Open any celebrity magazine and you’ll find everyone talking about how they keep slim and fit. Their exercise regime of choice? Pilates. So what’s it all about?
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Joseph Pilates was born in Germany of Greek parentage and devised his exercis
e regime in the twenties. He used his knowledge of Yoga and martial arts to put together a number of movements which would bring mind and body together. His sincere belief was that you could not improve one without the other.
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The first time I went for a professional massage I was hesitant. I had been to the spa before and seen the massage therapists, none of them looked capable of giving my poor twisted muscles the workout I thought they needed. What I didn’t know was that professional masseurs use additional equipment, giving them power assisted muscles easily able to give mine the pummeling they needed without getting tired. (more…)
All birds and mammals sleep, along with many fish, amphibians and reptiles. Scientists study sleep intensively, but they are still not sure exactly what is, and most especially what it is for. There are many contradictions. Babies of almost all species sleep far more than adults, yet in some marine mammals such as killer whales, new born babies don’t sleep at all for the first month of life. Some birds (as well as Dolphins) can sleep with one half of their brains, while the other remains awake. For the rest of us, sleep is a period of unconsciousness which usually occupies around one third of our day. Science continues to argue over it’s purpose, but what is agreed is that sleep is absolutely essential to health. (more…)