Move and Mind

23/11/2024

It’s pretty obvious that our business operates in the health and fitness industry and with the New Year incoming, naturally it is a time for reflection of the past year(s) and projection into the future.

At Move and Mind we operate a little differently to the fitness industry norm.

In addition to achieving physical goals, our clients achieve outcomes that often can’t necessarily be ‘seen’ 👀

They experience huge growth in mindset 🧠

They become more resilient 🏋️

Their stress levels are reduced 👇

They improve their confidence levels 😁

Often their training is a mechanism for growth in many other areas of their life 💻

And of course,

Physically they become stronger, more flexible, more stable and more robust 🏃‍♀️

If you never want a before and after photo and still be able to achieve optimal health…

If you don’t want your fat pinched and still be able to achieve optimal health….

If you don’t want to be weighed and still be able to achieve optimal health….

If you don’t want to push yourself to your absolute limits every session, and still be able to achieve optimal health….

If you want to consistently improve all aspects of your health, your strength, your balance, your flexibility and your mindset…..

We have some exciting new offerings coming in 2025 and we will be updating our page in due course.

05/11/2024

That's the 2024 Obstacle Course Racing season wrapped up! My first season wearing a Team GB vest, my first European Championships, first time on a podium (age group!) at the British Championships! 17th female overall in the UK OCR league and 7th 40+ female!

Many thanks again to Herd Sands Paul for the advice & physio, Kris from Move and Mind for the advice and specific training, Louise from Witness The Fitness Bootcamp & Personal Training . for the advice and great sessions and Bev from VC Performance Nutrition & Coaching for the advice on nutrition. Yep, I love advice from people who know a lot more than me!!

Happy to remain in top 20 & top 10 considering the fierce competition....next year will be my 10th year of taking part in OCR - I say "taking part" rather than "competing" because some years I have been too injured to compete, but I've still turned up and taken part because I love it so much.

Competition is a funny thing - is it OK to "be competitive"?

I've struggled a bit with this aspect of myself over the years - aren't I supposed to be a more "zen" sort of person, doing what I do?

Being extremely driven and competitive is necessary when aiming to reach podiums at any level. What drives a person to train in the cold and dark when they could be snuggled in bed? The thought that their competitors are probably out there (works for me!)..

Everyone has to be competitive to some degree, just to get off the sofa and reach for something - what happens in a society when people get used to being given everything they need?

Racing is tough - look at the bleeding knees in the middle photo - you have to be tough mentally to stand on a start line and believe that you should be there.

Being driven and competitive can have its downsides, of course - take it too far and you're no fun at all - forget being sociable, forget staying out partying, forget eating cakes!

In the extreme it can lead to all sorts of bigger issues from eating disorders to situational anxiety, not feeling "good enough" and panic attacks...(yep, yep, yep!)

Sometimes it seems "easier" to give up on a goal but I think that as long as you can keep making baby steps in the right direction you will be rewarded for your efforts.

So, if you have a competitive attitude (like me!) it can mean walking a knife edge and "embracing opportunities" to confront unconscious aspects of yourself in order to keep moving forwards - and of course this can be in any area of life at all, being competitive with yourself (you of today vs you of the past!) can also be a meaningful way to reframe a mindset - I know that the "me" of 11 years ago would never have dared to imagine standing on a British Championship podium for any sport and that's a fact!

If you are struggling with any "aspects" of your personality that you're not sure what to do with (or even wish didn't exist!) then do get in touch - I can show you how to make them work FOR you so that the struggle can end x

05/11/2024

02/06/2024

….for our most recent review 🙏

25/04/2024

22/04/2024

🏋️‍♀️ Move and Mind Monday’s 🏃‍♀️

We’re up and running in the studio after a weekend of rest and recovery, ready to support all of our great clients in becoming the very best version of themselves.

Strength, Flexibility, Stability, Longevity, reaction times and lots of fun are always on the menu 😋

We have our last availability for weeks commencing 13th & 20th May - no matter what your current abilities are or goals you have, we always have something for everyone….come on down and give it a go!

Happy Monday 😁

11/04/2024

We are fully booked in April but we have a few remaining appointments available in May.

If you’re wanting to:-

🏃‍♂️ learn how to exercise correctly in line with your own individual needs.

🏋️ improve your strength and posture in order to move through the world pain free.

🧠 learn how to improve your relationship with food, build muscle tissue and address any problematic behavioural issues in order to lose weight.

Drop us a message to find out more 📱

Most of our sessions (depending on the individual) incorporate a variety of strength and conditioning exercises, reformer pilates, reaction lights in order to improve reflexes/cognition and balance boards in order to improve foot strength correlating to better running 🏃

Happy Health 😁

02/04/2024

We’re back in the studio after an extended Easter weekend, looking forward to seeing all of our regular and some new clients this week 😊🏋️‍♀️💪

17/03/2024

👋🏻 Meet Rachel!

Rachel will be joining the practice in a couple of weeks time working Fridays.

Rachel trained as a hypnotherapist many years ago and has built on this foundation adding coaching & hypnobirthing teaching to her toolkit. 🧠

Her passion for hypnotherapy began after years of being stuck in a cycle of one diet fad after the next. “The experience changed my life and i became fascinated in the power of our subconscious mind.”

Rachel uses a combined approach that works at a conscious and unconscious level to help people break through limiting beliefs and let go of unhelpful habits.

The approach she uses is hugely effective for all sorts of life’s challenges but her particular love is helping people who are stuck in the diet cycle to combat their emotional eating patterns at the root and learn new intuitive eating habits so they can live feeling happy in their own skin.

For more information or to book with Rachel

📞0191 425 0101
📲www.westoepractice.com

📍1A Elizabeth Street
South Shields
NE33 4PJ

16/02/2024

12/02/2024

Congratulations to our client Jamie who has just secured a tennis scholarship at St Michael’s in Vermont 🇺🇸 starting in June.

We are really grateful to be trusted to support our young tennis stars through the critical years of physical development in order to make sure they have the best possible chance of securing scholarships.

Great things happen to great people,

Go Jamie 🎾 💪🇺🇸

12/02/2024

Monday morning’s monkeying around at Move and Mind.

Susan is off to the Obstacle Course Run Olympics in June which is held in Italy 🇮🇹

This is a great representation of how ‘play’ is an important component of our session planning with clients which is why we use equipment such as reaction lights, monkey bars and balance boards as part of our sessions.

Weight training is of huge importance for health and longevity, and even better when it co-exists with some fun and playful exercises.

We all need a bit of fun and play in our life,

Go Susan! 🥇

😁 Happy Monday 😁