You’re doing SO well. For the last 3 days your diet and exercise regime would put Michelle Bridges to shame. Even the #fitspo girls of Instagram have envy over your avocado toast creations. But what’s that? You have a blackout and realise you’re knee deep in nutella and cookies. Where am I? How did I get here?! You look around and…. you’ve fallen off the wagon. Actually the wagon is at least two suburbs away. So before the nutella and cookies, there were a jumbo…
[ healthy ] – why you can’t touch your toes 0
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Peta Serras
If I had a dollar for every time someone said they wanted to work on their hamstrings to be able to touch their toes… let’s say I’d be writing this post from Paris right now. If people can’t touch their toes the automatic assumption is that the back of their legs, specifically their hamstring muscle group is tight. Not always the case. When we look at touching our toes, it’s more complicated than just stretching out the backs of the legs. Looking at an exercise…
[ happy ] – why you should create a vision board 0
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Peta Serras
Imagine. Everything you want in life in picture form, right in front of you. Your perfect house, job, car, everything your little heart desires! Imagine if those photos were facets of your life,things that could end up becoming true? How awesome would that be! That’s exactly how a vision board should make you feel. My favourite thing to do is go back and review old vision boards to see how many things have actually happened. Everyone these days is doing vision boards. From your best friend to…
[ hot ] – how to get perkier boobs with Pilates 0
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Peta Serras
No, no. This isn’t a clickbait title. This is the real deal. I’d swear this statement on Chanel as being the truth and nothing but the truth. What if I was to tell you that with a couple of Pilates moves your posture would improve for the better thus giving you a perkier bust? Even the most subtle change in posture like slightly rounded shoulders can make your bust appear an inch or two droopier. First things first, let’s get a little technical. I feel there’s…
[ happy ] – let’s drop the guilt-free label 0
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Okay, chickadees there’s something we have to stop doing. We have to stop beating ourselves up when we eat something ‘bad’. We have to stop labelling ‘good’ food as guilt-free, like we should feel disgusting and guilty if it doesn’t have the ‘good’ label attached to it. And while we’re on that topic, we gotta stop referring to ourselves as disgusting when we eat something delicious and soul soothing like pastries or even a whole bag of peanut m&m’s. (PS I totally smashed that croissant and loved…
[ healthy ] – Plane Pilates for pain free travel 9
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Peta Serras
Whether it’s a long haul flight or a short trip away, staying seated for a plane trip can be a challenge. You start to ache, injuries can flare up and often the feeling of a tired and tight body can help contribute to jet lag. With all my clients travelling, I advise they do some plane Pilates. Nothing crazy, just some simple exercises to help alleviate the pain from sitting in a plane seat. A few short exercises that means the only pain you’ll get from…
[ happy ] – 10 ways to help you heal after a breakup 1
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Peta Serras
Breakups. You feel like your heart’s fallen out of your ass and a bus has run over it. Not even a jumbo jar of Nutella is going to make you feel good. You’re getting advice from friends who have had one breakup in their life. You’re googling and watching videos of people on YouTube telling you, you need to clear your heart chakra if you ever intend to love again. And now you feel completely lost with how the hell you’re going to move on. I’ve been…
[ healthy ] – 6 easy ways to improve your flexibility 0
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Peta Serras
Stretching is a passion of mine and I love helping people meet their flexibility goals. At my Pilates studio we’ve starting some flexibility based classes and I’m keen as a bean to help people reach their stretching goals. Whether their goals are to touch their toes or even get into the splits, I love being able to help them out. Even though I was a dancer, I never used to focus on stretching. That all changed when I turned 18 and became quite ill. No…
[ healthy ] – getting back on track after gaining weight 8
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Peta Serras
I stepped on the scales the other week. I don’t usually weigh myself but I think I was just looking for some reassurance that I had put on weight. Since glandular fever I was feeling really soft and like Id put on a couple of kilos. I kept asking people to have the usual ‘no you look great!’. I don’t know why I was asking, like who really wants to hear ‘no you look like shit’. But I really just think I wanted to hear…
[ happy ] – 8 simple ways to have me time throughout your day 2
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I was prompted to update this post for a number of reasons. The first being that I get told my work life balance lately is so on point. I guess I have glandular fever to thank for that one. The second being because I know how important it is for your mental state. And the final reason? I ask my clients on a regular basis if they are doing something exciting that day and something for them. 9.99 times out of 10 the answer is…
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