Video: Fife fitness class uses live goats for pilates – Fife Today

A Fife fitness class has become the first in Scotland to practice pilates – with goats. This content was originally published here.

Who was Joseph Pilates?

We know Pilates is a system of exercises using special apparatus, designed to improve physical strength, flexibility, posture, and enhance mental awareness. We know we can do Pilates on Mat or using the classic apparatus. We know that after each session we feel great. But how much do we know about the man who developed …

Louise Smith: After mindfulness freed her from antidepressants – meet the woman taking it into schools

\”But something really stuck, because when I left the surgery I Googled mindfulness – at that time it wasn\’t really talked about. There was all this stuff about how mindfulness is better for avoiding relapse, which is what I was struggling with, and for relieving insomnia which really sold it to me.\” That was five …