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Xmas Mat Workout

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 03:36:52 GMT

This is my Christmas gift to you!

Join me for a pre-Xmas Mat workout!

It's my xmas gift to you to help you prepare for a home based pilate practice whilst the studio is closed for Christmas holidays.

Saturday 8am 10th Dec - 1hr 30mins ... don't worry you won't have to workout the entire time!

RSVP please.

Be confident with your MatWork so you can continue your Pilates Practice at home when the studio is closed for 3 weeks.

I'll go over the Mat sequence and show you how to modify for a home workout & how to have fun with it if your MatWork is already well established.

Remote Teaching to keep you moving. Repetition changes the body.

rhythminflow@hotmail.com (Jodie Lynch) — Mon, 07 Feb 2022 20:20:04 GMT

Training in the Studio - Remote Teaching

As many of you are aware I have an imminent 'end of life' about to occur within my family which is calling me interstate this week. I have invested time and money to set up the technology to continue to teach you remotely whilst you continue to train in your studio.

The Class Schedule will remain is as for now so continue to book your classes and turn up as usual.

This is the new process before class begins.

1) Bring your own fully charged device eg. Laptop, Ipad, Iphone etc with Zoom already downloaded.

2) Arrive 5-10 mins early, and enter through the side door of the Pilates Studio, using the keycode I will provide you.

3) Connect to the Studio WIFI - the details on the Large TV monitor.

4) Select a laptop stand or Iphone holder and a stool provided to set up 1.5m from your apparatus. Just as many of you did at home on zoom, but this time you are in the studio and I'm remote.

5) Use the zoom link attached to your email confirmations and join me with video on and mute yourself immediately to avoid sound feedback.

6) The Computer at my desk will be on and connected to the large TV monitor and also the Logitech Camera and Microphone which enables us to speak to one another across the studio.

NB If you are using an Ipad please bring an ipad stand as it is a little trickier to get the screen to point towards you without falling over - I wasn't able to find any.

I will have a whole view of the studio and a close up of each person via your personal device.

For those of you who are new to the studio or zoom, please be reassured that dedicated clients continued to train with me online and in studio over the past 2 years of Covid distruption and studio lockdowns - They are so much stronger and happier for it.

Remember its 'repetition' that changes the body, you just have to show up. I will support you in your Pilates journey to a strong centre, with a stable and mobile body, that allows you to live your life to the full.

This remote teaching is temporary of course and I look forward to joining you in the studio.

Be strong and centred in 2022

rhythminflow@hotmail.com (Jodie Lynch) — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 04:33:08 GMT

Inverloch Authentic Pilates is open for you Jan 10 to Dec 21

How are you going with your New Years Resolutions about your body?

Inverloch Authentic Pilates is here to support your Wellbeing. Live from a strong centre in a stable and supple body. Live true to your dreams, and if feeling great in your body was one of them, then just turn up consistently, repeat the method and your body will change before your eyes.

The Studio offers Open Group Workouts Monday to Friday covering early mornings and evenings to meet everyone's schedule.

Listen to your body, its aches and pains and know how good you will feel with a regular practice of the method I teach. This studio is one of a kind! It is beautiful and spacious, with natural light and airflow. A complete Pilates studio with all the apparatus is hard to find, but this jewel exists in Inverloch. It is fully equipped with the highest quality Classical Pilates Apparatus.

Spend the first 2 of weeks developing your program with the Introduction Course and then join the Group workouts to deepen into the the Method.

If your are returning to the practice after winter then enjoy finding your strong centre again, and work towards the benefits of new exercises and apparatus.

Group Workouts are always so inspiring. Perhaps there is an exercise you have seen someone else do that you feel excited by... let me know.

See you in the Pilates Joy

Jodie xx

New Beginnngs 2021

rhythminflow@hotmail.com (Jodie Lynch) — Sat, 02 Jan 2021 01:47:48 GMT

A deeper Pilates Practice

May I offer my personal experience of what Contrology (Authentic Pilates) gave me last year.

Reflecting on the year that was 2020 and how I managed the restrictions and limitations brought upon us all, essentially to keep us healthy and strong in a pandemic.

Simply put, I increased my Pilates practice. I became more centred, stronger, more open in my body and mind, whist observing so many people who were contracting under the pressure, the changes, the fear of lost security.

