Silencito Pilates & Meditation Studio

"Dance with Life. Do something to change your energy."

Movement is remarkable at helping to shift stagnant energy in the body. Feelings of tightness and restrictions can be dissipated through appropriate movement. Moving in unfamiliar ways to our everyday patterns, with our own body’s natural rhythm, allowing our conscious and subconscious to bring us back to harmony. Rewriting your body’s story to one of balanced, joyful movements.

Oracle card by Rebecca Campbell.

"Heaven blew every trumpet and played every horn on the wonderful, marvellous night you were born" - Nancy Tillman

Welcome to earth, dear little Rhea! Congratulations to dear Silencito Mum, Karina, on birthing this precious soul.

A very special tribe helped bring this baby forth, as one of our treasured Silencito women, Gen, was her midwife.

Karina truly blossomed as she grew her little magic inside. She grew stable and strong, then released and softened as her body needed. I am so proud of all she was and is.

Enjoy these precious newborn cuddles. You are in our hearts. ###

Art: Shiloh Sophia

“Birth is an opportunity to transcend. To rise above what we are accustomed to, reach deeper inside ourselves than we are familiar with, and to see not only what we are truly made of, but the strength we can access in and through birth.” – Marcie Macari

Congratulations dear Silencito Mum, Elly, on the birth of your precious daughter, Ottavia Eve, on Thursday 16th June. She is divine. Welcome to Earth dear little one. Elly embraced the magic of pregnancy from the start and had a dream journey. She easily flowed with the changes and needs of each phase. When the time came to encourage baby to come forth, we worked with specific movements and techniques to help stimulate labour and to connect to her little life inside. She went into labour the next morning. You are one strong woman, Elly, and I am so proud of you.

Ottavia Eve made you a Mum. Wishing you a mountain of love and guidance as you experience the miracle of motherhood.

With love and peace from all of us at Silencito

### Liz

*I have taught pre & post-natal women Pilates for twenty years. Women’s health at all glorious ages is my passion & purpose.
*I hold a pre & post-natal Pilates Specialist Certificate, Diastasis Recti Recovery Certificate & Support Your Floor Certificate from the Center of Women’s Fitness under Carolyne Anthony.
*I hold an Advanced Diploma of The Pilates Method, which includes in-depth pre/post-natal training.
*I am a Principal Trainer of Pilates Alliance of Australasia (PAA)

Vivobarefoot! Amazing barefoot shoes!

You receive 15% off when you use my unique practitioner code:

http://www.solemechanics.com.au/discount/SILENCITO48

I have been wearing Vivobarefoot shoes for about 8 years now and am in love with them. I adore their trainers, trail trainers, hiking boots, desert boots and day shoes. I never wear anything else. My 8 year old daughter has also been wearing them for most of her young life.

The shoes allow feet to move as close to nature’s design as possible. They allow for good articulation and suppleness through the feet whilst walking, which then also affects the behaviour of the legs, pelvis and spine. They also allow a connection to the ground when not able to actually be barefoot.

Maybe it is due to my last name (Stride) that I have a passion for healthy feet!

..............

As Vivobarefoot say:

The human foot is an evolutionary masterpiece.

The natural foot is wide (fan shaped), flexible (with three dynamic arches) and sensory (with thousands of nerve endings.

The foot is stable: The foot is the body’s base of support. The arches act like springs and when “unloaded”, the intrinsic muscles and ligaments provide arch support. When “loaded”, the arch collapses and the ligaments, muscles and tendons provide elastic recoil. When running your body needs to absorb 2x your body weight in shock. Take this away - by heel striking - and the “shock” needs to be absorbed by the knees and hips.

The foot is strong: The foot has three rockers used in walking, the heel walker, the ankle walker and the forefoot (big toe) rocker. The flexibility and strength of the big toe is crucial for healthy natural locomotion. The human foot is designed to push off from the big toe.

The foot is sensory: The part of the brain that gets information from the feet is the same size as the part of the brain that gets information from the hands. Take away this feedback and the brain gets confused, resulting in unskillful movement and pain.

