Due to our on-line booking system being abused we have been forced to stop our on-line booking system.  You can still log on and check your account details etc.

If you wish to book classes please could you contact either Nigel on 07810 881 655 or Tanya on 07814 866 012 so we can contact you back for confirmation and payment.  All bookings now require at least 24 hour notice.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause some of our more reliable clients.

Nigel and I must apologise but due to childcare issues whilst I am on a course we are having to cancel the 12-1 class on Friday 2 and 9 October 2009.

We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause

I am truely sorry but due to a timetable clash on our teachers side we are having to cancel this class until further notice.

We apologise for any inconvience this may have caused.

We are very lucky at Pure Body Solutions as we have so many beautiful ladies of all age groups who join us every week for our classes.  It is sad to think though that in so many areas of life, beautiful women such as ourselves are still pressurised to be everything to everyone and to have the perfect figure with that ever perfect complexion. 

Advertising is a big part of this problem with the magic maker ‘air brushing’.  I have come across a campaign which has been recently launched the Real Women paper (http://www.realwomen.org.uk/), which included proposals to challenge dishonest and heavily airbrushed adverts that increase body image pressures.  Today I’m asking for your help with this campaign.  Real Women want to persuade the Advertising Standards Authority to use its powers to act on heavily airbrushed adverts. The more people sign up to our campaign (http://www.realwomen.org.uk/takeaction/), the more likely that is.

Support is growing for change: our campaign is supported by Girlguiding UK, the National Centre for Eating Disorders and leading academics.

Joining our Facebook group: www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=145069881802
Follow on Twitter: www.twitter.com/RealWomenLD

I hope that with support this will enable more women to find a more comfortable them along with our Beautiful Ladies.

As you might already know, we have not had a holiday as yet so we have decided to go away for the last Bank Holiday of the Summer.  Thus we will be closed from Friday 28 August and will re-open as normal on Tuesday 1 September 2009.

The Summer holiday’s are nearly over and the kids will be soon back in School.  You have survived another summer.  We have a few new classes starting in September:

Mummy & Baby Post-Natal Pilates – Tuesday 1 September, 12-1pm

Baby Yoga – Monday 7 September, 10-11am

Tai Chi – Thursday 17 September, 6.30-7.30pm

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Just to remind everyone that due to further training we will be closed week commencing Monday 20 July 2009 except for Baby Massage (Monday 10-11am), Tai Chi and Pregnancy Yoga (Thursday evening).

We will re-open as normal on Monday 27 July 2009.

We apologise for any inconvenience and look forward to seeing you soon.

July has a couple of new things for the new mother and for the impending parent:

• Thursday, 16 July, 7.30-9pm we have a free event presented by Tracy Lomax who has 21 years experience as an Osteopath and trained at the Osteopathic Centre for Children in Harley Street, London.  In this event she will focus on nutrition and about her own speciality and how she can bring a wealth of experience working with babies with birth trauma and children with hyperactivity.  Learn how nutrition is the foundation of our physical, emotional and psychological health, and that behavioural problems, from the earliest stage, can be easily corrected.
• Thursday, 30 July, evening(time TBC) Kiss It Better, which provides several first aid courses for parents, grandparents, childminders and nannies, will be running a 2 hour empowerment workshop specifically designed for expectant mothers, which focuses solely on first aid for babies, and is a lot less active to take into account those ever growing bumps!  Partners and family are also welcome on this course.  Knowing what to do in an emergency when the little one has arrived is essential for any parent.  £10.00 per person

If you are interested in or would like to book either of these events please contact Tanya on 07814 866 012 or via email at info@huddersfieldpilates.co.uk

And for those who are not pregnant who would like to lose a little weight or just generally improve their health we are continuing the Fit4Summerpromotion due to demand.  This is a 6 week course, 3 times a week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, 6-7pm) which comprises of 2 mat classes and 1 machinery class.  We also offer dietary advice.

We would also like to confirm that our normal Thursday classes will not be running during August but will be returning in September:

• Tai Chi with James Lucas will finish on Thursday 23 July but will be back week commencing 14 September.
• Pregnancy & Yoga with Roz Brown will finish on Thursday 23 July, with another break on Thursday 16 July, but will return on Thursday 27 August or 3 September(TBC)

Also, for those who might be interested, on Saturday 11 July and Sunday 12 July, 10am-5pm, at Leeds Town Hall, The Headrow, Leeds, LS1 3AD, there is a Health & Healing Festival.  There are wonderful shopping opportunities and mini workshops from Simon Elliott on the ancient art of QiGong (similar to Tai Chi exercises), leading diet experts, Moroccan Dancing and an introduction to the Indian holistic system to healing called Ayurveda.  For more information please go to www.healthhealingfestivals.co.uk or call 01423 873 259.

Enjoy your summer and we look forward to seeing you very soon x

We can now confirm we have a new Baby Massage course starting:
Monday 22 June, 10-11am for 6 weeks for £30.00
Depending on numbers due to holidays we also have 2 dates for Baby Yoga courses: Monday 3 August, 10-11am or Monday 7 September, 10-11am for the full 4 week course at only £20.00

If you book and pay for both courses you only pay £45.00!

As our Yoga Birth Preparation Workshop has been so successful we are announcing our next Workshop will be held at our Studio at the North Light Gallery on Saturday 4 July, 10.15am-3.15pm. 

The Yoga Birth Preparation Workshop is aimed at aiding the Mother-To-Be through the first, early second and later second stages of labour using age old Yoga techniques.  As Birth Partner’s tend to feel lost during this time this workshop can help them to feel more confident and be more active in their role in supporting during this intense time.

• 10.15-12.15          Roz Brown – Yoga and how it can help during labour
• 12.15-1.15             Lunch and discussion with both Roz and Heather*
• 1.15-3.15               Heather – Midwife and the medical side and how yoga can help

There are 10 places available.  You can either come with or without your Birth Partner and you do not have to have done yoga before.  All bookings must be paid for 2 weeks prior to event, Saturday 20 June 2009.  £50.00 for double or £25.00 for single booking.  This price includes lunch consisting of soup, sandwich and a tray-bake.

*            Please ensure to inform us of any dietary requirements when booking

We would like to announce that our Pilates teacher, Gina, gave birth to a very healthy baby boy on Monday 11 May 2009 at 15.43 weighing 6lbs 15ozs. 

Congratulations on the birth of Cavan and we wish you and your family All the Best and hope to see you both very soon.

xxx