Dawn Arkell

It’s a balancing act!

A week of lots of standing balance work with all my classes. For those who realised they were wobblier than they thought!!…..this exercise sheet will be available next week if you want to practice at home.(thanks Pat for demo-ing).Well done folks. Have a balanced weekend 🙂

We’re not falling for that!!

So we’re half way through January, we had some snow and ice last week and there may be more making pavements slippy… Every day on the news we’re hearing about the NHS struggling under pressure to meet our ever increasing demands and our A&E departments doing their best under difficult conditions…. It seems more important […]

New class starting in 2017!

I’m excited to say a New Pilates Class is starting at beautiful GRANGE COURT, Leominster from Thursday January 19th 10.30-11.30 . Suitable for beginners. Cost is £6 per class and the first class includes a free tea/coffee! Places are limited to 12, so get in touch if you’d like to book a place. Tel 01568 615239Continue reading “New class starting in 2017!”

Outdoor Pilates

Classes in the sunshine today at Eardisland..lovely to teach outdoors (that’s a first for me). A police helicopter kept passing overhead…obviously Pilates fans! 🙂

for anyone not sure if they can do pilates…..

“Hi Dawn, Just wanted to let you know that a few weeks ago I arrived at your class for the first time with a long list of aches and pains and things I would not be able to do. However, there are virtually no moves I haven’t been able to at least attempt. I amContinue reading “for anyone not sure if they can do pilates…..”

How good is your balance?

Plenty of balance work in classes this week. It’s always rewarding to see how much more confident people are, balancing at the end of a class, compared to the start. Proving it can be improved with practice like most things. We had the flags out to spur us on at Eardisland this morning. 🙂

Starting back

Find your trainers, dust off your Pilates mats, classes start back again tomorrow. Looking forward to catching up with you all after our break, and doing some PILATES!

Dates for the diary

We’ve got a few disruptions to classes in the next couple of months, so just to clarify:- Friday 25th (Good Friday) – Both classes at Eardisland take place as usual Monday 28th (Bank Holiday) – no classes for Weobley or Kingsland April 11th – 24th incl – no classes, I’m on holiday. May 2nd (BankContinue reading “Dates for the diary”

A message from one of my class yesterday: “I really want to thank you for the help you gave me with exercises which have dramatically helped my back. I do wish Pilates had been suggested to me years ago and saved so much pain. I was contacted by the Physio Dept in Kington and recommendedContinue reading

Is your Pelvic floor up to the job?

Very interesting training day on Saturday on Pelvic floor muscle function and dysfunction . It’s a bigger problem than anyone talks about, affecting 5 million people in the UK, men and women! The impact on lives can be huge. It’s the second most common reason for someone to be taken into a care home. GuessContinue reading “Is your Pelvic floor up to the job?”