The Big One – Barnsley

Handouts from the sessions at the Big One Barnsley

Pilates and the Small Ball – download as PDF

Progressive Pilates -  download as PDF

The Wobbly Workout -  download as PDF

My bezzy and Pilates teammates, Sal Russ and Anne Bain were due to come down and support me. Sal and Anne have presented at this event for the past two years but as I have always been away teaching on a course, I thought it was time they had a year off!!! Of course I still really hoped they would come down and help me out. Especially as I needed to borrow Annes Chi Balls! (Now that’s another story – don’t mention the chi balls as there was a bit of a row on the way down).

When Anne and Sal arrived I thought they had spent all night in a spray tan booth. I forgot they had just been on holiday. They came out looking like two umpalumpas.

It was fab as always to catch up with friends old and new. I saw lots of Modern Pilates students all flying the flag. Jeremy its was great to see you, you look just the same! Jenny, don’t forget to get in touch about assessing.

Hi to everybody else at the event, it was a pleasure catching up with you again. I caught up with the great Steve Ewatson and Cerri Hannnan, all be it for a few mins as they were charging round making sure the event went to plan. A brief hi to Lydia who looks amazing after baby (bet he’s not a baby any more). I was also really pleased to have the great pleasure of catching up with Mr Lincoln Bryden, as always one on my favourite people.

Linx you never change! I enjoyed our chat and the hug was amazing! Love ya babes say hi to the gorgeous Gill and a big kiss to Harvey boy. Gonna catch up October!

Stewart as always was on form!!!! I got the normal insults, only now I have been presenting for 85 years!!!!! It gets longer each event. As always his sessions were packed and folk talked about them all day.

I loved teaching the sessions and I have to say that as the years have gone by the convention attendees/presenters techniques has just got better and better!!!! Today is actually had a day off for me, so I’ll sign out! I say “day off”, but I am expected to clean up the house and cook a sunday dinner for my lovely hubby, three starving girls and an old Grandma. For those of you who don’t know my mum passed away in Feb this year she used to come for dinner every Sunday. Without fail she would turn up with a selection of four to five different puddings! Miss you mum. xxxxxx