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06/06/2026

🍑Big Glute Energy.

If your glutes seem to be on an extended vacation while your lower back is working overtime, try this little trick.

Squeeze a Pilates ball behind your knee and suddenly your outer hip muscles have no choice but to join the party. 🎉

The result?

✅ Stronger glute activation
✅ Better hip stability
✅ Less lower back compensation
✅ A movement that’s surprisingly effective

Sometimes your body just needs the right invitation to use the muscles that have been ghosting you. 👻🍑

Have you tried this one before?

05/06/2026

🌶️ Bird Dog: Mild or Extra Spicy?

The bird dog is one of my favourite exercises for building core strength, coordination, and stability.

But here’s the thing…

You don’t need to jump straight to the hardest version.

✅ Beginner: Learn the movement pattern.
✅ Advanced: Add props to challenge control and stability and watch your core wake up REAL fast. 😅

Start where you’re at, then progress at your own pace. Add a weight in the hand, and gradually increase the challenge so your body adapts.

Less reps to start, more as your body gets stronger.

Which version are you tackling right now: Beginner or Advanced? 👇

05/06/2026

If you’re a dancer in your 30/40s… 🕺🏻…you’ll benefit from mobility that is supported by strength.

This weighted low lunge + twist sequence builds both at the same time.

We’re not just holding a lunge, we’re adding rotation, control, and load.

👆 This improves how you move in dancing and in everyday life:
🌀Twisting, 🙋🏻‍♀️reaching, 🦵stepping.

This kind of training can help you with:
🔷 deeper movement quality
🔷 smoother turns and transitions
🔷 stronger posture
🔷 more controlled hip and torso movement

Mobility becomes so much more useful when your body feels stable inside the movement.

I teach this step-by-step inside my Patreon. See you there!

30/05/2026

This exercise didn’t come naturally to me — and here’s why.

For a long time, I struggled with this.

🦖 A crooked tailbone.
🪑 Tight hip flexors.
🤖 Unhappy hamstrings.
🐌 An anterior tilt.

All working against me.

Progress wasn’t fast, and I had to make adjustments which weren’t always correct… 😅 But with constant little shifts over time, I eventually improved, and my body changed for the better.

So, remember! If something feels impossible in your body, it doesn’t mean that it’s “not for you.”

It just means… you need a different approach.

Your body isn’t wrong. It just needs some time and adjustments, and the right strategy. 👍 Keep going!

If this is something you’ve struggled with and you want to learn more, you’ll love my classes! 😉

19/05/2026

Take 2 minutes (or less even) to do these exercises for happy hips. Do this everyday and noticr how your movement improves. 🥳

🌟STRETCH: Deep Squat
Try go deeper as you hold. Add some gentle side to side movement. Stay here for 10 slow counts.

🌟 MOBILITY: Hip sway and tuck
Sway hips side to side, finding as much movement as your body allows. Then tilt your pelvis forward and back, think “tuck” and “arch”. Notice any areas that might feel stuck.

🌟 STRENGTH: Hip flexors
Lift one knee up, keeping hips level. Optional progression is to do this with a straight leg. After 8-10 lifts, hold your leg up for another 8-10 counts. Do both sides!

This is a great standing series to wake up the hips. Do it everyday for 1 week and feel the difference!

08/05/2026

This isn’t just a core exercise… it’s a flexibility test.

If you think this is about abs, guess again!

To fully extend your leg here, you need:
✅ Hamstring flexibility
✅ Hip mobility
✅ Core control

If one is missing — the movement changes. 👆
❌ Legs bend if hamstrings aren’t flexible enough.
❌ The pelvis shifts if the hips lack mobility.
❌ The lower back arches if the core isn’t strong.

So if any of these happen to you…
It’s not failure. It’s information.

Work within your range. Before progressing to this, stretch the hamstrings, mobilise the hips and pelvis, and fire up the core with simpler movements.

🌟 Build both strength and flexibility over time.

That’s how real progress happens.

If you want help putting this into a full routine, I teach guided classes on my Patreon 💜💚💛

18/02/2026

The final session in our Back to Groove Mini Series focused on stretching and mobility. Were you able to catch it live?

The full session is now available on my Patreon. 7 days of quick exercises. It doesn’t have to be done over a consecutive 7 days, life gets busy, I know! But if you do manage to fit it into 7 days, I would love to hear about it. And even if you don’t, feel free to pop me a message anytime.

Happy grooving! 🧘🏻‍♀️

Stretching time! We conclude our 7-day Back to Groove Mini Series with 15min of gentle stretching and mobility.Join me l...
10/02/2026

Stretching time! We conclude our 7-day Back to Groove Mini Series with 15min of gentle stretching and mobility.

Join me live on Patreon for this session, or catch the replay later for just $5. The full collection is also available for $18.

See you on the mat!

10/02/2026

A feel-good flow in yesterday’s Full Body Flow session. Grab this session on Patreon for $5 or get the full Back to Groove collection for $18.

Day 7 session will take place live on Patreon later today. Check my next post for details or follow the link in my bio.

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