Vertigo – wooooaah!

During my time as a Pilates instructor, I have twice had clients who had an attack of vertigo during class. It’s a most unpleasant experience for the sufferer – sudden onset of extreme dizziness, often accompanied by nausea. The first time it happened in one of my classes, I was fortunate that another client from

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Buff Bones: build bone through weight-bearing exercise, resistance exercise & impact

Having trained with Rebekah Rotstein in London recently, I am now a ‘Buff Bones’ instructor and from September will be offering Buff Bones classes along with my regular Pilates mat classes.  I am also running taster classes in Cashel on Wednesday 19th June at 9.45am and 6.30pm. What is Buff Bones? Buff Bones is a

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Life-changing bread

One of the often-quoted sayings of Joseph Pilates is that “in 10 sessions you will feel the difference, in 20 you will see the difference, and in 30 you’ll have a whole new body”. Through teaching pilates, I meet lots of people who would indeed like to “get a whole new body”. For some, the

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Starting pilates: tips

There is so much to take on board in the early classes that there isn’t always time for me as instructor to ‘say’ it all; I find it’s better to get clients moving and for them to embody the principles along the way. But it helps to have some background knowledge, so here are some

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