Happy & Healthy with Lorraine

Happy & Healthy with Lorraine My ethos is do what Makes you Happy & Healthy, and I strive to inspire this in all I do. Lorraine x Happy & Healthy with Lorraine combines all we do!

With online and in in person classes, 121 sessions, bespoke training and nutrition plans we endeavour to inspire and help you get your Happy & Healthy xx

A little minor op scuppered our plans this weekend so instead of sulking I got my ass down to the Dog Rescue and helped ...
09/08/2026

A little minor op scuppered our plans this weekend so instead of sulking I got my ass down to the Dog Rescue and helped out 💚🐾

Emy & Daisy are the most gorgeous dogs could everyone please share and let's get them a forever home 🙏

Full information here:

https://www.jerrygreendogs.org.uk/dogs/emy-daisy/

Do what makes you happy and healthy my friends 💚

Lorraine xx

I also walked and of course had cuddles with Redwood 🐾💚

09/08/2026

A little minor op scuppered our plans this weekend so instead of sulking I got my ass down to the Dog Rescue and helped out 💚🐾

Emy & Daisy are the most gorgeous dogs could everyone please share and let's get them a forever home 🙏

Full information here:

https://www.jerrygreendogs.org.uk/dogs/emy-daisy/

Do what makes you happy and healthy my friends 💚

Lorraine xx



Also you can visit Jerry Green Dogs on here / FB or Webpage for information on all dogs 🙏

PILATES UNDER THE ECLIPSE 🙏 Join us Wed 12th August 6pm for Pilates in the park as the Eclipse happens 🌗 How unbelievab...
07/08/2026

PILATES UNDER THE ECLIPSE 🙏

Join us Wed 12th August 6pm for Pilates in the park as the Eclipse happens 🌗

How unbelievably amazing will this be to share together 🙏

I will be running it as a Fundraiser with a suggested donation of £10 but as ever if you want to donate more then are joining us please let me know so I have an idea on numbers.

Lorraine ###xx

Details and donation links in comments 🌗🧘🏻‍♂️🐾🧘🏼‍♀️💚

The right side of Menopause 😃Its been a while since I spoke about this which can only mean one thing ... I am not strugg...
04/08/2026

The right side of Menopause 😃

Its been a while since I spoke about this which can only mean one thing ... I am not struggling with it now 🙏

This post is to give hope to those of you Peri & Menopausal women and those who are really struggling!

Last month I realised I am really back to my happy self wow doesn't it feel good ....

I am no longer angry, no longer sad, no longer paranoid no longer anxious and no longer having extremely shocking uncharacteristic and inexplicable dark thoughts.

My joints don't ache, my heart rate isn't spiking all over the place and I no longer want to get in the car and drive away from eveyone and everything!

There were so many times when I really thought I would never be fully back to my usual happy self ... but here I am and I can not tell you how much I am cherising it 🙏

So girls and your partners / families if any of the above apply to you right now please let this post fill you with hope that you will actually come through it. Dig deep take each day / mood and irrational thought one step at a time, you will get through it 💪🏼

The super power I seem to have been left with is giving less f***s about other people's behaviour, its so liberating .. in the words of Mel Robbins Let Them 😘

As we age our circle gets smaller, not because you don't like people but because you really see people ... so my one good take from the horror show that was my menopause journey was I see this so clearly now 🥰

Do what makes you Happy and Healthy my friends 💕

RIP Nims and all the other brave souls who lost their lives on Broad Peak 💔
01/08/2026

RIP Nims and all the other brave souls who lost their lives on Broad Peak 💔

Breast Cancer Recovery 💕 When I asked "what has Pilates ever done for you? I really wasn't expecting some of the beauti...
31/07/2026

Breast Cancer Recovery 💕

When I asked "what has Pilates ever done for you? I really wasn't expecting some of the beautiful and inspirational stories to come back. I will share some of them over the next week starting today with Anne's...

When I underwent cancer treatment, I was advised to rest. So I duly as advised and as a result, I found it hard to move any of my limbs. Until 6 months later, I could hardly put one foot in front of the other.

After a change of medication, it was a massive challenge to get my body moving again. However I had met Lorraine a couple of years earlier and decided to give Pilates a go.

Slowly but surely I began to be able to bend, stretch and complete daily tasks with ease.
Balance is still an issue but daily movement is no longer an issue.

Thanks to Pilates (with Lorraine and then Lucy) I can honestly say normal life has resumed.

