whether I am training professional footballers for the world cup or an 83 year old grandma, the best results always come from an integrated approach. The mind and body are one, what you believe is what you become. From a survival point of view it's a top down. Now from a physical point, all movement [...]
Have you heard the saying: 'A heavy heart', 'Pulling on my heart strings', or 'Died of a broken heart?' Our heart centre connects the upper three domains of spirit with the lower three domains of the instincts and the body. An imbalance in the heart centre will effect our regulation of what is called: 'The [...]
