Wendy Jardine Pilates
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Wendy Jardine

Training Without Straining

Published on 20th May 2024

Dear All

As we work through our bodies this week with conscious attention to A to E of course, we will continue to train without strain. We'll feel the strong training and perhaps add some load? How do we know how much load to add? Well, first we will have prepared our body through imagined load, perhaps ridiculous load?  So why add real load at all?  Well, load is fun as long as it creates no strain.  As long as, when we add load, the powerful training we feel when we imagine adding load doesn't disappear, or begin to feel or look like strain. Training without straining should look easy to anyone watching!  The load we add will be an arm or two, a leg or two, two arms and two legs, perhaps even taking the load further and further away from our centres. Hope you'll come and join me for training without straining at all the usual times this week. 

Zooms This Week

Monday 20th at 11 am Chair Barre Standing https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85801613461 

Tuesday 21st at 8 am Matwork https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88267015819 

Thursday 23rd at 8 am Matwork https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81556719694 

Thursday 23rd at 9 am Matwork https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86596505738 

Thursday 23rd at 10 am Chair Barre Standing https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84550435781 

(Muted 1312 times to date!)

Room Sessions at All Saints

Monday 20th 7 am 8 am 930 am and 1250 in the Kusuma Studio at The Royal Academy of Dance

Tuesday 21st 10 am and 11 am

Wednesday 22nd 8 am, 930 am, (1030 am Chair Barre Standing)

Unable to Get To Class or Want to Master Moves at Home - Head for the online sessions

Cue The Move "Feel my huge hot Pilates hand on your upper back and the heel of that hand gently pushing, your chest begins to open and lift upwards"

See you in Class - with best wishes 

Breathe Connect Move

Wendy 

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