I love the classes and would recommend anyone experiencing movement difficulties to give it a try! X

PS you also meet lots of other lovely local people🥰

I work with hundreds of women every week so as you can imagine I have so many cancer warriors / survivors who have been with us from diagnosis right through to recovery. It is a true honour to be part of their 'stronger together' journey 💪🏼 I am not only immensely proud of them but watching how these groups of strangers pull together and lift each other up 💕

Do what makes you and those around you Happy & Healthy through all of life's battles my friends 💕

Lorraine xx

How amazing is this ... Last night whilst doing Pilates in the park we spotted this upside down 'Smiling Rainbow' 🌈 Ther...
30/07/2026

How amazing is this ... Last night whilst doing Pilates in the park we spotted this upside down 'Smiling Rainbow' 🌈 There was rain, no rain clouds and none of us had seen this before 😃

A quick Google search told me it is called a Circumzenithal Arc 🌈

Isn't nature amazing, here's some information for all my fellow nature geeks .....

This atmospheric phenomenon is a circumzenithal arc. It is also known as a circumzenith arc, a Bravais arc, or colloquially as an “upside-down rainbow”.

Key CharacteristicsThe "Smile": Unlike a typical rainbow that arches downward over the horizon, a circumzenithal arc curves upward toward the zenith (the point directly overhead), making it look like a colorful grin in the sky.

Pure Colors: Its bands are often sharper and more vivid than a regular rainbow. The violet wavelengths sit on the top curve, grading down to a brilliant red at the base.

How It FormsThis is an optical illusion from the ice halo family, rather than a true rainbow.The Prism Effect: Regular rainbows are produced when sunlight bounces through spherical raindrops. A circumzenithal arc forms when sunlight enters through the flat, horizontal top face of hexagonal plate ice crystals and leaves through a vertical side face.

The Cloud Source: These plate-shaped crystals are typically suspended in thin, high-altitude cirrus or cirrostratus clouds.

The Perfect Angle: The light can only split correctly into this dramatic smile if the sun is positioned low in the sky, specifically at an angle of less than 32.2° above the horizon.

Because it forms so high up, many people walk right underneath them without ever noticing they are there!If you happened to look around the sky when you saw this, did you notice two bright patches of light flanking the sun (known as sun dogs)?

29/07/2026

S**t just got real .... 1st Hill Repeats Session this morning as part of my NYC Marathon training 🇺🇸🥵🏃🏼‍♀️🗽💪🏻

It was hot, it was sweaty and it also felt sooo good knowing just why I am putting myself through this madness again!

To get a 2nd chance at this EPIC event and to raise money for my 2 beautiful, kind charities along the way is all the head noise I need 🙏

Do what makes your Soul Happy and Healthy my friends 💚🐾💙🐾



TCS New York City Marathon RSPCA (England & Wales) Jerry Green Dog Rescue

What has Pilates ever done for you? 🤔Last week after a class member sharing a story about her new found toilet hovering...
29/07/2026

What has Pilates ever done for you? 🤔

Last week after a class member sharing a story about her new found toilet hovering skills 😉 I asked for feedback from the others (always dangerous 🤣) Here are a few practical and some hilarious examples of what Pilates can do for you ....

J, 70 yrs young .....
I have done my 1st park run today (power walked) and pilates breathing helped me! Thank you x

M, Office Working....
Working full time sitting at a computer all day I really notice the small of back compressing, walking seems to make it worse sometimes but a few bridges, pelvic rolls, cat/dog and I’m okay, hoping it prevents long term damage xx

P, Back problems....
Apart from stopping my back from behaving like it’s held together with rusty nails…..

Balance....
At 58, I can still out-balance most of the youngsters at work. One leg, eyes closed? No problem, set the timer going.

P, Life goals .....
I can put my socks on while standing up without falling over, sitting down, or making noises that sound like I’m moving a wardrobe. 😂 Turns out all those bridges, planks and mysterious little movements really have done something after all.

M, Practical help .....
"On a recent holiday we went to a Monastery and I needed the loo 🚻 Entering the 1st one there was just a hole in the floor and thought there's no way! Moving to the 2nd and faced with the same amenities 🤣 there was only one choice .. 'The Squat / Hover' .. as I was there in full balance I thought Lorraine would be so proud Pilates did this 🤣

N, Pelvic Floor control....
I no longer wet myself when running 🤨

S, Lots of questions 🤔 🤣...
I can put my knickers on without falling over!

M, 84 yr old gardener 💚💪🏻...
Can now carry full watering cans , engage core , one in each hand to balance. Simples !!

C, Finding your core ....
Pilates has taught me there’s more muscles in my body than I ever knew - I know it’s true cos every morning after class several of them hurt like hell 😂😂😂

M, Lots and lots of questions 🤣🤣🤣....
I can now stand on the side of the bath and sing " God save the King" loudly and not wobble off.🇬🇧🇬🇧👑🇬🇧

So over to you my freinds please add yours in comments 😍

Do what makes you happy, healthy and maybe a little bit crazy my friends 💕

Lorraine ###

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