Just a quick note to all of you who completed our July 4 day intensive Mat Instructors course. (it was fantastic both myself and Mathew had a blast working with you) 

September 4th (exam day!!) is fast approaching and I hope that training is going well - any questions / assistance you need for Sept 4th assessment just give us a call.

See you all soon Joyce 

The workout beyond workouts – for those of you who want a tougher more aerobic class this is the ultimate BODYFIRM Pilates BOOTCAMP is fusing the TRX Suspension training system the Pilates Method & Core Ball

Designed by Joyce Gavin Pilates Master Trainer – This class is revolutionary and a unique BOOTCAMP fusion class to BODYFIRM Pilates Ireland

This class will in 40 minutes challenge your

• Core to the max
• Your Balance and flexibility
• Increase your Cardio capicity
• Increase you strength and tone

So come on down – improve your fitness, your tone, your sport – your overall well-being !

Small numbers in this unique Pilates Suspension BOOTCAMP

Pilates experience neccessary

Class times Wednesday  @ 6.00pm & 6.40pm Starting Sept 1st

Call 01 868 4600 to book – space limited

further details 01 8684600

Joe said this one year before he died at the age of 87.

Well luck him he started young – for us unfortunates who do have injuries and postural issues etc – thankfully Pilates  is keeping us together !

Never to early or too late to start – so lets get out there and knock on doors and inspire the young and not so young to get involved is this timless wonderful technique

Have a fanastic day

Omshanti

Joyce

-Joseph Pilates, letter to clients, 1939

Good morning every one Happy Wednesday — have you managed to move this week ? 30 minutes of Pilates every day will not make you feel better, help with the activites of daily living (ADL’s) but will give you 30minutes to your self. where your mind can unwind and for that brief moment you will feel fully connected

So come on find some space and time and just a few flowing movements to open your joints, your muscles, your heart , your lungs and your mind …  get moving

Namaste to you all today

Joyce

Hi Folks, just a quick note to thank you all for your attendance and feed back on

our Pilates workshop for women living and surviving breast cancer.

It was great to see old faces and welcome new ones to our studio. It was  a pity about the ash, as we missed Rachel from London, (understandably she could not risk it just in case! ) we look forward to seeing her again soon.

Your feed back was fantastic, Emma and I are both trilled you enjoyed your day, the hard work and effort was well worth it.

Remember do come back to us with any questions you may have, and remember take your time with the material, it is complex enough.

We will keep in touch with you about the future developments on the course.

Yours Joyce

On may 8th we are running an informative workshop for suitably qualified Pilates instructors  on Pilates based restorative movements for women recovering from breast cancer – this is not a substitute for any medical / therapy treatment -

our mission with this workshop is to work with the  growing support for research that suggests moderate exercise can aid post-operative breast cancer recovery and improve quality of life for women who been through a breast cancer operation.
In the field of health and fitness, as its main focus is to ‘building body core strength and stability’, Pilates is acknowledged as an accessible form of training where exertion is considered to be relatively moderate.
Employing Pilates to aid recuperation is not a new idea. Specific Pilates programs have been successfully employed to aid recovery and recuperation in many health conditions.
Progressive Pilates for Breast Cancer Rehabilitation is devised on the central Pilates principle of building body core strength and stability.
This advanced Pilates program is sensitively designed to assist breast cancer survivors with a comfortable recovery and resumption of a more active lifestyle.
The holistic program is designed to aid the restoration of harmony, strength and mobility as well as range of motion not only in the shoulder girdle but in the entire body. It also addresses muscular imbalances due to specific surgeries.
Our workshop will provide the instructor with the knowledge and skills to assist women who are in post-operative recovery and help them in rebuilding their strength, self-esteem and quality of life

Instructors  join us on May 8th at our workshop it promises to be an inspirational day.

