Staying physically fit during pregnancy can be difficult, especially if you're not in shape to begin with. You're generally more tired, sometimes uncomfortable and possibly concerned about the effects of exercise on your developing baby. Between the extremes of doing nothing and going all out, there is a highly regarded…

This is where everything comes together. The body and the brain are so seamlessly connected and as a result movement flows as if it were coming from an orchestra. Every minute detail is easily controlled, nothing appears stilted as the nervous systems, musculoskeletal and myofascial system all blend effortlessly. “The…

The closer our bodies are aligned to our center, the more efficient our movement will be. Pilates has a strong focus on alignment throughout all different body positions and movements. Through the use of specifically designed Pilates equipment, correct alignment is able to be progress from the safer and more…

Principal 2 - Axial Elongation and Core Control This principle is all about 'posture, posture, posture'. Axial elongation places the body in its optimal position to increase available degrees of freedom and increase the efficiency of your movement. It's important to keep in mind your spine has a natural curve…

Principle 1 - Breathing This is arguably the number one most important principle of Pilates, the one that so many people get wrong and more often than not, the major reason why people complain of not feeling an exercise where their instructor is telling them they should! After all when…

Many of you have probably at one point or another in your exercising lifetime trilled a Pilates class whether it was a mat class or studio session. Some of you may have felt you got a lot out of it while for others of you it may have felt all…

Mindfulness is the current ‘buzz word’ in a wide variety of health sciences! Its influence has spread from eastern meditative practices through to western psychology and the mental health sciences and now into our everyday social lives. We know the evidence behind the benefits of mindfulness on our mental health,…

Our nutritionist Shannon spent all weekend at the Australian Fitness and Health Expo gaining knowledge from nutrition, fitness and health speakers from around Australia. Top health experts were on hand to answer questions and reveal their own training and nutrition programs. Shannon was slowly overloaded with samples and information flyers,…

The prevalence of food allergies in children is increasing like an epidemic. The ray of hope lies in possible new methods of treatment which could desensitise allergies in individuals for the rest of their lives. When you suffer from a food allergy, your immune system reacts to that food substance…

In the past few decades, a scientific revolution has occurred in the understanding of the experience of pain. It's an exciting area full of new theories, hypothesis, studies and slowly emerging facts. However, behind all the excitement there still remains some confusion. This weeks blog aims to uncover some of…

This is not a simple question to answer! The term 'core' means different things to different people and is a point of confusion in the movement, training, muscuo-skeletal and orthopedic world! A quick Google search (which returned 1, 150, 000,000 results) gives such definitions as; "Abdominal and back muscles" "Deep…

Caught your self being a little more aware of your 'neutral spine' in this past week? Good! The first step to improving your posture is awareness! Hopefully if you read my previous post 'what is a neutral spine' you now have a clearer understanding on the concept of 'neutral'. However,…