Heal and Move

14/12/2021

Life is a journey along a road - sometimes it's smooth, sometimes bumpy and sometimes it appears blocked! Please feel free to use this resource to help navigate the bumps along your path. Do leave your feedback and coping strategies too! Life is hard so why not share resources and walk together.

Happy moving forward! Alison 🙂

14/12/2021

"Start where you are
Use what you have
Do what you can"
Arthur Ashe

10/10/2019

Good morning!
It’s 10/10, and it’s World Mental Health Day.

Help us make this day count: In your country, but also globally. Give this message a push, so the agenda will be top of mind when they wake up in other parts of the world.

15/03/2018

I wonder how many people with injuries actually keep up with their physio exercises? The secret to introducing a new behaviour into your routine is to link it with something else you do automatically. e.g. making a cuppa.

22/02/2018

Why are supermarkets so large when the quantity of foods that are actually good for our body fit into a little corner shop?

27/10/2017

Every time I teach Pilates I cant help thinking with all my many aches and body challenges what can I possibly offer other people? But then I realise that the combination of my training and experience of living with pain is mighty powerful. My body may not be all that, but it is all that I have and I make the best of what I have. Likewise I want my clients to make the best of their bodies for today, tomorrow and the long term.

22/09/2017

I teach Pilates to a small class (limited to 10 people) at 6.15 on a Thursday evening in Streatham. If you would like to join my class get in touch for further details.

07/09/2017

It is now September so I guess the Summer is kind of over and we need to get back on track. What do you do to keep active and mobile? Even walking the dog is great exercise as it keeps your heart beating and your muscles working. My neighbour is approaching is nineties as walks up and down the road three times a day - in his words ' if I dont use it I will lose it'

07/09/2017

why do so many people shy away from carbohydrates? These play an important part in our diet providing us with the fuel we need to keep us going. Here are some spuds I grew in my allotment.

02/06/2017

I used to run empowerment workshops for teenagers with arthritis. I remember a child lamenting on wanting joints that can be removed at a drop of a hat and be replaced with another that is more efficient like the toy Mr Potato Head! Sadly life doesn't work like this so it makes sense for us to look after the joints we do have regardless of what shape they are in. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Disney-Playskool-Mr-Potato-Head/dp/B0002VZ1QK

21/05/2017