Set Your Goals Goals are ultimately ‘dreams without a deadline.’ Get clear on exactly what it is you’d like to achieve.  The goal should be realistic to you, but be enough of a stretch to feel exciting and make you a little nervous. For the next 30 days here’s a little exercise for you to do every day.  It will only take 10 minutes and will give you amazing clarity and focus if you complete all 30 days. Pick somewhere you know you won’t get any interruptions.  It’s also important that you are not feeling overtired or emotionally stressed, so pick a time when you feel your calmest. You’ll need a blank piece of paper and a pen. Start writing down your personal goals in bullet point form.  Just let them flow steadily onto the paper without stopping to think ‘Is that actually achievable though?’ There are no rules about how long or short the list list needs to be.  When you’ve finished the exercise put the piece of paper into a folder – NOT IN THE BIN. Then you do the same each day for 30 days, without looking at the previous day’s list.  You will find that some of the goals will remain the same, some may change or be left off the list altogether. Two things to remember: 1. State you goals in the present tense 2. Make you goals as specific as possible. After 30 days you will clearly know what your goals are and can start to make them happen. #goals #dreamswithdeadlines #makeithappen

The new 'lockdown hairdo' for on the bike 😂🚴🏼‍♀️

Are you ready for a summer of love? You're telling me that you love the vibe of the online classes.  They're keeping you fit and healthy and stopping you going too loopy in lockdown. Things are hotting up, not only with the heatwave but with our summer timetable too. Over the next few weeks we're mixing things up with Pure Core, Strength, Flexibility and all over Pilates classes.  And we'll be doing all this to our summer themed Spotify playlists, which will be heading to you soon. We're upping the anti with four classes a week with regular time slots. Which will include one morning, one lunchtime, one early evening and one later evening. We're also increasing our brain power with our fortnightly quiz nights. June's timetable of classes has been sent to you directly and I have included a copy as an attachment to the newsletter today. Payment of £30 is to be made via BACS on or before June 1st using the same bank details as before.  Alternatively you can message me for full details. #pilatesswindon #carltoddclinic #zoom #homeworkout #fitnessonline #mindandbody #mentalhealthawareness #physicalhealthawareness

Most of us have foolish ideas about who we are and many, many rigid rules about how life should be lived This is not to condemn us, for each of us is doing the very best we can at this very moment.  If we knew better, if we had more understanding and awareness, then we would do it differently. The very fact that you are reading this, joining me online for Pilates and staying connected means you are embracing the positive and keeping focused. Together we'll get through this, we'll return to the studio, share our stories and experiences of what we're going through.  We'll heal both physically and mentally.  We just need to give ourselves time. Stay safe and well Sam x #beyourself #liveyourlife #positiveoutlook #stayfocused #pilatesswindon #carltoddclinic

Life is very simple. What we give out, we get back. What we think about ourselves becomes the truth for us.  I believe that everyone, myself included, is responsible for everything in our lives, the best and the worst. Every thought we think is creating our future.  Each one of us creates our experiences by our thoughts and feelings.  The thoughts we think and the words we speak create our experiences. We create the situations and then we give our power away by blaming the other person for our frustration.  No person, no place and no thing has any power over us, 'we' are the thinkers of our mind.  When we create peace and harmony and balance in our minds, we will find it in our lives. Which one of these sounds like you? ''People are out to get me.'' ''Everyone is always helpful.'' Each one of these beliefs will create different experiences.  What we believe about oursleves and about our life becomes true for us. The Universe totally supports us in every thought we choose to think and believe. Put another way, our subconscious mind accepts whatever we choose to believe.  They both mean that what I believe about myself and life becomes true for me.  What you choose to think about yourself and about your life becomes true for you, and we have unlimited choices about what we can think. The Universal Power never judges or criticises us It only accepts us at our own value.  Then it reflects our beliefs in our lives. If we believe that life is lonely and nobody loves us, then that is what we will find in our world. However, if we are willing to release that belief and affirm to ourselves that love is everywhere and that we are loving and loveable and hold onto this and repeat it often, it will become true for us. #positivethinking #affirmation #universalpower #changeyourthoughts #louisehay

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We have all heard the saying 'Did you get out of the wrong side of bed this morning?' when someone is a little grumpy ot 'It's going to be one of those days' if you spill coffee on your shirt or miss the bus before you even start work in the morning. It is true that the first hour of your days really dictates how you are going to feel for the rest of the day.  My mentor refers to this as the Golden Hour. She says you should do everything in your power to make the first hour of the day the most fun so it puts you in a good mood for the rest of the day. You get to decide how your day will be, so make it a great one by putting these few simple things in place rather than leaving it to chance.  You will then see your mood and productivity go through the roof in a very short space of time. What you need to do: Decide what you will do first thing in the morning to make you smile and set everything up in advance so you can easily have your Golden Hour every morning. Make a special Golden Hour playlist for your iPod, set your radio to go off with your favourite song, set your alarm clock 15 minutes earlier so you can do some exhilarating exercise in your living room before shower. Remember, you can choose anything as long as it lifts your mood and is totally within your control e.g. walking in the sunshine for 15 minutes is beyond your control as you can't always rely on the weather! In less than a week of experiencing your Golden Hour first thing in the morning you will start to find that everything is coming to you with ease, days seem lighter in mood and people around you will start to say, 'Hey, how come you're so happy?  I want some of whatever you've got!' Make a list of ideas for how to make your Golden Hour an uplifting and exhilarating 60 minutes. To give you a hand, I would suggest looking at: Music, physical activity, things that make you smile like family photo's, spending time with your pet or talking to a loved one. Now decide which idea you are going to commit to and put everything in place TODAY to make the first hour of your day tomorrow a Golden one. #goldenhour #happiness #inthezone #focusonthepositive #music #lovelife

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Always an option A phrase that you are very familiar with if you come to class. And it’s so true. There is always away you can do something, whatever it is. You may not be able to complete your ‘task’ the conventional way, but there will be a way, you just need to think outside the box a little (or a lot). I teach RPM and also train for my own fitness in the cycling studio at the Oasis.  As soon as leisure centre’s were closed it put an end to that. As well as my fitness taking a dive, I was also concerned about the effect the lack of cycling would have on my hip as it really helps with the issues I have. The obvious answer would be ‘get out on your bike’, which would have worked apart from one small issue – I don’t have a bike!!! So, what’s my option? My sister’s old bike (which she left on her drive for me to collect on my way to the weekly trip to Aldi), a Turbo Trainer via Halfords home delivery service and my music player and headphones. I’ve now created my own little ‘cycling studio’ on the patio!  It’s great as I can go out and ‘cycle’ in any weather as it’s under a canopy, keep my fitness levels up and most of all keep my hip moving and pain free! Still yet to get out on the road as I don’t have a helmet, but one step at a time….. #findaway #lockdownfitness #RPM #cycling #music #wevegotthis #alwaysanoption