Thought I'd let you know how my pilates adventure is getting along. Well gentle reader you'll be glad to now that I'm still attending weekly classes on Monday nights. My sillhouette is still gargantuan but I can definitely feel those core muscles contracting and sometimes I kid myself on that a long hidden waistline lurks below my voluminous clothes. That's what I tell myself and I intend to carry on till it is fact not fiction!! Unfortunately my budding meditation class has fallen after a few weeks but only because the class has shifted to Monday nights and something had to give. But every Continue Reading
New Year’s challenge – Pilates and Meditation
Each New Year starts for me with the idea that I've got one or two goals that I'd like to accomplish over the next year. Since free time's precious I usually pick hobbies or interests which sound enjoyable - like the year I attended a stained glass workshop at Pearsons in Liverpool (really enjoyed that!). This year though my choices could turn out to be life altering. It's pilates and meditation for me this year. Pilates because I don't enjoy exercise classes but want to improve my core strength and meditation because I'm interested in the mind-body connection and want to bring some calm Continue Reading