Want to know her secret? So my Mum Chris started jogging, at first she started jogging to the front door at home, she says:
‘I found that I could jog again, I could lift 2 feet off the floor! I’d not jogged in years. Then I jogged round the house. My husband Terry couldn’t believe it either. ‘
What enabled you to do that? ‘Well the mindfulness Pilates classes, I started with an hour a week and I now do 3 hours of classes a week with you as well as daily practice.’
You were struggling with your balance, walking up stairs and your hips sometimes painful before doing regular classes. How is your balance now?
‘I am practicing my balance in the kitchen, in the bathroom, anywhere and I don’t need to hold on anymore. I make sure I press my toes into the ground is a big help.’
As my Mum lives over 120 miles away she comes to my classes on zoom which is so lovely and I regularly ask what each client wants to work on and my Mums goal was to improve her balance and mobility, and within two weeks she is now out jogging every day!
She sends me and my sister Julie a little message with her latest achievement:
‘Good morning, great Pilates class followed by porridge, jog round the block and back, Alternating lampposts, jog and then walk. Coffee now, xxx’
How amazing is this? So proud. Not just because this is my Mum, but it shows you how you can improve where you’re at and sometimes achieve things you never dreamed were possible again.
AMAZING and well done
Love Bev
Beverley Densham Pilates teacher of 22 years To help you with your back
Me and mum! We even enjoyed pilates on her 80th birthday at the beach with my sister Julie, that was lovely.