Forgive me a very short post pending a much chattier one very soon as I have lots to tell you about my week.

Yes, it does indeed look like a toture chamber. To be fair, it sort of is....

I had a very busy 4 days and this is a short post and I will share more in the next week or two.

Athens, July with MK Pilates.

Left home at 4am, arrived back home at 4am. Amazing what you can pack into 4 days but here goes -

Loads of learning, feta cheese, new friends, baklava, Greek police (had to be there), olives, new contacts, inspiration, roof top virgin marys, Acropolis, shopping, mousakka, 40* heat, smallest balcony in the world, reformers, balls, sveltus bands, loads of laughing, Ubers, Greek salad, coffee, fascia, Cadillacs, gossip, more laughing, making connections, anatomy study, shorts, new ideas, new ventures, Quality street, pizza throwing, karate kicks, mamma Mia, skateboarding, breath, my dreadful shoulder alignment, strength v mobility, cinnamon buns, night markets, metro, new cues, new ideas, co contraction (who knew? 🤣), elephants in Tanzania v elephants in Athens, more laughing, brain overload, soldiers Pom poms, wooden penis keyrings (why tho?), worst cabin crew in the world (so bad it was hilarious), full immersion, stories from the original studio, learning from the best, reminding myself why 22 years down the line, I still LOVE what I do, passion, belief in what we teach, the method, practice, physios and osteos and movement specialists, friendly locals, did I mention laughing?, learning from 2nd generation, warm pitta and hummus, tzatziki, cats, graffiti, air bnb, being surrounded by energy and passion and knowledge and experience. Such a fantastic time 🙏❤️

I LOVE throwing in weights, mixing it up, slight deviation here and there but having time like this reinforces to me why I chose Pilates, why I totally trust in and believe in The Method.  It works. My God, it works… I am probably the strongest I have been in years, having added weight lifting to my life but on the mat, on the reformer, no gimmicks, just pure Pilates under an expert watchful eye, I was trembling, shaking, complaining, whinging and trying to laugh my way out of the bits I couldn’t do…

The fact is Pilates works, like nothing else does, and the more I know, the more I need to learn. I know I’m in safe and trusted hands and keep pushing forward in my learning journey.