A child’s foot is mostly cartilage until the teenage years. The bones are not set and can be easily deformed by non-foot shaped shoes in early life. More than 95% of children are born with perfect feet and don’t need any orthotics or support. Keeping kids in rigid or supportive shoes has been shown to slow brain development and start a lifetime of bad movement habits that result in unskillful, unenjoyable movement for life.

Vivobarefoot shoes let your feet do their thing.

They are wide to allow a stable foot. Wide shoes allow your toes—crucially, your big toes—to provide a stable base of support.
Tapered narrow shoes give you shoe-shaped feet reducing stability and restricting the natural splay and recoil of toes weakening the muscles and function.

They are thin for a sensory foot. Thin puncture-resistant soles allow the 200,000 nerves in each foot to provide your brain with the sensory feedback you need to move with skill. Thick cushioned soles reduce sensory feedback to your brain and don’t allow your feet to feel the ground. Resulting in clumsy unskilful movement like over-striding when you walk or run.

They are flexible for a strong foot. A flexible, wide foot-shaped shoe allows your muscles and tendons to load, splay and recoil putting a natural spring in your step. Supportive and/or rigid shoes cramp your feet and restrict the natural range of movement weakening the muscles and fascia.

http://www.solemechanics.com.au/discount/SILENCITO48

Sometimes all our bodies need is our gentle presence, calm breathing and deep listening to open up to the healing that is waiting to occur.

I help allow you to access your slower breath, to become more present with your body’s movements and to deeply listen to the subtle messages the body sends us through it’s sensations and inner eye.

Bringing a sense that the breath moves our body, our body movements guide our breath.

Our presence allows our body to find its best way to move. Our deep listening guides our movements.

Our gentle loving presence, slow calm breathing, deep inner listening opens us up to better movement and posture, and being the best version of our true selves possible in this moment.

Pilates at Silencito is your “little silence” to be your best self.

Only four people per class, guided through your own unique individual program using the traditional Pilates equipment for your unique self.

With love and silencito, Liz ###

“Mothers of daughters are daughters of mothers and have remained so, in circles joined to circles, since time began.”
– Signe Hammer

Congratulations to dear Silencito Mum, Sinoma, for birthing her sweet daughter on the 8th January 2022. Enjoy these precious moments of becoming a Mum to a daughter and a beautiful family of four.

I first took Sinoma for Pilates as part of her post-natal journey after the birth of her first child. This pregnancy was a wonderful mix of online and studio work, embracing the beauty that the two offered, to help guide an enjoyable pregnancy and to help prepare Mum and baby for birth. I am looking forward to welcoming Sinoma back to the studio at the end of this month.

“I know that my deep breathing was strong which helped me get through it & I’ve got you to thank for that!” - Sinoma

With love from us all at Silencito, Liz ###

.......

*I have taught pre & post-natal women Pilates for twenty years. Women’s health at all glorious ages is my passion & purpose.
*I hold a pre & post-natal Pilates Specialist Certificate, Diastasis Recti Recovery Certificate & Support Your Floor Certificate from the Center of Women’s Fitness under Carolyne Anthony.
*I hold an Advanced Diploma of The Pilates Method, which includes in-depth pre/post-natal training.
*I am a Principal Trainer of Pilates Alliance of Australasia (PAA

I have learnt so much from the teachings of Thich Nhat Hanh over the years. A revered teacher of loving kindness, peace and presence. May his essence forever be with us.

“People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Every day we are engaged in a miracle which we don't even recognise: a blue sky, white clouds, green leaves, the black, curious eyes of a child—our own two eyes. All is a miracle.”

- Thich Nhat Hanh

Photo of lotus in Lake Russell, Emerald Beach, whilst on holidays.

In honour of Thich Nhat Hanh -"No mud, no lotus"

Oh how I have loved seeing many of you back in the studio this week! I have felt like doing a happy, cheesy tap dance at the start of each session as a huge welcome back! Well done on dropping back into your body’s unique rhythm and remembering your calm, nourishing breath with your balanced, harmonious movements. You all look amazing.

