Love and Core Pilates and Yoga, Martinborough

18/02/2026

Can I change your mind?

10/02/2026

Greetings and aroha from the Love & Core team. Here we are, all the instructors, during a team meeting at my whare, test driving our new matching mugs. We are all avid tea drinkers and these delightful mugs make our favourite beverages taste even better. Thank you .ceramics for creating our bespoke vessels with our trademark catch phrase….

Bloody buggery bo****ks!

Say it! It’ll bring you great joy and might even let out some pent up feelings!

08/01/2026

Can I change your mind?

03/01/2026

Can I change your mind?


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01/01/2026

Can I change your mind?

31/12/2025

18/12/2025

If you’ve managed to get through the year without descending in to full bats**ttery, well done. Kudos to you.

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08/12/2025

24 years ago when my mate was 15 she lost her beautiful mum to MS, a cruel, degenerative, s**t head of a disease. Years later we both found ourselves living in NZ, me in the North Island and my mate in the South. Having developed a keen interest in the outdoors, my mate started tramping regularly on single and multi day/overnight hikes, and participating in trail races and ultra marathons. I saw a shift in her. The grief and pain of the past was still present but it had less control over her. She had developed a physical and mental power, a determination both quiet and fierce, and an unwavering resilience for the brutal yet life affirming challenges she had set herself out on the trails. It was infectious and I wanted the same buzz.

One day my mate said to me ‘whenever I feel like giving up or like I can’t be bothered, I think of my mum who would have given anything to have gotten up out of her wheelchair.’

This was one of those pivotal moments for me. I too had the privilege and opportunity to explore my own limits, get out in to nature and feed my body and soul with her gnarly, expansive, breathtaking beauty and all she has to offer.

So began my love affair with running and the New Zealand bush. A past time and desire now so deeply embedded in my psyche I find myself frequently daydreaming about the next time I will be immersed in the freedom and flow state of my feet hitting the ground and my muscles burning as I climb. Out there, any problems I face in daily life still exist, but they don’t seem quite so over bearing. I am physically stronger because of it but more importantly, psychologically stronger.

I’m not breaking any records, I’m not particularly fast or even that skilled but I’m intrinsically motivated. I want to, and have to, be there. It’s not a punishment nor a burden, or a way to burn calories, it’s a way to shed stress and nourish my mind.

So this is a shout out to my mate Amy and anyone else who gets their fix out on the trails. Far better than any Pilates studio or gym, a little slice of paradise, you can have for free, whenever you want.

25/11/2025

Bookings link in bio

All equipment and props provided. BYO an additional pillow and blanket for ultimate comfort. 🌱

29/10/2025

You’ve heard it before, but I’ll say it again.

Getting older is not the time for retiring from meaning activities and moving a whole lot less.

Reject societal expectations around aging, they’re unhelpful and disempowering. Stop expecting frailty and decline, stay active, keep training, behave badly, be outrageous, keep learning and keep playing.

27/10/2025

Excited to share I’m partnering with Jula Retreats for a boutique Winter Reset in Martinborough (15–17 May 2026). Book early and get 10% off as a founding member — deposit $500 by 15 Nov.

More info: www.jularetreats.com

23/10/2025

I drew a picture for you guys! I'm sharing this image so you can better equip yourself when managing or recovering from pain or injury. In the Venn diagram you’ll see MANY contributors pertaining to pain that could be either possible risk or protective factors.

Managing pain and injury through the lens of the biopsychosocial model means treating the whole person comprehensively, taking in to account the many variables impacting an individual, such as; beliefs and expectations, sleep, socioeconomic status and hormonal shifts. This contrasts with the older biomedical model which views pain and injury simply as a physical pathology without consideration for a broad range of factors that contribute and modulate the experience of pain.

The myth of pain as always being a physical issue, like tissue damage or degeneration, can be very limiting. It overlooks the important role the brain plays in perpetuating pain and fails to recognise the abundance of biological, psychological and social factors that play a role in pain. For example...

🤕Distress, anxiety and depression are important predictors in the development of acute pain becoming chronic. (Meints, Edwards, Gilligan, Schreiber, 2020)

🤕50% of the population may experience neck pain in their lifetime. The greatest predictors of neck pain are low job satisfaction and low perceived support at work (Cohen & Hooten, 2017)

🤕Kinesiophobia is common among individulas with persistent lower back pain. "This fear driven avoidance may lead to deconditioning, heightened pain perception and a cycle of inactivity and disability" (Dr Deeba Shaikh, 2025)

Pain is nuanced and impacted by biological, psychological and social factors such as; sleep quality, emotions, expectations about pain or aging, quality of our relationships, hormonal fluctuations and stress.
Whilst the biomedical approach still has value and can be very effective in the treatment of acute injuries and mechanical problems, care and treatment can be limited by its narrow framework. For greater scope and increased, positive health outcomes, all biopsychosocial risk and protective factors should be considered. (References in bio.)