Pilates Kildare

30/10/2023

07/02/2023

🛑 If you’ve done Pilates only on a yoga mat – this post is for you ❣️

Pilates is amazing and the mat work is for sure challenging and rewarding.

Working with your own body, moving it against gravity and finding strength as well as some beautiful stretches is wonderful.

Doing so with a wonderful teacher makes it more effective.

BUT...

What if I tell you you can have MORE THAN JUST ONE TEACHER to direct you, challenge you, make you pay attention to what you’re doing?

Well... you CAN📍
And not only that, in many ways you’ll have Mr. Pilates himself be your teacher 👴

Yes, it’s the Mat repertoire that came first, and then Pilates invented all those “machines”, and he explained why he did it:

“I invented all these machines.
I thought ‘why use my strength’?
So I made a machine to do it for me.”

The “machines” are giving you what Joseph Pilates wanted you to feel in your movement – they’re his guiding hands 🤲🏼

On top of that, you have an in-person teacher that can help you understand better, explain further, and make sure you’re getting what you individually need to move better, more efficiently, pain-free and confident 💖

Each piece of equipment was invented to help teach you an aspect of your movement.

The principle is the same but, the quality may be different. This is why experiencing more than just one “machine” and combining the mat-work gives you both a COMPREHENSIVE Pilates movement and an INDIVIDUAL experience.

So,

If you’ve never used any of the Pilates equipment and want to have Joe’s hands and strength to support you (as well as a teacher that will make it personal to you) – join us with our Comprehensive L1 courses 👁️‍🗨️

📢 We have one starting this coming Thursday (Feb 9th) @ 7:15pm.

https://pilateskildare.as.me/?appointmentType=40394803

05/12/2022

This time of year can be stressful.

It can feel
busy,
intense
feverish
exciting

It can be tense
(not necessarily in a bad way)

That tension lives in the body.
It makes you feel all of the things.

I love becoming familiar with those sensations.
The twinkling December lights
that light the face
spark the eyes
or shin on a tear.

warm up the heart ,
making it race,
sending some chills down the spine...

EASE INTO IT ALL
BREATHE & MOVE WITH IT.

Happy festive season everyone ⭐

10/11/2022

Supporting Women
After Pregnancy & Childbirth.

Pregnancy & Childbirth are amazing events that lead to amazing changes in who we are as women.
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Those changes affect who we are, what we do, how we feel in almost all areas of life.

Changes are not always easy, even when we welcome them with open arms 🫶 and hearts 💞

There are challenges, difficult moments and adjustments to navigate through - physically, mentally & emotionally because the body had been through a lot, our psyche had been through a lot and physiologically we've been through a lot - not to mention that taking care of a baby is no small feat in any of those areas...

With that ☝️ in mind (and heart, and a few other organs and systems the body is made of) and knowing WE'RE NOT MEANT TO DO THIS ALONE without SUPPORT, knowledge and attention a Comprehensive Course/Program for PostNatal / Postpartum is added into our Nov-Dec term.

Like all our courses, this is not just about taking "a class".

🪷 It's about taking the time to block the noise that surrounds us (literally from the outside world but also the internal chatter we have with ourselves.

🪷 It's about shared experiences with others.

🪷 It's about learning about what it is that feel and how the interaction between the *sensory-feel* and *psychological-feel* come together.

🪷 It's about acquiring know-hows, skills and strategies that are RELEVANT and HELPFUL to where we are, where YOU are - right now.

If you had a baby and you're between 6 weeks to 18 month to giving birth - this course is aimed for you.

It's all about what you and your body had gone through, going through and the moment and the support to help you move through and beyond.

If you want to know more or have a chat about your experiences - reach out in messenger.

Aoifeღ

06/11/2022

I read an article about a month ago about one women’s struggles and how she finally got to start with exercising.
(I’ll link the article in the comments).

It was an interesting read and she addressed *one aspect* of what was stopping her from getting back into running – something she wanted to embrace at the start of the pandemic.

She says:

“I like being good at things, and I quit exercising because I wasn’t willing to be bad at it.”

In her case about running she needed to be ok being bad at running and of course, that stands to reason –
you can not *get back* to running and expect yourself to be a good runner straight off the bat.

She decided to set a small, set a not so “ambitious” goal for herself to just run for 1 minute everyday.
This, seemed to have worked for her.

