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To learn & inform ourselves; That is the greatest tool for personal power. We’re passionate about learning and we love nothing more than passing our knowledge on to you. We aim to empower your healthcare. Here you’ll find a collection of informative articles, do’s-&-don’ts, tips and recipes to enhance your wellbeing journey.
Welcome Winter with Our Annual Pilates Challenge!
A Challenge to welcome in the winter months and prepare our bodies with warming motivation and calm yet clear energy. It includes 18 x Pilates classes (3 x per week), 1 x Mindfulness Workshop with Micaela Hitchens @ 11am on 18.05.24, 1 x Wellbeing/Nervous System Workshop with Nicola Phoenix @ 11am on 18.06.24 and 1 x Gift Bag.
Essential Guide to Lymphoedema: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Options
You might have heard about it, or maybe you’ve been recently diagnosed. There’s a lack of information around this condition and it’s vitally important, so I want to do my best to shed some light.
7 Practical Tips for Managing Lymphoedema and Improving Quality of Life
Living with lymphoedema can be challenging, but there are practical tips for managing it in daily life. Read on to explore some of the most effective ways to cope with lymphoedema symptoms and improve your quality of life.
Beyond Detection: The Many Health Benefits of Breast Massage
While breast checks and self massage has become more widespread in the fight for early detection of breast cancer, breast massage benefits extend FAR beyond just ‘detecting abnormalities’.
Embracing Scoliosis: How Pilates Transformed My Life and Shaped My Journey
Scoliosis is SO common — and my scoliosis is fairly mild compared to some (a lot of people would be surprised to know I have it), but this is my story of how it’s shaped my life and how if you’ve got it, it could shape yours too.
Strengthening Your Glutes for Core Strength and Injury Prevention
We are spending more and more time sitting on our tushies, for some of us it’s hours and hours at a time with our work, and our glutes are paying the price.
Facial Lymphatic Drainage: More Than Just the Beauty Benefits
Lymphatic drainage is a gentle, hands-on massage technique where the lymphatic fluid is manually guided in a specific direction and with specific techniques so as to increase the uptake of fluid from your tissues and drainage from your system. FACIAL lymphatic drainage is then that same technique and theory but applied to the face.
Ergonomic Workstation Setup: Your Key to Comfort, Productivity, and Injury Prevention
Now don’t get me wrong, I set myself up on the couch with my computer on my lap and cup of tea so I’m ‘comfortably’ working just like everyone else… but then, like everyone else, I get back pain, neck pain and stiff hips and legs. Not such a ‘comfortable’ set up after all.
Maca Coffee Cacao Smoothie for Stress Relief and Energy
I originally called this smoothie “Contradiction” because it contains maca, an adaptogenic root known to contradict the stressful effects of caffeine, which is contained within both cacao & coffee.
Break Free from Sedentary Strain: Understanding the Effects of Prolonged Sitting and a 5-Minute Posture Reset
Do you spend long periods sitting down? On the computer? On the phone? Maybe driving? Let me give you just a few reasons why SITTING for prolonged periods can be so detrimental to your alignment.
Beyond Skin Deep: Understanding and Treating Scar Tissue for Long-Term Healing
I think the Red Hot Chili Peppers said it best – ‘Scar Tissue That I Wish You Saw’…
Relieving Discomfort Naturally: Our Top 4 Essential Oils for Pain Relief
Here are our TOP 4 FAVOURITE essential oils that we use in the studio to attack inflammation naturally and give relief to our clientele.