Why mindfulness is so important Mindfulness is a form of meditation where you are quiet and peaceful whilst paying attention to your senses and feeling in the present moment with no judgement or interpretation. It's time for you to focus on thoughts, sounds, the sensations of breathing or parts of the body, bringing your attention back whenever the mind starts to wander.  Pilates, Yoga and Tai Chi can also help with developing awareness of your breathing.   Practising mindfulness has many benefits to our physical health.  It can relieve stress, improve sleep, decrease anxiety and depression, reduce chronic pain and lower blood pressure. #mindfulness #calmness #selfcare #mentalhealth #lookafteryourself

Lockdown three, homeschooling and staying sane - let's talk. Link in bio #lockdown3 #homeschooling #stayingsane #mindfulness #inthistogether

Tomorrow is the first day of advent so I'd thought I'd share a countdown to Christmas advent to help keep you balanced in mind and body as things start to get a little crazy 🙏🏼🧘🏼‍♀️

FUSION is my Pilates On Demand Program designed with you in mind. You log onto my Members’ area on my website and the library of video workouts are there waiting for you. You also get:- Two BRAND NEW workouts weekly A Fusion Blog Music Library Meditation The classes are all mixed ability and so are suitable for you whatever level you’re at. The classes are done in the safety of your own home, at a time to suit you. Why not get the whole family involved? Sign up before 31st December and you can join FUSION for half price at just £20/month. (Normal price of £40 from 1st January 2021). Sign up here https://www.samhpilates.com/register/fusion-20/ #blackfriday #pilates #onlineworkouts #ondemand

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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.  Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day Alice Morse Earle Trust me on this, you can always find good in EVERY day, no matter how bad it seems.   Go with me on this. Get yourself a notebook and I'm not talking a 'that'll do' kind of note book.  Get a notebook that looks nice, one that makes you smile and you'll look after. Not sure how?   Go to Tesco and stand in front of the notebooks, empty your mind and just look.  There will be one that you are drawn to.  That's the one for you. Why? Simple? Your notebook is for you to write down your 'good' in every day.  Something you can read whenever you need reassurance and to bring you happiness and gratitude.  Having a notebook that says 'I can't really be bothered' defeats the object. I'm off to Tesco to get my notebook. When are you going to get yours? #notebook #tesco #balance #writing #happythoughts #goodin everyday #penandpaper

What a beautiful sunny week we've had!  I thought I'd seen the last of wearing my flipflops, so I was really chuffed to get them back out again and top up my stripey foot look! We've all been so dedicated in looking after our bodies over the last six months with regular classes and we enjoy our relaxation or guided meditation at the end of our workouts to balance our minds as well as our bodies.  This is so important that we take time to nourish the mind and even more so now. I aim to keep classes (and blogs) as 'covid talk' free as possible as it's a given we all need to be safe and follow guidelines, but there also needs to be the balance and not have it consume every minute of the day.  You need to have some 'escape' from it.  Have the feeling of 'normality'.  And most of all, we shouldn't feel guilty for wanting or needing an escape. The situation we are in at the moment will affect each of us very differently and how we cope with it.  There needs to be the understanding of this and allow people time and space when it's needed.  We also need to consider this for our children.  If as grown adults we feel confused (and have our moments), how confusing must it be for a child?  Trying to explain the new Rule of Six to Livvy was a complete mind field and the more you think about it the less sense it makes.   My point to all this is give yourself space.  Give yourself time.  If feel you need to scream out loud - find a field and go do it.  If you need to cry, have a good cry.  Let your emotions happen without stopping them.  We are all going through a form of grief and grief has stages - shock, denial, anger, upset, depression, reconstruction and acceptance.  We need to go through these stages to heal, to move on, to live our lives. Also take away the lesson not to put off until tomorrow what you can do today.  Tomorrow is a gift, not a promise.  Do what makes you happy, follow your heart and listen to your gut and above all, stay safe. Sam x #mindfulness #selfcare # Pilates #lifebalance #getperspective #beyourself # livelife

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