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Helen Zhang
Jan 31, 2020

PILATES can IMPROVE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

自然治癒力を高め、より健康的になるためのピラティス


FEBRUARY 2020 NEWSLETTER

February focuses on improving immunity and power couples.

２月はバレンタインデー

カップルパワーと自然治癒力に焦点を


Pilates is known for improving posture, joint mobility, and core stability. But now experts believe that Pilates can boost immunity and fight the common cold and flu.


ピラティスは、姿勢が良くなる、関節が動くようになる、体幹が鍛えられる、ということでよく知られています。しかし昨今は、ピラティスをすることで自然治癒力を発達させ、風邪やインフルエンザなどの予防にも役立つと言う専門家もいます。


Pilates exercises also help to make your lymphatic and respiratory systems more efficient and these are crucial to your immune system. This is what Lynne Robinson, author of Pilates For Life has to say:


‘Our lymphatic system is basically our body’s waste disposal system. During normal metabolic processes, cells produce waste products, which need to be removed so that the cells can stay healthy and nutrients can reach the cells. Lymph is the fluid that contains the toxins, so lymph has to be removed and cleaned. Toxins are filtered out by lymph nodes situated all around the body (mostly by our joints). The lymph is then carried by vessels back to the thoracic ducts (just by the collarbones), where the cleaned lymph is returned to the bloodstream.


Although it has millions of vessels just like the blood system, the lymphatic system has no strong pump to keep lymph moving. Instead, lymph is moved by breathing, walking, intestinal activity, and muscle action. So the rhythmic movements of a Pilates session stimulate blood flow and lymph flow. Throughout your Pilates class, as your muscles contract and release, lymph vessels are squeezed and lymph is pushed along and filtered through lymph nodes on its way back to the veins and the heart.’


Is this starting to make sense? Here's another great story.


The health conditions in the internment camps during the World War were not great. Joseph Pilates insisted that everyone in his cell block participate in daily exercise routines to help maintain both their physical and mental well-being. However, some of the injured German soldiers were too weak to get out of bed. Not content to leave his comrades lying idle, Pilates took springs from the beds and attached them to the headboards and footboards of the iron bed frames, turning them into equipment that provided a type of resistance exercise for his bedridden "patients."


These mechanized beds were the forerunners of the spring-based exercise machines, like the Reformer we have at My Body My Pilates. Pilates legend has it that during the great flu epidemic of 1918, not a single one of the soldiers under Joseph Pilates' care died. He credited his technique (which he called "Contrology" or what we refer to as "Pilates" today) for the prisoners' strength and fitness — remarkable under the less than optimum living conditions of internment camps, which were hit especially hard by this deadly flu.


ジョセフ・ピラティスの本の中に、彼は戦争中、強制収容所に収容されていたとあります。彼は同じく収容されている囚人たちに彼の療法を教え、収容所の中でそのシステムを改善していきました。1918年に世界中でインフルエンザが流行しましたが（このインフルエンザで何億人もが亡くなり、強制収容所のような場所はそのようなウィルスがより大勢に広まりやすい場所でした）、ピラティスの教え子たちは誰もインフルエンザにかかることはありませんでした。


何をぐずぐずしているの？友達を誘って、さぁ始めましょう


So what are you waiting for?

何を待っているの？


Pilates exercises teach awareness of breath and of alignment of the spine and strengthen the deep torso and abdominal muscles.


Here's what My Body My Pilates will focus on in February to improve your immunity.

2月の特別キャンペーン

Join us for 22 February Workshop - Cervical Spine and Neck Powerhouse
２月２２日のワークショップに参加してみませんか 頸椎と首の特別クラス

This workshop will focus on the anatomy from your head to the cervical spine. You will achieve a better posture, unlock those frozen shoulders and relieve pain in the neck area. You will also learn exercises that you can practice at home.


このワークショップ(¥4,400)は、あなたの頭から頸椎までの組織に焦点を絞って行います。姿勢を正し、肩こりをほぐし、首回りの痛みを無くすことができるようになります。また、ご自宅やご自分のスタジオでのレッスンで使えるエクササイズも学ぶことができます。



Are you thinking of becoming a Pilates Instructor?

ピラティスインストラクターになりたい方へ


Do you love Pilates so much that you desire to help others gain a more beautiful, confident, healthy body? Like me, Pilates helped me with my knee problem and now I want to help others with Pilates too.


This 22 February Workshop - Cervical Spine and Neck Powerhouse will be perfect for you. We will be teaching you how to teach others. And if you want to ask me about teaching Pilates, come for the workshop and we can chat.


この２月２２日に行われる頸椎と首の特別ワークショップは、私たちがどのようにレッスンをしているか、特に頭や首や頸椎のエクササイズについて学ぶのにぴったりのクラスです。




Grab February Power Couple Pilates Offer

２月は、誰かと二人でいるということが皆さんにとってどういう意味があるのか、そんなことを深く考えさせられる月ですよね。パートナーでも、彼氏でも彼女でも、親友でも、誰のことを思っていても、２月はあなたの人生に愛を与えてくれた人に感謝の気持ちを表すのに最適な月なんです。


55 minutes ANY time slot Couple Private Sessions at ¥15000 for 2 people and if a couple signs up to any package, they receive 1 FREE class each.


何時からでも 55分間のプライベートレッスンを二人で15,000円で受けていただけます。もし、お二人とも回数券を購入された場合は、それぞれ１レッスン無料になります。


55 minutes SPECIAL time slot for Couple Private Sessions at ¥11000 for 2 people.

Mondays at 12 pm and 1 pm.

Wednesdays at 1 pm for classes in English.

Tuesdays at 6 pm, Thursdays at 8 pm and Fridays at 6 pm are for classes in Japanese.


下記の日程で、特別に55分間のペアプライベートレッスンをご用意しました。

お二人で11,000円で受けていただけます。

月曜日の12時と1時、水曜日の1時には英語でのレッスン、木曜日の6時と8時、金曜日

の6時には日本語でのレッスンがございます。

まだまだこれからレッスンの枠を増やしていく予定ですので、お楽しみに。


HOW TO BOOK

Grab February Power Couple Pilates Offer by My Body My Pilates







THIEVES will clean the air

My Body My Pilates Studio will be defusing “Thieves”, a 100% plant-based essential oil to clean the air. We use “Thieves household cleaner" to clean all our equipment. So if you are visiting our Pilates studio the next time, please use our spray to clean your hands after taking off your shoes.


スタジオでは、『Thieves』のエッセンシャルオイルで空気を清浄しています。また、『Thieves』のクリーナーで機械を清掃しています。 ウイルス感染を防ぐために、スタジオに入る際には靴を脱いだ後、除菌スプレーを使用して下さい。ご協力をお願い致します。




Book now for 22 February Workshop - Cervical Spine and Neck Powerhouse to boost your immune system.


Our location


Our Pilates studio is at 3 丁目5ー11元麻布 1/F Pilates Studio, Block C Majes Motoazabu Gardens, 港区 Tokyo 106-0046

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