Pilates relief!

Coming back from a whirlwind 13 days tour to visit my eldest and youngest sons - one in Canada near Vancouver and the other in New York City, I realised that three flights and changes of timezone had really taken its toll on me!

Our last flight from JFK to Gatwick with Norse Airlines was overnight - and saw me cramped into a seat right next to and behind a large family with three very young, excited children. I could see the weariness in the parents’ eyes as soon as I stepped into the row. From there it just went downhill! Zero sleep, zero comfort meant although getting off at Gatwick, London was a huge relief, all my muscles - already super tight from 3 days skiing in blizzards then bouncy powder - were squeezed inwards, resisting coming out!

And then yesterday I did a Reformer class with Body Control. It was fantastic to feel the absolute bliss or gently rolling my knees west and my eyeline east, of curling my tailbone softly upwards and allowng my spine to roll back and forth, opening up my hips to the sweet relief of every connective tissue in me! Through alignment, control, flow and breath my limbs and torso tingled back into where it should be and I came away feeling utterly relaxed.