Joyce @ BODYFIRM Pilates Ireland 01 868 4600

full details can be found on http://www.bodyfirmpilates.com/blog/instructor-up-skill-workshops-master-classes/

Irish Times article

www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/magazine/2010/0410/1224267997487.html

Year of the Dragon Boats , Irish Times on Sat 10th of April by  CHARLOTTE COLEMAN-SMYTH

ACTIVE APPROACH: Up to 20 women, each one a survivor of breast cancer, will make up Ireland’s first dragon boat team

BODYFIRM Pilates studios urge you all to check out

The dragon-boat open day is on April 17th, 11am-1pm, at Waterways Ireland Visitor Centre, Grand Canal Quay, Dublin 2. Admission is free.

or www.plurabellepaddlers.com

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In our busy lives  and indeed the older we are getting while we still need to move for health we sometimes cannot face the hours of exercise we where once capable of.

Isn’t great that there is such a wonderful system like Pilates – this system with as little as 30 minutes per day will have such a positive effect on your posture, well-being and ease of movement.

So come on either in a class, personal training or indeed solo at home – get into Pilates – its never too late ! and I should know I am now a proud member of the over 50’s club !

Folks below is another inspirational quotation from the great man himself

have a great week everybody

Joyce

“Contrology (Pilates) is complete coordination of body, mind, and spirit. Through Contrology you first purposefully acquire complete control of your own body and then through proper repetition of its exercises you gradually and progressively acquire that natural rhythm and coordination associated with all your subconscious activities. “

Physical fitness is the first requisite of happiness. Our interpretation of physical fitness is the attainment and maintenance of a uniformly developed body with a sound mind fully capable of naturally, easily, and satisfactorily performing our many and varied daily tasks with spontaneous zest and pleasure. Joseph Pilates

What a wonderful statement ‘a sound mind fully capable of naturally, easily, and satisfactorily performing our many and varied daily tasks with spontaneous zest and pleasure

This encapsulates why people enjoy participating in Pilates, it is a physical system (and remember it is a system built over mat and many varied Pilates machines) that is about posture – bringing us back to 8 loadable joints, that is not just about physical fitness, jumping, higher, driving the ball further, staying injury free, (while you get all those benefits as well)

but is about having a body that is in balance that assists you and how you live your life and lets you move with ease.

Since this wonderful system was developed our style of living has changed considerably, we have remotes for everything, drive everywhere, sit most of the time and forget that we are bodies of energy and movement for health and well being is essential. When we are not moving we become stagnant and this can manifest it losing flexibility and pain from postural dysfunction.

We owe it to our clients that spend most of their day in flexion to open them up, starting classes with some balance and breathing work, (open up and balance your clients they will love you for it)

Then some extensions work with our lovely swan dive, grasshopper or breaststroke, even the simple cat to camel. Open their chests to allow for the shoulder/scapular stability that we are all so conscious in our cuing; indeed open them up so they can breathe!

Our intention in our class plans should be based on who is coming to our class, not following the running order blindly, which as we all know is very flexion oriented in its first 9 or so exercises.

So take a moment think about your next course, pick exercises that bring your clients back into balance, opened up and feeling taller – they will love you for it and more importantly they will come back for more

If you are interested in becoming a Pilates Instructor or up-skilling workshops with up to the minute information then call the PROGRESSIVE Pilates Academy (ERPI M) Irelands Number 1 Mind Body Educator 01 868 4600 www.bodyfirmpilates.com

open up and balance your clients they will love you for it

Just a short note to keep you updated on the next few months

• On Feb 13th Master Classes in Mat and Reformer
• On Feb 13th Workshop on the 30minute BLITZ workouts
• On March 6th Master classes in Mat and Reformer
• On March 6th Workshop in AIS stretching and Foam rolling

For full Master Class and Workshop details click here

Please note a date change and apologies for any inconvenience caused

the workshop :Breast Cancer Exercise Rehabilitation based on Pilates Principles is now on May 8th & 9th full details click here

Due to a date clash with the 6 Nations Welsh game we have changed the PPM1 course in March to April  full details click here

On March 6th we are adding a workshop on AIS stretching (active isolated stretching) and Foam Rolling- these two systems are fantastic for assisting with clients who have restricted movement due to postural deviations full details click here

I look forward to seeing you soon

Regards Joyce