Fancy a Pilates holiday in Tobago?
I have been visiting this delightful Caribbean island - situated just above Venezuela - for twenty years. I shot the photographs displayed on this website there. The warm weather and delicious sea leave the body relaxed and lose, a great starting point for practicing the Pilates technique!
There is a wonderful hotel offering holistic therapies and organic health food. In the tropical garden is a huge circular, open-sided, wooden-floored salle for yoga and other forms of exercise. It has a grass roof and is inspirational as a place to learn. I am presently setting up Pilates holidays there.
One of my ideas is for couples. I have found that, probably due to the way Pilates has been advertised, many women have taken it up but find their husbands are slowly shrinking beneath them! I would like to encourage the male population to investigate Pilates and realize it's benefits. After all, Pilates was a man. I believe the approach should be different for men and would like to offer classes for men and classes for the ladies with the aim of putting them together by the end of the holidays. Couples are not usually good at teaching each other but if you are going to practice without an instructor at home, as you should, a second pair of eyes is essential at first.
I will also be offering teacher-training courses there for certified teachers.
Of course, you cannot practice Pilates all day, and the classes will be held in the cool of the morning and the evening. The rest of the day you can scuba dive, snorkel or visit the rainforest!
The required information will be available on the site later this year. However, if you are interested in the holiday I would love to hear from you. - Email address mirandabass@aol.com or complete the form below