Ok so Valentine’s day is around the corner and I wanted to teach a Partner Pilates class. You can come with your better half to giggle and exercise before going for a romantic supper together, or come with your sister, neighbour, best friend or father for an equally fun workout. You can even come alone and we’ll match you up with someone. The point is, this class is not romantic or relationship based. It is all about using another body to stretch, strengthen and challenge your body. Plus it’s really fun! I’ve taught this class many times before for special events, Lululemon, etc, but will be adding some new goodies into the mix. Hope to see you there!

Saturday February 11, 2012 5:30-7:30 pm
20$ per person

Zen Taï Studio
5165 Queen Mary RD Suite 511
Montreal, Quebec
Next to Snowdon metro station

Please register at: info@nfbody.com

*** Register at info@nfbody.com before February 9th 2012 and get a $50 rebate ***

More than 15 hours of workouts await you in the beautiful region of Mont Orford. Second generation Pilates Master, Natalie Fitzpatrick, offers you the best in Pilates and Yamuna Body Rolling to regain strength and flexibility in your body. Plus, afternoon snowshoe and hiking excursions will make you burn those calories and get a healthy dose of winter sunshine!

Proposed activities:

• Detoxifying breathing
• Toning Pilates with flex-band
• Toning Pilates with ball
• Pilates-yoga-stretch fusion
• Yamuna Body Rolling for the feet and leg lengthening
• Yamuna Body Rolling to free your ribcage and neck
• Yamuna Body Rolling to free your hips and spine
• Snowshoeing
• Classes will be taught in a room surrounded by windows over looking the forest!

$375 per person with double occupancy including two nights at the luxurious Auberge 4 Saisons (Friday and Saturday)

$250 per person if you find your own lodging

$50 off when you register before February 9th!!!

Auberge 4 Saisons
4940  Chemin du Parc
J1X 7N9
Orford, Québec

Only 90 minutes from Montreal!

Fall is here… Time to start keeping the body warm against the cold and to get ready for winter sports. This two-hour Yamuna Body Rolling workshop will focus on increasing circulation in the feet, inner thighs, abdomen and spine to create heat from the inside out!

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L’automne est arrivé, le temps de commencer à se mettre au chaud et de se préparer pour les sports d’hiver. Cet atelier de Yamuna Body Rolling adressera le corps en entier et metteras l’emphase sur une bonne circulation dans les pieds, l’intérieur des cuisses, l’abdomen et la colonne vertébrale.

Studio Zen Taï, 5165 Queen Mary (metro Snowdon)
Saturday November 19th, 2 pm – 4 pm
$55, insurance receipts available
Registration: info@nfbody.com

Treat your body to 18 hours of skeletal realignment, muscle lengthening, and tension release – you will feel renovated and energized. This weekend workshop will also help you gain a better understanding of your tension holding patterns, and show you how to relieve these tensions by yourself in a most simple and effective way on a daily basis.

The following body parts will be rolled out one muscle at a time, then addressed with the basic YBR routines:

- Hamstrings
- Posterior Calf
- Spine
- Quadriceps
- Adductors
- Anterior Calf
- Abdominal Muscles
- Chest and Neck

Cost: 620 USD (50$ discount if you register more than 6 weeks before start time)
Forms: http://yamunabodyrolling.com/training/registration

Course Objectives: Upon completion of this course students will have:

-An understanding of the theories of YBR®
-Experientially learned how to find and work all muscles covered in this phase
-Experienced the nature of muscle release and the order and logic by which it happens
-Have learned all YBR routines for the anterior and posterior body

As an avid practitioner of foot fitness and lover of all sorts of fancy or funky footwear, I dig anything to do with feet. If you haven’t made your way into one of my foot focus workshops yet, or are unsure why you should pay any attention to your feet, check out this recent news broadcast from NYC, birthplace of Yamuna Foot Fitness and quintessential walking city.

Festival Mode & Design de Montréal

On August 3rd, the Montreal Fashion & Design Festival will highlight the launch with it’s very first high heel race. Crazy do you say? Yes of course! But it’s to raise money for the Canadian Cancer Society, therefore at least it’s for a good cause. I thought I would mention this because I am so obsessed with strong, healthy feet, foot fitness… and pretty shoes!

So I’ve decided to teach another Love Your Stilettos workshop. Whether you intend on participating in this risquée race, enjoy wearing heels in your own time, or want to free up tensions in your feet, calves and lower back, mark your agendas! The workshop will be held at:

Love Your Stilettos!
Centre Kinesphère, 1565 Mont-Royal E (corner Fabre)
Saturday August 20th 2011, 4:30 – 6:30 pm

If you are interested in participating in the fundraiser for the Canadian Cancer Society, click HERE!

Following a recent fitting at Lululemon on St-Denis as part of the research and development team, here is my favourite top out of the dozens I tried. It is called the Power Dance Tank, and I it’s my fave for the following reasons:

- Ample room around the bust, perfect for women like myself who have broad backs and strong arms

- Very supportive built-in bra that does not cut into the ribs, allowing for comfortable and expansive thoracic breathing

- The body of the tank is so light and breatheable, you won’t feel like you’re wearing anything at all. So if you sweat a lot in your workout, you won’t feel sticky

- Drawstring around the base of the shirt, allowing for a more form fitting top so that your teacher/trainer can have a better look at your body and correct your alignment during training

- When the drawstring is released, the top has a beautiful flow to it that is clean and classy for teaching

Enter the Pace Glove (the male version of this shoe is Merrell’s Trail Glove). It makes you feel as though you are barefoot, yet is designed in a way to protect your body against the impact of walking or running on a hard surface.

The shoe’s best features:

The heel is super well padded, makes you feel like you’re walking on a cloud
The shoe is extremely light (4.7 oz per shoe)
Ample room for the toes to articulate in proper walking technique
Adequate arch support that does not lock your foot in one position
Vegan friendly footwear
Comes in 9 awesome colours.

My review:

So after multiple long walks, I have to say that this is the first shoe that I would absolutely recommend to all of my clients. I can actually feel that my feet had an amazing workout the day after a long walk with the Pace Glove – being a foot fitness fanatic this is very exciting for me! A lot of people come to me with foot issues and I teach them how to release tense muscles, realign bones, and walk properly using all the parts of the foot. This shoe is the answer to my recommendations: enough support to keep the foot and ankle in proper alignment, with ample room for your feet to actually work at getting you around. Keep in mind that the 26 bones in the foot SHOULD MOVE!!!!! If your feet were not meant to be articulate, there wouldn’t be that many bones in them!

As I am a super speedy walker and not a runner, I can not give a runner’s review on this shoe. Read this review regarding barefoot running.

Oh, and as a bonus, Merrell created an iPhone App called Go Barefoot that helps you improve your barefoot running. Go figure, it may inspire me to do some low impact running!

So here it is, as promised, a workshop on how to properly wear high heel shoes and make your feet strong enough for the task. You will also learn how to take care of your feet before and after wearing high heels to limit the damage these can cause.

Learn to improve/prevent:

Bunions
Neuromas
Tight calves
Stiff lower back

So come with friends and learn how to strut your stuff with grace!

Saturday June 4, 2011, 4:30 to 6:30 pm
Centre Kinesphère, 1565 Mont-Royal E (Coin Fabre) Montréal, QC
55$ – receipts available

Email info@nfbody.com to register, see you soon!