17th April 2025. .
As teachers, we often face a variety of challenges in our classes, especially when it comes to managing different health conditions. A recent Harmonise graduate reached out to me, feeling overwhelmed by the range of conditions in a mixed ability class she was covering. One student had back issues, another had osteoporosis, and another was in her third trimester of pregnancy.
This is one of the hardest challenges to navigate as
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17th September 2024. .
Osteoporosis has become a hot topic recently, and I've been receiving an influx of questions from Harmonise graduates and teacher trainees and also from colleagues seeking guidance about safe exercise options for their classes or 1:1 clients. I also have two current teacher trainees (1 yoga, 1 Pilates) living with an osteoporosis diagnosis and have been contacted by a couple of graduates who who have recently been diagnosed with Osteopenia
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6th February 2024. .
“If exercise was a pill, we’d all be taking it”
- Dr Mary Hendersen (The Hovarian Magazine, Feb 2024)
How much you can benefit both yourself and others by taking part in, or teaching accessible Yoga and Pilates classes, even whilst embracing change?
Thankfully, an increasing number of medically qualified people seem to be promoting the more recently branded term ‘lifestyle medicine’. This is a category into which Yoga and Pilates fit
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