WORKING TOWARD A SMARTER BODY

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These days strength and fitness regimes are primarily based on weights and repetition or distance. It is important to note that although these progressions increase strength and endurance respectively, it does not necessarily increase the intelligence of ones’ body. In short — being fit does not mean the body is intelligent.

As a Pilates teacher, I teach people in varying shapes, sizes, flexibility, and coordination. They may be similar but never the same. Some are quick to learn new movement concepts and others take more time. 

Translating information and making the connection from Mind to Body is what we can surmise as body intelligence. It is also about being aware of one’s body and where it sits spatially. We can help the mind to adaptively learn and build neurological pathways to smarten the body with;

  1. ‘focused learning' of new information and/ or
  2. being exposed to new environments and situations

We experience new things each day albeit from reactive (automated actions)/ or incidental (trivial knowledge in passing) scenarios. However, ‘focused learning’ only happens when the brain is actively processing and translating ‘new’ information. Actualising new information with repetition translates this into learned motor skills.

The best way to help your body gain intelligence and be smarter is to persist in learning new body mechanics/ languages. You can do this by mixing up your training to integrate diverging strength training and coordination regimes that challenge both Mind and Body.

To have freedom and ease of mind to trust your body’s ability when learning new concepts is also key. Speaking from experience… learning new concepts can be a humbling process but with discipline and perseverance, you will learn to trust your body and free the mind. 

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Yung Ok Yoo

I spent most of my academic years studying Fine Art in various disciplines. I completed my Post graduate in Visual Arts majoring in Photography and minored in drawing. I continued this line of study into Visual Comunication and further my art skill base with Jewellery and Object making. During this time, I worked on commissioned paintings for corporate, commercial environments as an Interior consultant and decorator to which I also was commissioned to paint for for Private collections. My historical professional background stemmed in the hospitality industry - where I managed restaurants. It was during this time that I found Pilates having injured my back at work. In 2008, I started my apprenticeship under the tutelage of Master Teacher trainer Cynthia Lochard (2nd Generation teacher). My training was rigorous with culmative observational hours, training and practiced teaching of over 1000 hours before certifying. Since my Pilates certification in 2009, I maintain my weekly session with Cynthia Lochard and travel to New York every two years (most recently October 2014) to partake in intensive training at the Head Quarters for Romana's Pilates at True Pilates New York originally know as Drago's. It is here, I continue my tutelage with Master Teacher Trainers Jerome Weinberg & Cynthia Shipley who worked closely with the late Romana Kryzanowska herself. In NYC - October 2014 - I also had a chance to work with Peter Fiasca Founder of Classical Pilates. As well as NYC, I have travelled to Singapore, Paris, London and trained with international teachers. In 2013, I opened True Pilates Sydney Studio, because I felt there were very few Pilates studios in Sydney that focused on the True Pilates Method - hence I named the studio 'True Pilates Sydney'. Through my own teachings I hope to inspire, train and educate others in the art of Pilates as I have been inspired in my own training and journey.