My Pilates was a handrail that kept me steady, a mindful, focused practice that drew me deeper into myself whilst remaining ever present and in relationship to the environment I was living in. I watched myself deepen into this practice and allowed it to change my body and my mind to a stronger and more centred place. Doing the method 5 times per week showed me how this practice of Pilates is meant to reconnect you in a powerful strong body, with a clear sharp mind, developing an ease and grace that allows joy to flow. I trust Contrology, the Pilates Method the original creator, Joseph Pilates developed.

Pilates in 2021

Inverloch Authentic Pilates reopens Monday January 4th and I invite you on this journey with me.

All clients who attend my studio practice 2-4 times per week. I do not accept casual attendance. Learning Pilates is like learning an instrument or language. Its kept simple at first then, progresses and increasingly becomes more complex. As you deepen further, and feel your mind and body change you begin to understand the principles are basic and it is all about the practice.

When Pilates is repeated in the body regularly, it sharpens the mind and strengthens your body as a whole. This is a wonderful place to live from ... and this is what I am offering. A solid pathway to experience this - your body and mind in deep relationship to each other through this method.

My clients have experienced through a regular weekly practice of Contrology with me; their

back pain disappear, posture improve, torso lengthen, hips open and release tension, their backs start to hold them up, and they become grounded through their feet improving balance.

Your body is your temple from which you live - make it strong with good foundations, make it open and light and a joy to live in.

I welcome you into the Studio and into a new way of knowing yourself through this method. Enjoy this New Year of 2021 in a happy body.

Jodie Lynch

Give Back Program

Wed, 11 Nov 2020 01:51:43 GMT

The Pain Experience

Charity Event - Funds go to Beyond Blue

This is a joint venture with Proper Pilates to Kick start a charitable program for Inverloch Authentic Pilates. All proceeds from IAP ticket sales will go to the chosen Charity - Beyond Blue.

Join us for a special 2 hour online event with Physiotherapist, Teacher and Proper Pilates client Alex O'Neill-King in which she will discuss advances in pain science and management strategies

Saturday 28th November, 3 - 5pm (AEDT), $5 per ticket

Join us for a special 2 hour event with Physiotherapist, Teacher and Proper Pilates client Alex O'Neill-King in which she will discuss advances in pain science and management strategies. All funds raised from ticket sales will go directly to the Inverloch Authentic Pilates and Proper Pilates Giving Back fundraising program. This event will be recorded, so if you can't make it but would like to view at a later date please purchase a ticket and email Proper Pilates for details on viewing access.

About the lecture

Are you someone that experiences pain, or do you help people that live with pain?

Pain can be scary, debilitating, costly, and potentially have a huge negative impact on our lives - but what if it wasn't as scary as we thought? Learning more about the physical processes that occur when we feel pain can potentially help us take back some control over the experience.

In this afternoon lecture we will look at the anatomy and physiology involved with our pain, some of the potential contributing factors that can alter our pain experience, and discuss strategies to help us move forward toward function.

Spend an afternoon with AOK and PP learning more about one of the experiences that we all have in common.

About Alex

Hello! I am AOK - Alex O'Neill-King. As an injured teenage dancer, I was introduced to Pilates as a rehabilitation tool by my Physiotherapist. Thankfully this practice allowed me to keep dancing for many more years - fueling my movement curiosity, and taking me on a journey to study Dance at Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne.

It wasn't until a few years later that I discovered a new joy helping others keep moving. Returning to study, I completed my Diploma of Pilates Instruction and then continued into a Physiotherapy degree (life-long student over here!).

During my years working as a Physiotherapist I have had the privilege to work with people across a range of settings including Musculoskeletal, Neurological and Cardiorespiratory in acute care, inpatients, outpatients and community care. Alongside my Physiotherapy work I have continued to teach Pilates in a variety of studios, before opening my own solo practice in Western Australia that allows me to combine all my favourite ways to help people Keep Moving.

