May 2006


Australia and Cuisine - Food31 May 2006 09:57 am

Juste un petit mot pour vous envoyer vers le site perso d’un couple de voyageurs en quête de nouvelles saveurs…

http://www.kookynet.net/

C’est en parcourant le forum sur l’Australie http://www.francedownunder.com que j’ai découvert leurs aventures… sympa comme trip non ?

Pilates - Yoga - Health24 May 2006 05:53 pm

Plus que 10 jours avant mon examen de milieu de formation, le prochain étant en septembre…
Tout le monde me dit que je suis au point, mais je ne veux pas trop me reposer sur mes lauriers… il y a tant à assimiler !
Il nous faut 75/100 pour avoir la moyenne donc il y en a pas mal qui fouettent ;-)
On verra bien…

The countdown has begun for my midterm (June 3), and our next exam will be on September 22 I think.
Everyone keeps telling me I will be fine, but I don’t want to feel too relaxed, as there is a lot of information I still need to digest. We need to get 75% to pass, so you can imagine how stressed out some students must be!
We’ll see… Que sera sera ;-)

Pilates - Yoga - Health18 May 2006 03:48 pm

YES! I can do the practical for my June exam. We have a 2-hour theory exam, plus 45 mns of practical and then the teaching. My rib injury was preventing me from doing it, but now it seems I am SO alive and kicking, (and REALLY grateful for being alive and (quite) healthy) that we decided to give it a shot… It would have been really frustrating for me� otherwise. I have been climbing ever since I started working out again a couple of weeks ago, and have really invested a lot of time and energy trying to get better, so it is only fair!! :-)

OUI, je dis, je peux faire mon examen pratique, houra !
J’ai recommencé à pratiquer le Pilates d’arrache-pied il y a 2 semaines, et ça a payé. Je ne devais pas faire la pratique à cause de ma blessure aux côtes, mais je me remets doucement (c’est très long et très ch…).
On a 3 parties à compléter pour notre examen de juin (la suite en septembre) : la théorie (2 heures hardcore), la pratique (45mns sur les différentes sortes d’équipement), plus l’enseignement. Il va falloir assurer “ve-gra” (non non, la banlieue parisienne ne me manque pas) et enseigner les fondations à la perfection (ça rime).

En ce moment, mon petit chéri de (grand et beau) mari est à Sydney “on business”, alors j’ai quartier libre, et comme on est en mai, comme on dit, “en mai je fais ce qui me plaît”, LA.

Mes bébés chats sont toujours aussi beaux et adorables et parfois je me mets à rêver d’agrandir la famille et d’avoir un toutou, mais bon faut pas rêver ! Ici faut ramasser ! ;-)

Bises à mes fidèles lecteurs et lectrices et surtout n’hésitez pas à laisser des commentaires !!

Pilates - Yoga - Health12 May 2006 08:02 am

La version française pour ma petite Marie-Cécile chérie adorée :

Prof de Pilates en devenir (môa !)

C’était histoire de dire que je commençais à enseigner, chez moi, à des amis. J’ai organisé deux cours au sol pour débutants (2 x 4 personnes), pour une durée de 5 semaines. J’ai commencé hier et c’était très enrichissant. Pas mal de choses à améliorer mais dans l’ensemble cela s’est très bien passé.

Rebelote ce soir dans notre salon transformé en studio temporaire… le sofa est parti, la table est renversée et poussée au fond de la pièce, le sol est nu, mais nous restons habillés ;-)

Retour à l’anglais

That’s it, I am teaching for real! OK, it is at home so not exactly like a real work environment, but the groups are real… 2 groups of 4 people starting this Sunday… I will be playing apprentice Pilates sorcerer twice a week for 5 weeks.
My program is ready, so I just have to practice it and be ready to say the words… lift pelvic floor, engage lower abs, squeeze those inside thighs together, watch that your pelvis doesn’t move, keep your shoulders anchored in their back pockets, glutes are relaxed (or not)… the works!

I would like to thank my friends who, straight away, signed up for the 2 classes . They must really trust me and be open to learning Pilates… that, or they love the idea of 5 free classes ;-)

Gotta go to class, see ya!

Melbourne10 May 2006 08:56 am

Almost a month without writing, you must have thought I got abducted by aliens!
If I wrote as much as I talk, you would get posts every day, but then my natural laziness takes over and you don’t hear from me.

I think from now on I will start writing about nothing, instead of trying to picture you our life Down Under… that’s an idea. ;-)

What’s new in Melbourne: we are looking for a new place, bigger so that I can start having more Pilates equipment and teaching mat classes at home. I am going to start a beginners class very soon, as my mid-term is near (June 3). I should be on my way to the studio to practice, but the blog appeal was too strong today, and the coffee hasn’t kicked in yet…

I am still suffering from that rib injury (sorry guys, that post was in French) and just starting to practice again. I have so much to catch up with, but hey, life without challenges wouldn’t be as much fun (right!).

Pascal is doing well, although his work isn’t as interesting as back in Europe. He misses the intricacy of large scale projects, but not the long hours spent at work I guess.

That’s all for today, folks. I’ve got to get goin’!