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Pilates Mastery Workshops 2021

What’s to love about this Pilates immersion experience over and above your regular class ? Let’s just say our Pilates Mastery workshops will revitalise your Pilates Practice. The Turning Tide Mastery experience will take you further and deeper into Pilates by changing up your individual understanding. ...

Can Pilates help your painful feet ?

Can Pilates help your Foot pain ? Yes, Pilates can help your painful feet by improving the mechanics of the feet. Our feet can become painful for a variety of reasons. Shoes that don’t fit right can be a cause, also wearing shoes that are not fit for purpose.  Sports that impact the feet heavily like football, tennis, running, sprinting etc can cause the feet to become less elastic. The tightness in the feet and lower legs then creates even less elasticity and conditions like plantafascit...

What is the difference between Pilates and Yoga

Although they have vastly different histories, Pilates and Yoga do have many similarities.  Both practices are undeniably good for your health, utilise the breath, and strengthen the entire body in a low-impact way.  Pilates and Yoga are hugely popular around the globe. There are even hybrid classes such as Yoga-lates found in some studios!  However, despite the similarities, there are some distinct differences separating the two.  Read on to discover what makes each practice...

How you can exercise from anywhere with Pilates online

We know that life is busy. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you just can’t find a Pilates class that you can fit into your hectic schedule. Or ,you had a great schedule, but lock down levels are making it impossible to keep to. Instead of rearranging your life to fit in with a class, you can choose a Pilates online time that suits your commitments. Suddenly, it becomes so much easier to show up regularly and relax into your exercise routine. ...

Pilates Online can be made for you and your needs

We know that life is busy. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you just can’t find a Pilates class that you can fit into your hectic schedule. Or ,you had a great schedule, but lock down levels are making it impossible to keep to. Instead of rearranging your life to fit in with a class, you can choose a Pilates online time that suits your commitments. Suddenly, it becomes so much easier to show up regularly and relax into your exercise routine. Save Precious Time Choosing a class or a habit...

Move to better health

The greatest threat to our health, in this age of the internet, computer and TV is not moving enough. Many people are doing less and spending longer in front of screens. We know that sitting is the new smoking as they say and its contribution to the obesity epidemic is well covered.Sadly, it is not even enough to be a weekend warrior if you spend all week at a desk. We need to move for a few minutes in every hour as well.Here’s why. Our moving calf muscles act as pumps, squeezing the bloo...

The Health Benefits of Christmas!

Christmas may not be a time you naturally associate with health benefits, however there are some real up sides to this time of feasting and celebration. Christmas is a time when we gather together and connect with others close to us like family and we connect more socially in the wider community, in our work places, with our friends and neighbours.Surprisingly people who lack close relationships carry the same risk to their health as smokers and obese people. Loneliness is literally a killer.The...

What are Probiotics and can they help us in our search for good health?

Probiotics are microbe rich foods or supplements that help our digestion by encouraging the growth of “good” bacteria. We all have millions of bacteria living in our large intestine and throughout our gut and these microbes play an important role in processing the nutrients from our food.Each person has a unique “biome” or microbial environment in their gut. Our biome is both genetic / inherited and is also affected by diet, certain illnesses and medicines. When we have taken antibiotics...

Joe Pilates Story: The Early Years

It’s great to look at how the genius inventor and teacher Joe Pilates became one of the great influencers in physical fitness and wellness methods of the 20th and early 21st century. There were some key influences and events that shaped his life and his work. Like so many driven and exceptional people Joe had to overcome adversity many times in his life. Born in Germany in 1883 to a German mother and Greek father Joe was not a healthy well-developed child. He was a weak child suffering from Rh...

Mindfulness

We hear a lot about mindfulness at the moment. We hear that mindfulness will improve our lives, make us better partners and parents, help us succeed at work and improve our health and well-being. So first, what is mindfulness. Imagine. You are on holiday in a beautiful place. Let’s say you are lying on a lounger feeling warmth from the sun and a gentle breeze on your skin, the scent of flowers drifts by and you hear the ocean waves rolling onto the shore and maybe some birds nearby hopping and...

What is Pilates?

Pilates is a ‘who’ and a ‘what’. The exercise technique called Pilates is named after the man Joseph Pilates.   Joe was a practical genius, an inventor and an outstanding teacher who had a big effect on the world of physical fitness training and exercise. His Pilates classes are now taught all over the world, which was his dream. We have Pilates mat work in almost every suburb and many places are lucky enough to have a Pilates Studio too, we have Turning Tide Studio in Titirang...