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Escape the vortex ... do Pilates

10/8/2019

4 Comments

 
I’ve lost count of how many times students have said things like the following at the end of a class:

“Where did that hour go?”

“Is that it? Is the class over?”

“That was the quickest hour ever!”

Living in the modern world can at times feel like spinning in a vortex that you can’t get out of. Work commitments, family commitments, community commitments, news events, health concerns, email, text, social media, etc, can easily spin us out of control. 

Many of us know the phrase ‘May you live in interesting times’ and we certainly do, but how do we get a little respite from the chaos? I’ve noticed that one of the benefits of doing Pilates is that we can escape for an hour or two each week. But how? Concentration, that’s how. In order to improve our postural alignment and movement habits, we need to focus in class. As a rather pleasant by product to concentrating in class, we shut the world out. In so doing, time seems to stand still and we escape the vortex for just a little while.

Personally, three things have helped escape my own vortex. Pilates, for the reason given above. Climbing, because I wasn’t very good and wanted to stay alive! Landscape photography, because I need to concentrate to try and capture in a photo what I see.

How do you escape your vortex?

Picture
Sunrise at Cossington Lakes
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(A snap from a morning when I escaped late last year)
4 Comments
Liz Merriman
10/8/2019 13:53:03

I enjoyed reading this blog Simon, and (sorry Rees-Mogg but that is an Oxford comma!) I like the photo which is very calming. Personally I find playing Bridge helps me escape the vortex and stills the chattering mind.

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Juliet Bradley
10/8/2019 15:29:24

Pilates has helped me hugely. That hour of concentration . Not being able to think of anything other than what you are doing has cleared my mind and made me switch off during very stressful time.

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Mum
11/8/2019 07:37:46

Good stuff. See you soon,

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Carol Savage
11/8/2019 11:47:32

What a beautiful photo, Simon!

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