The Right Equipment

Wed, 30 Sep 2020 06:03:25 GMT

The Right Equipment Can Make All The Difference In The World

To understand the importance of the right equipment for Classical Pilates, you first need to know that Joseph referred to his equipment as Apparatus and not machines. The point being that you are to work the apparatus, where as machines are designed to do the work for you. You need to develop a relationship with the apparatus, by this I mean connect with it physically, not just hold it or stand on it, but rather for example, ground into it, reach into it, draw away from it. The apparatus supports the body whilst giving us feedback to deepen into our core.

The second most significant component of his Pilates Apparatus is the springs. It is the spring that makes his apparatus so unique to delivering his Pilates Method. It is through the spring that the body engages with the apparatus to stabilize, strengthen and open the body this is where the magic happens. As you move through the exercises you engage the spring with your core muscles and deepening the bodies connections. Your spring becomes your ally. You start to listen and feel the springs and how you engage your core with them. Are you moving them evenly or do you hear them whoosh in one direction? Have you just banged your reformer closed? Are you bouncing in your leg springs on the Cadillac? Are the strong springs of the High Chair moving you instead of you moving them? The quality of Classical Pilates is in the quality of your relationship with the springs and the apparatus you are working.

Knowing your apparatus and the nature of the springs will guide you to know what to choose to work with on a specific day depending on how your body feels. A regular weekly Pilates practice should have you working with most of the apparatus that Joseph designed. One day you are drawn to the Universal Reformer, but another day serves you better to start seated on the High Chair. Why? If you are tired and feeling weaker than normal you may not work deep enough for the Reformer to open your body, you may feel like its too heavy and shortening. In Classical Pilates we do not change the exercises rather we choose the ones that will connect the core to strength it and open us. If an exercise is too heavy or strong it can push us out of our centered core and into our shoulders and bigger muscles and miss the smaller deeper muscles of our core which switches the whole bod on. This is how we use the whole system of apparatus to meet our body's needs and create the change we desire... the perfect balance of stability, strength and flexibility.

The Classical Pilates method married with the intended apparatus is powerful and effective. The body changes quickly when you develop a regular practice of Pilates (2 to 4 times per week) using the apparatus.

An Update From Saltwater House

Wed, 16 Sep 2020 01:36:09 GMT

Welcome to Saltwater House

Saltwater House is a Wellness Place. Established by Matthew and Jodie Lynch in 2010. All Practitioners provide quality treatment, care and patient education to support you on your journey to optimal health and wellbeing. This is a happy house and you may be greeted by our resident therapy dog "Keda".

Please call reception and we can assist you with an appointment or drop in and meet the Practitioners who will advise you with your healthcare plan.

Independent Versus Dependent Learning

Sun, 13 Sep 2020 06:00:52 GMT

Why Independent Learning?

There are 2 good reasons to become an independent client. The first reason is because that's what Joseph Pilates expected of clients learning his method of Pilates called "Contrology". A client was to learn their specific exercises and then join a group of clients in an open workout. Clients were not herded together to do the same exercises, waiting upon every word being spoon feed by an instructor. On the contrary, clients had to remember, engage, repeat, feel and listen to their bodies as they moved through their indivualised programs. The benefit for both teacher and student is, that the instructor is not repeating the set up, where the arms and legs go every class. More importantly, the instructor is watching how the client is moving and gives corrections that deepen the clients engagement to their core. The clients is thinking and feeling their body actively not passively waiting what to be told to do.

The second reason, is because research proves that when you take responsibility for your workouts and mentally engage with its content and method, you engage yourself more deeply and knowingly. Therefore, you are more likely to transfer the gains from your workouts into the rest of your active life.

For example, a client who comes in knowing what apparatus they want to work on, within their program and why, show that they understand what they are trying to do with the apparatus to create change. Furthermore, if you are 100% mind and body engaged you will experience the optimum flow state of a pursuit.

Studio Culture

Inverloch Authentic Pilates is run as an Open Workout Studio; the way Joseph Pilates operated his New York Studio for 40years. New clients complete an Introduction Program of 6 x 30min Privates in 14 days. You first need to learn the exercises of your individualized program before you can start to think about 'how' you do the exercise correctly. To move from your core muscles, you first need to know where your arms and legs go, what shape your spine is in, and know how to set up your apparatus.

All Clients of Inverloch Authentic Pilates develop a regular practice of 2 to 5 classes per week. We will advise you on how many classes per week will get you the results you want taking into consideration the condition of your body or injury limitations.