Wynberg Pilates with Mattie Holme

16/09/2019

This was sent to me by my doctor and is really worth a read!

Osteopenia (1992)[i] and Osteoporosis (1994)[ii] were formally identified as skeletal diseases by the World Health Organization (HTO) as bone mineral densities (BMD) 1 and 2.5 standard deviations, respectively, below the peak bone mass of an average young adult Caucasian female, as measured by an x-...

30/08/2019

Come play on the Oov and experience the magic

Join Mattie Holme at CMC 2020 for Intro to Oov! Saturday 22 February from 11am to 1pm. Registrations open 1st September...

14/08/2019

The Oov comes in 3 sizes and is the only piece of "equipment" out there that is shaped like the spine... genius! As you lie on it, it flattens and encourages the spine to lengthen, allowing more disc space between vertebrae

12/08/2019

Because we at Wynberg Pilates are committed to staying absolutely current, Mandy Williams and Mattie Holme travelled to Jo'burg this past weekend for a 3 day workshop on this astounding new innovation. The brainchild of Daniel Vladeta, an Australian Osteopath with a background in neuroscience, the Oov (Out Of Vocabulary) is not a just another new gimmick but a carefully constructed tool guaranteed to address innumerable asymmetries and discrepancies in the "core", amongst other things. We've been working with it for a couple of years now with astonishing results. Watch this space for upcoming workshops. And see us at CMC next February.😉

27/06/2019

Footage of Joseph Pilates' teaching ... pretty hectic. The commentator, Eve Gentry, was a disciple who went on to develop her own style, based on the original work of Jo.

The following classic footage of Joseph Pilates working on camera with Eve Gentry is of course special in its own right, not only as a record in the vault of Pilates history, but as a window to the relationship of two revered teachers. We are doubly thrilled, however, to share this with you at this....

16/06/2019

Fats have a PR problem.

11/06/2019

Good to know when we're being manipulated by marketing!

A clever bit of marketing has obscured the more nuanced nature of human well-being.

04/06/2019

“Stimulating” it leads to calmness, but how and why?

26/05/2019

Tom Myers, Author of Anatomy Trains explains how aging, hydration and the fascia of your body are intimately connected. Understanding how these elements inte...

24/05/2019

Is core strength your goal from Pilates? This is a goal many of my clients note on their intake form when they come to see me. Not surprising, considering Pilates is considered a discipline that im…

13/04/2019

A thoughtful article about this complex concept

Is core strength your goal from Pilates? This is a goal many of my clients note on their intake form when they come to see me. Not surprising, considering Pilates is considered a discipline that im…

09/04/2019

Some good words from the Oov inventor Daniel Vladeta

This is "Daniel Vladeta - Oov Creator & Medical Expert" by Montauk Media on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.