About this Event
It’s not just you - there truly is something about the change of season that makes life in winter just that little bit more difficult. The shorter days, loss of sunlight, colder temperatures and wetter weather all encourage hibernation, making it hard to stay well, eat well and keep exercising.
But don’t despair – PhysioNow.ie Chief Physiotherapist Colette O’Flynn has some great ideas on how to stay energized, nourished, fit, and happy all winter long. Healthy Ireland and South Dublin Libraries are teaming up with Colette to offer a timely Zoom lecture on Winter Wellness, with key advice on…
• Exercise
• Eating Well
• Essential Vitamins
• Good Sleep
PhysioNow, recognising the urgent need for safe, professional, online exercise classes, recently released a series of online ‘physiopilates’ classes, which have become very popular with companies and individuals during lockdown. The exercises, ideal for house-bound people of any age or fitness, can be done at any time with little or no equipment, and no need to change into gym gear. All you need is a mat, some space, and 30 minutes. Check out the PhysioNow YouTube ‘starter series’ – five short videos which introduce the principles of physiopilates…
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5KwGYxtoVSMiofhkG6uMrK7GTimsFPm1
For more information, please contact info@physionow.ie
Colette O’Flynn, B. Physio, M.I.S.C.P., Lic. Ac., is a chartered physiotherapist, a licensed acupuncturist and a pilates instructor. Her work features regularly on RTE television, online, and in newspapers and magazines. She works with prestigious companies, including ESB, Irish Life, SureSkills, Cooney Carey and Fitzwilliam LTC, and has a long list of celebrity clients, from TV presenters to novelists, Olympians to Oscar winners.
Colette was educated at University College, Dublin, the Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases in Bath, and the British College of Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine. She spent ten years with Dublin’s Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and was the Physiotherapist In Charge of the Mater’s renowned Hydrotherapy Department.
A former nationally ranked athlete, who represented both Connacht and Dublin, Colette is also a qualified personal trainer and sports coach. She runs physiotherapy clinics in Dublin and travels widely to teach pilates sessions and seminars.
Tickets can be booked here
Please note: your email address will be passed on to the facilitator for the purpose of sending out the Zoom invitation on the morning of the event. You will also need a computer, tablet or phone with Zoom and a camera or microphone to take part.
