Teresa Malins

Spring's Sprung

I love this time of year. 

Slowly, the dark nights and the heavy layers of winter become more of a distant memory as we start to look forward with a sweet anticipation for smouldering days and long balmy summer evenings...

It seems that we become more alive in the springtime and we can finally strip ourselves of the caccoon of winter and fly like a butterfly into the summer months (if it decides not to rain constantly throughout June, July and August) Ah the great British Summer!

It's an exciting time where we all want to look and feel at our best, ready for whatever we decide to throw ourselves into during the hot summer months.

It seems that with a hint of summer comes the sudden realization that at some point soon we are going to have to don a pair of shorts/bikini/swimsuit!!!  Suddenly, the body that has been kept so deep undercover for so many months has no choice but to be exposed into broad daylight. Aswell as our poor old bodies being shocked from snow one minute to bright sunshine the next, we head out of our hibernation looking a touch on the whiter shade of pale and wishing that we hadn't eaten as much chocalate as we did in the Great Easter Egg Extravaganza!   

No wonder this time of year classes get busier and sales of sunbeds and fake tan go through the roof!!

Even still, this time of year excites me and makes me smile aswell as making me feel like going for a run and getting a spray tan or two!!!...Roll on the Great British Summer!

I've got a problem...

...and it's been bothering me for quite some time now!

When people ask me what I do for work, I tell them that I teach Pilates and although I'm extremely proud to use the name of the creator of this wonderfully efficicient and intelligent form of exercise, I wonder if other Pilates Instructors feel the same as I do.

Now days there are more and more people becoming Pilates instructors, with very little training and yet still pin to themselves the badge of Pilates Instructor as I do, which is so frustrating as I have dedicated so much of my time, energy and money to this beautiful form of movement.   

As I have said before Pilates means more to me than just a few exercises put together and taught to the sound of the sea drifting in and out on some far away shore! It means more to me than the 'belly button to spine' phrase we have all grown accustomed to and the 'this will make your tummy flat' marketing campaign.

Since I started teaching Pilates in Nottingham, I have been told so many times that the way I teach Pilates is 'different'.   

I'm doing my best to decipher why that is! 

I know for sure that the Pilates I teach is an amalgamation of different styles because I have chosen to stay open and train with many different schools of thought.  I have had the wonderful opportunity of working with some truely remarkable and talented teachers who have passed on their knowledge and not just in Pilates either.  These are teachers of Anatomy, Structural Integration and Yoga, these are Osteopaths, Chiropractors and other bodyworkers that have come into my life throughout the years and inspired me.

So if you come to me looking for 'the book' on Pilates, you wont find it.  I'm my own 'book' and depending on your personal needs, I will open the page on the chapter that you need to work on.

So even though I sometimes have the problem of feeling like a tiger in a cage with Pilates Instructor pinned to it , I will honour the concept of Pilates and the magic it has bought to many people whilst I continue pull from the 'melting pot' of bodywork lessons I have learned throughout the years. I will happily pass on my knowledge and if that makes me something other than a 'bog standard' Pilates Instructor - I'm happy!

The Law of Attraction

Just like the law of Gravity, the law of Attraction is one of life's natural forces...

It simply states, whatever we think about the most we attract into our lives and whatever we focus on we draw to us.  Whatever we REALLY want, we will get if we think about it enough.  Sounds great doesn't it! - It Is! 

Wherever you stand in your life today is a product of what you have focused your mind on and given enough of your own personal energy to.. is this something you're proud of?  Wherever you are today, whatever you're doing with your life, YOU (no-one else) are responsible for getting yourself to that point.

If it's all well and good, if you're happy with your lot and things are going 'swimmingly' - give yourself a pat on the back!  If it's the opposite for you, then you may find my next statement a little hard to swallow!   

We are all completely 100% responsible for where we are in our lives and the thoughts we chose to focus on.

The thing is, it works the same in reverse too.   If you focus on stuff that you dont want in your life, this is going to show up too! For example; If you focus on having no money and feeling overweight, then having no money and feeling overweight is what you're going to get.  If you change your mindset and think about earning lots of money and looking and feeling slim, then you'll manifest it into your life.  It really is that simple.

The same thing happens if you focus on what you've got now.  More of what you've got now is going to turn up.   

So what do you REALLY want?  What do you dream?  If you could have anything, be anyone or go anywhere, what would you chose?

As 'The Secret' says - use the Universe as your catalogue and draw into your life whatever it is you want.

LIVE THE LIFE YOU'VE IMAGINED!

Introduce a friend

Introduce a friend and receive your next session for half price!

Tell a collegue or friend about your Pilates sessions on the reformer and once they have had their session, you will receive your next one for half the price! 

Even more reason to spread the word!