by ONE GROVE | 25 Jun, 2017 | Uncategorized
Baffled by Pilates mania? Leafing through the Sunday Times Style magazine today, two interviewees casually mentioned their reliance upon Pilates for their mental and physical well-being including cover star super model Lara Stone. But are you someone who just...
by ONE GROVE | 10 Jun, 2017 | Uncategorized
17 years happily married today seems an auspicious time to write about ‘What the Heart Knows’ – a Cheltenham Science Festival 2017 event on Thursday- that gave a fascinating insight into how our body regulates our mind. Interoception- your sixth...
by ONE GROVE | 7 Jun, 2017 | Uncategorized
Help us win Best Yoga/Pilates Studio in Gloucestershire! We are proud to announce that we are FINALISTS in the Muddy Stilettos ‘Best Yoga/Pilates Studio in Gloucestershire’ Awards thanks to your recommendations! We’re so excited to be in the running...
by ONE GROVE | 25 May, 2017 | Wisdom
We revere our elders in Pilates- in fact, there’s a whole gang of cool octogenarians who are still on the teaching and mentoring circuit, imparting their wisdom AND showing off their incredible athletic prowess! Lolita San Miguel is one of them. She was trained...
by ONE GROVE | 13 May, 2017 | Wisdom
Does looking through social media posts stress you out? Participants in a US study about Facebook said that that the site made them feel anxious, guilty about rejecting friend requests, pressured to post inventive updates and frustrated with applying different rules...
by ONE GROVE | 17 Apr, 2017 | Exercise Tips
Think Pilates is just for girls? Think again. Its founder, Joseph Pilates, was a whisky-drinking body-builder and martial arts expert who was recruited by Scotland Yard to teach self-defence. He developed his proto-type exercise machines whilst interned in a prisoner...
by ONE GROVE | 11 Apr, 2017 | Uncategorized
We know that our mindful movement practice in the studios reaps many benefits. Both Yoga and Pilates promote a calmer state of mind, a better sense of control & self-esteem and more efficient body functioning. But now that we are shut for the Easter break, what...
by ONE GROVE | 26 Mar, 2017 | Exercise Tips
With Pilates classes running in every upstairs pub room, village hall and sweaty gym floor, you might wonder why we bothered creating a dedicated Pilates space. But to accept just a thin mat and a bare floor as a Pilates class is to not have had a true Pilates mat...
by ONE GROVE | 3 Feb, 2017 | Uncategorized
If you consider that when you stand you load your spine 100% but when you sit you load it 150%, it’s no surprise that over three quarters of British adults suffer from episodes of back pain. When you work in a desk job, you are paid to be immobile for two thirds...
by ONE GROVE | 26 Jan, 2017 | Uncategorized
There you are, sporting an injury and your GP or Physio tells you to strengthen your ‘core’ with Pilates or Yoga classes- off you hop to your local gym, village hall or leisure centre to a Pilates or Yoga class and BAM….your back hurts even more....
