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As my back has been steadily improving, I decided this term to start back again doing acrobatics classes. Its been over a year now since I have done any, because I wanted to ensure my back was 100% before starting again. To my suprise we have a completely new teacher, and that teacher is none other than Australian Commonwealth Games womens artistic gymnastics medalist Holly Dykes! Wow we are so lucky to have her! I think Ive only actually had 2 classes with her so far, but already I have improve… Continue

Wow, this morning for the first time ever I found that I was able to do a scorpion balance without it hurting my back! In fact I could feel my abs working overtime so I knew I was doing right. This is a huge step forwards for me as it has always twinged my back. The difference now is I am no longer try to push myself further into such stretches if I cant feel my abs working or start to feel my back twinging.

This whole retraining the body thing I have been on this year has sure been hard for me… Continue

Today I watched a live contortion performance as part of a mini circus they had at the Canberra show. The girls' name was Jade Miller (Aussie girl) and she was an awesome performer and also very pretty. I mean Ive always been a big fan of any contortion performance and flock to see a circus just for that, but for some reason seeing this particular performance really jolted me back into realisng just how much I have a love for contortion and suddenly made me want to get better and start stretchin… Continue

Wow, things are really starting to change for me! Ive recently figured out how to turn my abs on when I stretch,and I must say I have never felt my core muscles work so much! My core has never been this strong before either.This morning when I woke up all the sides of my internal obliques were sore, but a good sore. Why? because Ive got this new exercise I do whilst lying in bed and I think when I wake up I must make myself do it unconsiously even though I am half asleep so dont even realise it!… Continue

I did a pilates class last Thursday and afterwards had really sore hips (as in tight feeling). Im not new to pilates in fact have been doing it continuously for 1 year now. The reason Ive been doing pilaetes is to try to help my back problems only it hasnt been helping much and in fact has caused some additional problems. I was stretching out my hips for about 1 1/2 hours on Friday and 1/2 an hour this morning and only now do they feel released. In fact they feel really stretched. I cant beleive… Continue