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8 Pilates Equipment You Will Need For Home Workout || Marisa Pilates Fitness

Pilates is an excellent workout for any sports, young and old people. We don't really focus only on core muscles as you all believed Pilates is all about core muscles. We target every muscle in the body and correct the weak muscle. Pilates does sculpt the body of your dream and it also helps you to prepare to go to the next level in fitness. We help teach you how to do everything correctly. To maximize the results and get the body you want, you will need a couple of this equipment for home workout. I strongly recommend not using this equipment if you are injured, if you have a shoulder injury avoid equipment and focus on legs and butt equipment. Don't worry you can get these things at the Sportsman's Warehouse, TakeaLot, or department stores. It is great to have your own equipment for home training and you will feel like a super badass with your own mini-gym. I also added budget-friendly equipment for students until they get the right equipment as well as for travel :) Her

My Favourite Healthy Recipes to Fuel your Day || Marisa Pilates Fitness

Are you eating enough during the day? Let me share my story and help you. I have been struggling with my diet for years and I was overweight in my teenage years. As a former dancer, I had to look after my body all the time. I decided to go on a diet for the first time in my life when I was 14 years old. I went on a soup diet for 3 months and there was a time in the back of my mind a little voice was whispering in my ears: "become anorexic or bulimic". I refused to eat all other foods, it had to be soup. I forced myself to eat just soup. My mom had to take me to see a dietician because I was so unhappy with my body I have been following all different types of diets and nothing worked. Even if I lost weight, I would gain extra weight as soon as I started eating normally again. I have been eating less and feeling dizzy during my workouts. I have been cutting all carbs out and still felt dizzy during my workout. Nothing worked for me. I strongly recommend seeing a dietician bec

One of the Best Getaway Places in Western Cape - Buff and Fellow

I saw these luxurious Eco-friendly cabins on social media, on Instagram last year. I told myself I had to try this place with my boyfriend and had to plan our trip. It was a very nice 4 hours long drive through Garden Route from Cape Town. This place is between George and Mosselbay on R102 road, just 10km from George Airport. What a drive, it was a gorgeous drive from sunset to a big bright full moon. It was so bright and orange that we could see everything the trees and the farm hills. We were howling in our car like wolves and laughed. Traffic was super quiet except there were a lot of lorries on the road and we had to overtake so many times. It was a good drive. We arrived at the Ultreya Farm, it is a family Du Toit Farm, Ultreya is a Spanish word derived from the original Latin meaning "Onward with Courage". It was in common use by pilgrims to greet and encourage people along the way. This farm encourages you to go "Onward!" and

How a Deaf Girl Survived in Mainstream School. Incredible Journey Diary by Deaf Girl

My whole life can be divided into 4 year periods. My mom and I was at the Carel Du Toit Hearing Centre for 4 years, then I attended De La Bat School for the Deaf for 4 years, and then the Mary Khin hard of hearing school for 4 years. Strange, right? While I was at the Mary Khin school, I saw all the opportunities that my brother had in the mainstream school, Jan Van Riebeeck. This school has amazing sports and spirit. I fell in love with his school and wanted to try this mainstream school. I asked my mom "Can I please try Jan Van Riebeeck School next year?" My mom didn't have a choice but she knew it would be so hard for me to get used to big classes and being the only deaf girl in a 100% hearing environment. Fortunately, I was always up for a good challenge because being deaf, I taught myself to always try harder. On my first day at Jan Van Riebeeck Primary School - I was in Grade 6 in 2001 - I met my classmates and teachers. It wasn't that hard for me on my first d

Cochlear Implants vs Hearing Aids - Incredible Diary Journey By Deaf Girl

What is the difference between Cochlear Implants and Hearing Aids? I kept a diary since I was wearing hearing aids and to my experience when I heard the sound for the first time in my life. When I was the deafest child in South Africa with a hearing loss of 145 decibels, a Doctor compared me to a cake that flopped, told my mom that she must send me away and bake another one. He also mentioned to my mom that I would never talk. I was too deaf to be educated. My mother resigned from her job and enrolled in audiologist courses to help me learn to speak and teach me the languages. She sacrificed everything for me. I remember when I was so angry with my mom and asked her why I didn't get cochlear implants when I was a baby. She told me that she would give me a cochlear implant but the doctor told her that I will never get a cochlear implant because my skull was too small for the operation and wasn't a candidate for a cochlear implant. The doctor recommended her to get hearing aids

What is Deaf Culture, Read the Secret Undercover of Deaf Culture!

Deaf Culture is important because it allows deaf individuals to be who they are. There's more to a person than whether or not they can hear, so don't just focus on their ears. Deaf Culture is the heart of Deaf communities everywhere in the world. They take pride in their Deaf identity. They are seen as a minority group. Language and Culture are inseparable. The Deaf Culture doesn’t believe in using the word “disabled” because the word implies “less than”- as though they are lacking something. By removing the label, they are also removing any stigma that might be attached. In Deaf Culture you see the world in a different way. Deaf people communicate differently. The Deaf seek out who is Deaf in a room or at a party because they relate effortlessly and understand each other. The Deaf don't believe they have a disability - and Deaf does not want to be fixed. They are a human too. I am aware that there is a huge argument in the middle of certain factions of the Deaf community t