I will now be away for a family village camp with “Nature Philosophy” from the 16th January to the 26th January. A beautiful opportunity for quality family nature time and a chance to truly replenish for the year ahead.

I am looking forward to continuing our Pilates journeys on my return.

In the meantime, enjoy some long walks in nature with some deep breathing and soak up the wonder of our natural world.

With love,
Liz ###

“A new baby is like the beginning of all things – wonder, hope, a dream of possibilities.” – Eda J. Le Shan

Welcome sweet little Kayd! Born on the 5th January 2022. Congratulations dear Silencito Mum, Bec! I am over the moon happy for you! Women are so strong and when bringing a new life into the world, we realise we are stronger than we know.

Bec’s Pilates journey started a couple of years ago to help stabilise her back to prepare for pregnancy. She beautifully embraced the different phases of pregnancy and her body’s needs as we worked on encouraging balanced movements for the whole body and nurturing a calm, loving pregnancy to enjoy the magic of growing a little life inside. Bec is recovering really well and looking forward to being back in the studio in a few weeks time.

Enjoy resting with your little miracle!

Love Liz and all of us at Silencito ###

“Birth is a rite of passage of women. Their journey should be honored, their rights should be fiercely protected, and their stories should be shared.” – Marcie Macari
.....

Baby Franklin River Morris landed on Earth at the end of last year on the 22nd December 2021!

Congratulations to dear Silencito Mum, Thea, on birthing this precious little miracle. Enjoy these magical newborn cuddles and quiet days of connection and overwhelming love. He is beautiful.

Thea’s pregnancy Pilates journey started in the Pilates studio and then moved to online classes during lockdown. We are both looking forward to continuing the journey in the studio in a few weeks to help embrace the beauty of the post-natal body. You can’t beat face-to-face connection, women coming together to share wisdom, experience, stories on birthing, mothering, bodies and the preciousness of life.

The first photo is Thea and Franklin. The second photo is Thea's daughter with Franklin :)

“No back issues like last time during pregnancy (the few niggles were helped with exercises you taught me) or after, and I just felt more engaged with my body. I think I was also a lot more aware of my breathing and I was able to use it to work with the contractions” - Thea.

…………

*I have taught pre & post-natal women Pilates for twenty years. Women’s health at all glorious ages is my passion & purpose.
*I hold a pre & post-natal Pilates Specialist Certificate, Diastasis Recti Recovery Certificate & Support Your Floor Certificate from the Center of Women’s Fitness under Carolyne Anthony.
*I hold an Advanced Diploma of The Pilates Method, which includes in-depth pre/post-natal training.
*I am a Principal Trainer of Pilates Alliance of Australasia (PAA)

Love Liz ###

Yippee! We open for the new year!

Discover Silencito...a fully equipped Pilates Studio in the heart of Narara, Central Coast! Using traditional equipment of Reformers, Cadillacs, Wunda Chairs, Barrels, Ped-a-puls, OOVs and more to help create joyful, balanced movement.

Silencito is that "little silence" in life...to move, to breathe, to be you.

"Change happens through movement, and movement heals"
- Joseph Pilates

What an unbelievable year!

I am so blessed to have you all in my life. Our little haven has been alive once more with smiley faces, air hugs, a calming hum of presence and a vibrant life force flowing through us all.

On our return, we have found our happy feet, spacious alignment, focussed centre and nourishing breath once more to bring singing bodies and hearts. Oh how I missed you all!

Silencito is for every body, from all walks of life. When building our studio, my vision was to create that “little silence”, that safe space, those moments of pause in life between the chaos or busyness... to move, to breathe, to be your self. To be you. A place to align body and spirit, and feel cared for.

May we all live with oneness, compassion and universal love. May we all appreciate every living being, each other’s uniqueness, gifts and place in the world. May we all honour the infinite divine light that each of us carry.

The new year is a time of freshness, to rise above all and focus on all the positives and the world we wish to live in.

