Hello January and Happy New Year my dear clients! At last, 2021 is here! Not that this means that this is the end of COVID-19. I think we still have a bit more to go but the New Year brings hope and ahead of us there are 12 months of new opportunities. This is how I see it and I…
Cheers to new ventures!
I have been attending Deborah for the past 4 years having first started her Prenatal Pilates classes near my workplace during my first pregnancy. What luck for me as I did not know at the time what a specialist in her field she is. I highly recommend Deborah as a physiotherapist and educator! Deborah is unique in her knowledge of…
Maternity Support With Essential Oils Workshop
We have finished our 4-week Mother & Baby Pilates and it was a great course where mums and babas exercised and danced together. Each week, as I was going through different themes such as colic and respiratory conditions, I realised that I needed extra knowledge on how essential oils can support pregnancy and postnatal and even some paediatric conditions. I…
Hello December 2020
Hello December This is it! We reached the last month of 2020. A year that we will remember forever, even our children will remember this year. My nephew Luca was counting the days to the end of our second lockdown so he can come over and have a sleepover with his brother and my goddaughter’s sisters. The girls are also…
Successful VBAC – Invest in You!
I can honestly say that Deborah Fernandes of Physiofit Woman was the most important and trusted health professional I had during my two pregnancies and post birth recovery. My initial experience with Physiofit Woman was on my first pregnancy when I joined the Pregnancy Pilates classes in 2014. From the beginning I noticed an improvement in back pain and my posture. I loved going each week. We all had such…
Hello November
This Halloween and despite the circumstances, I hope you managed to dress up for the occasion and celebrated this special event with your children and family. I shared our Halloween Pilates Group picture as I did not want to break our tradition. Such precious memories that we have created and we will look back one day and remember… that was…
Trauma – Beyond the Physical
Prevention is the real cure
Most people will wait until something is wrong or they feel ongoing pain before seeking help. I know this because that is how a lot of my clients ended up seeking me out and it is also the way I started out with my own health. However, over the years I have learnt and now passionately teach, that prevention is…
Hello October 2020
October for me marks the start of the Autumn season. The Autumn Leaves song sung by the incredible Nat King Cole comes to mind. The days become shorter, the air feels cooler, the colourful leaves falling, time for hats and scarfs. My flight was cancelled last minute again. As a result, I took some time to pack the summer clothes…
Do Something Today…
Do Something today that your future self will thank you for. For those who don’t yet know me, I’m Cristina, mother to three beautiful girls, number cruncher by trade and passionate for books and travel. I first attended Deborah’s Physiotherapy when I got pregnant of my first born 10 years ago. I have also attended her pregnancy physiolates classes which…