by ONE GROVE | 20 Oct, 2017 | Medical Notes
Oct 20th is World Osteoporosis Day It’s World Osteoporosis Day today so we thought we would pen a quick draft about how some of our clients have increased their bone mass density through careful Pilates practice. Why schedule a day for osteoporosis? Well, this...
by ONE GROVE | 8 Oct, 2017 | Wisdom
Joe Pilates didn’t leave his legacy well-documented when he died leading to big differences in teacher training. Joseph Pilates (1883-1967) defined a new approach to health and fitness which culminated in an exercise method based around a series of mainly...
by ONE GROVE | 2 Oct, 2017 | Medical Notes
If you’re reading this on a mobile device, watch out for Text Neck… We’re wonderful and brilliantly brainy creatures but we aren’t very good at keeping our ergonomics in check. Our new technological advances have left us with Lazy Bum syndrome...
by ONE GROVE | 2 Sep, 2017 | Exercise Tips
Our One Grove Yoga Manager, Frankie, talks Teen Yoga… ‘We all know the benefits of yoga on our mind and body – calmer mind, longer and stronger muscles that are more resilient to injury – but the number of adults I teach who talk about how they wish they’d...
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...