Being present with our bodies and in-particular our breathing is the most powerful way to create changes and allow for better, more harmonious movement. We can do this if we allow ourselves to more deeply inhabit our bodies with all of our senses.

We all know the importance of appropriate exercise, deep breathing and meditational movement for our optimum health and wellbeing of mind, body and spirit. I am confident that our studio will remain a safe and caring space to be. With only three people in a class, we are able to have space and good hygiene.

One of the beauties of our Silencito comm-unity is our diversity. How glad I am that our studio holds such diverse, wonderful humans in its wings, allowing me to experience life through many different eyes and to continue to learn and grow as a teacher. I feel grateful that Silencito enriches many people’s lives.

Silencito closes for the year on the 22nd December 2021 and re-opens on the 10th January 2022.

Enjoy this time of new hope and new horizons with the beauty of Summer in the air.

Wishing you all a world full of peace, love and joy in the new year,
Liz ###

You are cherished!

“One of the most calming and powerful actions you can do to intervene in a stormy world is to stand up and show your soul. Struggling souls catch light from other souls who are fully lit and willing to show it.”
- Clarissa Pinkola Estés

“Receive the children in reverence, educate them in love, and send them forth in freedom." - Rudolf Steiner
....
Congratulations to dear Silencito Mum, Cene, on birthing baby Christian on the 12th of December 2021! Welcome to Earth sweet Christian!

12.12.21…What a powerful date to be born!

I have guided Cene through all three of her pregnancies. Each pregnancy and birth is different though has similarities and the mother herself is vastly different from the one who fell pregnant and birthed for the first time. I always work with the woman in front of me, addressing her needs in that moment. We once more prepared her body and baby for birth, gathering many tools for the toolkit and enriching the precious connection between mother and baby inside during the last few weeks. I am honoured to be entrusted to the care of Cene and her babies and to see her beautiful family grow.

Aren’t women's bodies amazing to grow, bring forth and sustain a human life? A miracle.

With love and peace from all of us at Silencito
### Liz
....

*I have taught pre & post-natal women Pilates for twenty years. Women’s health at all glorious ages is my passion & purpose.
*I hold a pre & post-natal Pilates Specialist Certificate, Diastasis Recti Recovery Certificate & Support Your Floor Certificate from the Center of Women’s Fitness under Carolyne Anthony.
*I hold an Advanced Diploma of The Pilates Method, which includes in-depth pre/post-natal training.
*I am a Principal Trainer of Pilates Alliance of Australasia (PAA)

“Giving birth and being born brings us into the essence of creation, where the human spirit is courageous and bold and the body, a miracle of wisdom.” – Harriette Hartigan
....
Welcome to Earth, dear baby Evie! Born on the 3rd November 2021. Congratulations to dear Silencito Mum, Jackie, on this precious little being!

Jackie started Pilates with me three years ago, shortly after the birth of her first child. We worked with specific post-natal movements to regain stability, alignment, mobility and strength.

The journey of her second pregnancy started in the studio, which enabled us to focus on balanced movements with the help of face to face connection and guidance.

We then once more discovered the beauty of online classes during the third trimester, being able to “mute” so that she could focus on breathing using the voice for healing vibrations to help with deep relaxation, releasing, softening, expanding and to create an inner meditative state for Mum and baby.

Jackie was simply radiant and blossoming like a flower throughout her whole pregnancy. Women’s bodies are inspiringly miraculous to be able to grow and sustain new life. Enjoy those magical newborn cuddles, dear Jackie.

With love and peace from all of us at Silencito ###

....

*I have taught pre & post-natal women Pilates for twenty years. Women’s health at all glorious ages is my passion & purpose.
*I hold a pre & post-natal Pilates Specialist Certificate, Diastasis Recti Recovery Certificate & Support Your Floor Certificate from the Center of Women’s Fitness under Carolyne Anthony.
*I hold an Advanced Diploma of The Pilates Method, which includes in-depth pre/post-natal training.
*I am a Principal Trainer of Pilates Alliance of Australasia (PAA)

Art: Shiloh Sophia