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Reason's to go GAGA for the Reformer Here's a great quiz question what does Lady Gaga and the London Irish rugby team have in common ? would you believe it they both practice Pilates on the Reformer!!! Lady Gaga on the Reformer -  article in the DailyMail Pilates is called the Pilates System because it is designed around 7 pieces of equipment – one of which is the Pilates Reformer – sometimes described as a Reformer bed, perhaps eluding to it’s origins as a 3ft single bed in an internment camp on the Isle of Man, where Joseph Pilates spent much of the 1 st WW and insisted that all the inmates perform daily movements utilizing their bed springs!  In my opinion the Reformer stands out on its own from the other pieces for its versatility While BODYFIRM [est 1998] have always had a fully equip studio [reformer, trap table, barrels etc] most people are more familiar with  Mat Pilates, however in the last few years more studios have opened in Dublin / I

Wellness and Health Coaching Is an emerging and growing trend, where you work in partnership with your Coach to create effective habits, change behaviours to move towards achieving your desired visions and goal’s – that in turn lead to long term health and life style changes As Wellness Coaches we consider the many interrelated lifestyle aspects of our client’s lives, environmental, occupational, physical, emotional, social and spiritual. We incorporate methodologies from lifestyle, nutrition, fitness as well as stress management. If you ask yourself why should I undertake Wellness Coaching sessions? Some of the answers could be? § Having a healthier lifestyle § Reduce body fat / inches § Reduce stress § Gain more tone / strength §  I mprove posture §  More energy / vitality § Prepare for an event [ wedding – prenatal – postnatal] § Prepare for a sport [golf – cycling – skiing] There are  huge benefit of working with a BF Wellness / Heatlh  Coach – trainer i

Watch your thoughts “Thoughts turn to matter, chemicals rushing through our bodies can affect our health” Dr Teri Mosey,     http://terimosey.com    [IDEA Conference USA] Today’s big buzz words, Mindfulness, Stress management, hormone balance / imbalance, reducing your cortisol levels to reduce belly fat and on and on and on Today most of us are living on with a permanent ‘fight/flight’ response, as we are surrounded and bombarded by issues, worries, financial, stimulus [smart phones etc] that cause and add to our stress levels. But unlike our caveman / woman ancestors who got a rest from the ‘fight / flight’ stimulus we don’t and as a results are we are suffering many illness’s that are/can be caused by hormone imbalance. As Mind Body professionals we know that exercise is one of the recommendations to combat the effect of stress, however over training, excessive hard / heavy / cardio training etc – ads to stress on our bodies and ads to the already viscous circle

As Health and Wellness coaches we appreciate that changing habits can be challenging. So to inspire you to make the biggest impact on your health this year we are offering a free bonus class. Find out more here ...

Another New  Year ,  time  for brushing out the old and welcoming in the new. People around the world from many countries and cultures have for centuries been observing the state of  renewal a nd  rebirth  at  New Year, out  with the old and in with the new. Rituals  have evolved in various cultures  of ‘starting  a  fresh’  and  while  the rituals themselves may vary ,  there seems to be a common thread in them all . A New Y ear is an opportunity for reflection and to  make the changes that got lost in daily living. In more recent times the ref lection and resolution  from the New Y ear  seems less to do with the soul  or spirit but more with the physical .  I n our 21 st  century we seem  to see the New Y ear as the magic key to  Pandora’s  box that will solve all  our  health / fi tness and weight related issues. We see it as an opportunity , a   starting point  to  personal  transformation .  W e set out our  list either written  or mentally  those  thing s  we

“Our bodies change our minds, and our minds can change our behaviour, and our behaviour can change our outcomes.” Amy Cuddy Harvard Business School Have you thought about your ‘body language’ / posture and how it can affect how powerful or powerless you can feel about yourself? At BODYFIRM Studios as you know we are big into posture.  We advocate good and balanced posture to reduce stress on the body’s structures, to create open and fluid movement that assists us when coping with the adl’s [activities of daily living] We work with you to develop strategies, endurance, flexibility and strength to maintain this open and fluid posture. You learn to move better, breathe better, live better. But imagine if by adopting a ‘powerful pose/posture’ for as little as 2 minutes per day offered positive effects on how you feel about yourself, how others perceive your and lowered your cortisol levels [stress hormone] Well that is exactly what Amy Cuddy’s [Socia