Following her passion for helping people become fitter and healthier, Jules opens her custom-built Pilates studio in Longniddry. Having spent over 15 years teaching Pilates in and around East Lothian, Jules has now built her very own studio in Longniddry, helping her take fitness classes to an even wider audience. Jules studied at the Pilates…

Extreme diets, extreme workouts, obsessive calorie counting, restrictions, rules, foods to avoids, yoga poses to conquer. We are constantly bombarded with extreme ideas of fitness and health everywhere we go. I asked expert fitness trainer Brian Dickson how we find the balance. Trying to balance work, life, fitness, and eating well can feel impossible with…

Ballantine Goldie Optometrists welcome a new era of eye care with the arrival of the innovative Heidelberg Spectralis 4D eye scanner. Ballantine Goldie Optometrists are a small independent optometrists based in Gullane. The practice first opened its doors in May 2011. Over the last seven years it has enjoyed rapid growth, having tested the eyes of…

Inspired by a line from a poem – call it down from the stars fill your house up with jars – Bernie Petrie tells us how to bring in the light this winter. As I write this post I am once again wearing my shorts as it’s blue skies and sunshine. But I’ve had a…

Mind, Body & Soul Columnist, Bernie Petrie tells us to pay attention to how we feel in our daily footsteps as they really do reveal our future. The wind is blowing and the sunshine, despite the shutters, has made its way on to my eyelids, I wake, assuming it to be 11 in the morning and…

“Physical fitness can neither be achieved by wishful thinking, nor outright purchase.” – Joseph Pilates The human body is a highly complex thing. We make many demands on it on a daily basis, but often pay little attention to how well we are moving and maintaining our bodies. While our bodies naturally age over time…