It was easier for her to commit to that 1 minute a day – and found that a lot of the times that 1 minute commitment actually got to her run for more than that and after a while she was already in the habitual zone, a routine established...

But there is SO MUCH MORE when it comes to motivation.

It’s a lot more than just to get to a state of mind (other known as “mindset” nowadays) and convincing your ego to let go of a big goal and aiming for smaller task (like deciding to run for 1 minute a day).

At times, and for many people I know, the self talk
>> come on, just 1 minute,
>> you can do this”

is just as a challenging as
> Come-on, just 20/30/60 minutes and you’re done <

➺ We all KNOW we should be “exercising” – or need to adopt a more active life.

➺ We all KNOW that the sedentary life style of the 21st century is not good for us – it’s bad for both our physical and emotional health.

AND

➺ Despite knowing that exercising would cut your risk of heart disease in half.

➺ DESPITE knowing that exercise radically reduces the probability you’ll get cancer or diabetes

➺ DESPITE knowing exercises is at least as effective as prescription medication when it comes to reducing depression and anxiety.

➺ DESPITE knowing it will improve your memory and learning, and that it makes our brains more efficient and more powerful....

DESPITE ALL THAT ☝
and with all our beautiful plans on how we fit an activity into lives, we either DON’T ACTUALLY GET STARTED or,
we start and than find it really hard to stick with it and WE STOP.

🚩 TRUTH IS
THE GOOD OLD CLAIMS ABOUT EXERCISE JUST DON'T CUT IT AS MOTIVATORS FOR MOVING OUR BODIES.

Our motivation and ability to follow through has very little to do with the depth of our convictions, our understanding of the benefits or even the strength of our willpower!

💥 It has to do with HOW WE FEEL💥

IT’S TIME TO *SUPPORT OURSELVES* TROUGH MOVEMENT

➦ Instead of running around like headless chicken,
what if we actually take the time to feel relaxed & focused ✅

➦ Instead of toning our muscles or burning calories
what if we supported our moods and regulate our nervous system✅

There's so much going on in our lives now,
WHAT IF we stop looking at moving our bodies as "building a muscles" chore (added to list of chores we already have ...)???

The cool thing is that when you do make that shift, you'll get the physical benefits too 😊

If this rings true for you and you’re ready to start moving to support yourself through movement it is not too late to join our Nov-Dec programmes.

Maybe now is the time for you to take the first step? If so, we’re here for you.

You can book here:
https://pilateskildare.as.me/Nov22Courses

DM for any questions or concerns you might have ❣

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28/10/2022

⏰ The clocks are going back this coming weekend.

Days are getting shorter, colder (and wetter) and the long dark evening are settling in...

If anything it's important that we keep moving ourselves during the coming winter month - and when we do, WE NEED TO MOVE AS MUCH OF OURSELVES AS POSSIBLE!

To keep ourselves STRONG, HEALTHY, FLEXIBLE the variety of movement is important and as we naturally tend to do less in the winter month, being strategic about the physical activity we do is key.

Our November-December 6-week Pilates programs are designed exactly for that:

❉ Variety of Movement - taking your body to all possible movement directions (with and without resistance) to move ALL OF YOU and keeping your entire body away from tension, stress & stiffness for optimal function.

❉ Variety of Resistance - using movement against the springs of the Pilates equipment (Reformer/Tower) AND just your-own body weight against gravity allows us to keep our body's ability to adapt to the different forces.

So here's our heartfelt invitation for you to join us in our 6-week programs of Nov-Dec 2022:

WE ARE STARTING AFTER THE MID-TERM BREAK
The week of November 7th.

🎄 Programs finishing Dec. 15th - plenty of time for all the last min preparations of the festive season

💃🕺 Weekly classes of 60min - packed with variety of movement and resistance to keep you flexible, mobile and pain free.

⁂ Small intimate groups - making sure your get more individual attention, making sure you're getting the most out of your time by addressing your individual body and needs.

Our programs run in progressive levels:
Beginners (L1) ► Beyond Basics (L1/2) ► Intermediate (L2)

This is the time to make sure you don't stop moving and get into taking care of ourselves THIS YEAR (before another year goes by ...)

DM for more details and we'll also send you a quick questionnaire to understand where you are and where you would like to be before the year ends so you are clear on what will help you the most.

xx
Aoifeღ