YOGA | FITNESS
Achieve total body conditioning with low impact and safe PILATES, YOGA and FITNESS exercises.
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Pilates
PILATES has a focus on engaging the mind and the body at the same time. This creates exercise that uses the entire body, which is all performed with attention to breathing, precise form/posture, focus and efficiency in movement. Core stability is a big focus, other benefits include improved strength, flexibility & balance. Pilates trains us to move efficiently & develop core strength, rather than holding our posture with superficial musculature.
Using the deep core muscles- abdominals, back, glutes, inner thighs and pelvic floor- to support our posture allows the shoulders to relax, the neck and head to move freely, and relieves stress on the back, hips, legs and feet.
Daily tasks become easier and falls and injuries are less likely to occur.
YOGA poses and sequences are specifically chosen to be safe for all, no handstands or overstretching etc. (approved by the Fitness Industry Standards for safety), based on the traditional science of Hatha Yoga and the meditative flow of Vinyasa Yoga with modifications to enhance accessability and benefits for all. Some benefits include improved mental health, mobility, strength, flexiblity and range of motion.
Moving and breathing consciously enhances well being and helps develop the skill of mindfulness releasing tension and restlessness in the body and mind, resulting in physical relaxation and stress reduction..."Being in the flow"... Classes always end with mindfulness or meditation which guarantees you'll leave feeling calm and centered.
"The flow state...Unite body, mind and breath by cultivating a moving meditation to energise, renew, focus and inspire a state of joyful being" Heather Agnew from Vinyasa Flow, Trinity Yoga.
Fascial Fitness
FASCIAL FITNESS training is integrated into all classes to restore mobility and fluidity to soft tissues throughout the whole body, helping us to maintain elastic integrity, reduce pain and stiffness to stay young and healthy.
"Mixing modalities (Pilates, Yoga, functional strength and fascial fitness) and foam rolling is a useful way to bring balance and create Biotensegrity (elastic integrity in the moving body…movement integrity and overall vitality included at rest). Optimal vitality is a balance between being too flexible and being too stiff” - Tom Myers, Structural Integration expert and author of “Anatomy Trains.
FASCIA TRAINING describes specific movement exercises and ball/foam rolling techniques that attempt to improve the functional properties of the soft tissues, the muscular and connective tissues in the body.
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Functional Strength Fitness
FUNCTIONAL STRENGTH FITNESS exercises are designed to strengthen and condition the body as a whole unit to make it easier and safer to perform everyday activities, such as carrying groceries, climbing stairs, bending over or playing sports. While incorporating multi-planar movement (flexion, extension, side/side and rotation), various loads, body weight and fitness tools eg. Fitball, fitness bands, weighted pilates balls, using multiple joints and muscles in the upper and lower body at the same time to keep joints functional.
Functional strength fitness exercises also improve, neurological efficiency (mind/body connection) , core stability, mobility, balance, sporting performance, carry-over to daily activities reducing the risk of overuse injuries . An example of a functional exercise is the squat and bending down to pick up a low object.