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Pilates Self-Care Saturday: Strengthening Your Immune System
A warm bowl of golden vegetable soup sits in sunlight, symbolising nourishing winter self-care. As we head into the season of colds, flus, and all those unwelcome bugs, self-care takes on a new level of importance. This is the time to be deliberate about how you treat your body. A strong immune system doesn’t happen by accident, it’s built daily through your choices, your movement, your food, and your rest. Here are some ways to give your immune system the best support this s

Michael King
7 hours ago2 min read
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Pilates Self-Care Saturday: The Power of Warm Water for Muscles and Joints
Soft warm lighting highlights the gold faucet and cheerful duck, creating a peaceful self-care atmosphere. A warm bath or shower does more than clean the day off. It helps your body recover and stay mobile, especially if you’ve been training or teaching all week. Ten quiet minutes in warm water can ease tension and improve recovery without effort. Warm bath or shower.  Keep it simple. Hot water loosens muscles and slows your mind down long enough to notice you exist. Add Epso

Michael King
Oct 182 min read
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Pilates Thoughtful Tuesday: The Power of How We React
Silence becomes power as she listens, holding steady in control and self-awareness. Every day, things come at us fast. Conversations, opinions, traffic, emails, people talking over us, small frustrations, and sometimes bigger ones that hurt. We cannot stop what happens, but we can choose how we react. That is often the only real control we have. Our reactions are habits we build. When we practise stillness, calm, or curiosity in place of anger or defence, we start to reclaim

Michael King
Oct 142 min read
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Pilates Soulful Sunday: The Comfort of Cats and the Science of Sharing Your Bed
Cat rests peacefully on the bed, embodying calm, comfort, and the healing rhythm of stillness. Some people wrinkle their noses at the...

Michael King
Oct 122 min read
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Pilates Soulful Sunday: Gratitude for the Body
Calm focus on the Reformer, showing gratitude through controlled, mindful movement and gentle breath. Gratitude gets thrown around so...

Michael King
Oct 51 min read
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Pilates Fitness Friday: Pilates and the Rowing Machine
Athletic alignment on rowing machine highlights Pilates principles of core strength and control. Walk into any gym and you’ll see the...

Michael King
Oct 32 min read
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Wellness Wednesday: Sleep Upgrades That Matter
A small bedroom with two people and pets shows how CO2 levels rise overnight. Getting good sleep isn’t about luck. It’s about creating...

Michael King
Oct 12 min read
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Pilates Thoughtful Tuesday: Misaligned Circadian Rhythms
A countryside split in half, glowing moonlit night meets radiant golden sunrise. If you are always tired or find yourself dragging...

Michael King
Sep 302 min read
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Pilates Soulful Sunday: What Defines You
Three stones engraved with words reflect the essence of identity beyond material possessions. We often hear that what we wear, what we...

Michael King
Sep 281 min read
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Self-Care Saturday: Choosing the Right AI for the Right Job
A modern laptop screen showing AI with a chat bubble reading ASK ME. AI is no longer something on the horizon, it’s already in your...

Michael King
Sep 272 min read
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Pilates Wellness Wednesday: Wellness, and Hearing Loss
An woman struggles to hear, highlighting the silent challenges of hearing loss. Hearing loss often creeps in without notice. It is not...

Michael King
Sep 242 min read
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Pilates Soulful Sunday: Pressing Pause
Sitting with tea, pausing to breathe, the Solway view reminds me to be present. There are times when I step away from being productive. I...

Michael King
Sep 211 min read
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Pilates Self-Care Saturday: Listen to Your Body
Joyful woman dancing in her living room with headphones, moving freely and smiling brightly. There’s a difference between discipline and...

Michael King
Sep 201 min read
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Pilates Soulful Sunday: Choosing the Present Over Fear
A calm breath in the forest, reminding us the present moment is precious. Lately I’ve been thinking about how much energy we waste...

Michael King
Sep 141 min read
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Pilates Self-Care Saturday: Start the Day with Water
A woman drinks a glass of water at sunrise, rehydrating her brain and body for clarity. The first thing you put into your body each...

Michael King
Sep 131 min read
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Pilates Fitness Friday: The Goldilocks Zone of Exercise
Three shoes symbolise exercise extremes, with the middle pair representing the balanced Goldilocks zone. In fitness, more is not always...

Michael King
Sep 121 min read
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Pilates Thoughtful Tuesday: Building Resilience in Teaching and Practice
A Pilates teacher demonstrates resilience in practice, using mindful control on the Reformer. Neuroscientists are now showing us what...

Michael King
Sep 92 min read
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Pilates Soulful Sunday: We Are One with Nature
An artist’s palette transforms into a living landscape, symbolising nature’s gift of colours. Have you ever paused beneath a tree and...

Michael King
Sep 73 min read
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Pilates Self Care Saturday: Managing Stress with Modern Tools
Bright colours contrast her mood, as overwhelming stress and anxiety take centre stage. Stress is something we all recognise, yet it is...

Michael King
Sep 62 min read
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Pilates Wellness Wednesday: New Paths to Rejuvenation
A person relaxes in silence, bathed in the glow of a rejuvenating red mask. The wellness world is constantly buzzing with new...

Michael King
Sep 32 min read
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