Archive for the ‘Posture’ Category
Friday, July 15th, 2011
Hi everyone – ok its not sunny but it is still a wonderful day.
How about taking a few minutes today for your self and experience the benefits of 360° Pilates. Here is a little routine I have just completed earlier this morning I hope you feel as good following it as I do.
Breath deeply as you perform each movement – clear your mind and give YOURSELF
- Standing breath – 10 rounds of breating circling the arms
- Forward bend – just hang and enjoy for 2 minutes breath into any tight spots
- Cat to camel – 10 rounds to loosen up that tired spine
- Swan dive – just hold it here and breath – 1 to 2 minutes
- Hundred – just hold and feel the breath going wide and full 1 to 2 minutes
- Rolling ball – stretch and massage your spine 1 minute
- Saw – dont forget to honor centre as you rotate from side to side 1 mintue
- Mermaid 3 repitations but hold each one in strech for 30seconds
- Star - hold for up to 1 minute (if you get tired go onto your forearm )
- Repeat on opposite side
- Plank – hold for 1 to 2 minutes (again if you tire go to forearms)
- Now just sit and breath for up to 5 minutes clear your mind
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Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Hi there
Here we are in summer !
Come and join me in a celebration of movement another unique Body firm Master Class
An instructors master class like never before
Breath as if it is your first breath
Experience the stillness the stretch the openness of yin yoga
Followed by the flow and strength of the Pilates (yang)
To explain
Yin and yang movements are necessary and supplement each other of our mental and physical wellbeing
In our yin practice we will focus on postures that will gently stretch and rehabilitate the meridian fascia tissues ( connective tissue) and joints
While in our yang Pilates practice we will focus on muscular strength and tone
Duration: 75 minute master class on July 16th
Cost: €25
Space limited 18
Time: 11am
Payment in full required to confirm your space
call 01 868 4600 or email training@bodyfirmpilates.com
Book now Your body will thank you for it
I look forward to seeing you and sharing this wonderful class with you
Joyce
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
Unique workshops coming
The PROGRESSIVE Pilates Academy @ BODYFIRM Studios
to book call 01 868 4600
- Pilates mat and Kettle bell training – add that extra umph to your mat work
- In the Pink Pilates - routines / traing plans for the survivors of Breast Cancer
- 30minute Blitz – 2 new 30 blitz classes – ideal for the client with time pressures
- Sport Pilates for your game – including Golf
Further details – dates – costs and times will be here soon !!!
looking forward to seeing you soon.
Joyce
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Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Two new classes unique to BODYFIRM Pilates – check this out TRX Training
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
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Wednesday, May 26th, 2010
“I must be right. Never an aspirin. Never injured a day in my life. The whole country, the whole world, should be doing my exercises. They’d be happier.”
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
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Wednesday, May 19th, 2010
“The mind, when housed within a healthful body, possesses a glorious sense of power.”
-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
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Monday, May 10th, 2010
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
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
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/
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Tuesday, April 13th, 2010
Check this out I thought it would be of interest to you all
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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