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Jocelyne Pelchat - Founder and Principal at The Cornerstone Pilates in Burlington, Ontario
The result of this discovery was that if the axon of cell A fires repeatedly in close proximity to cell B that the strength of the connection will be increased therefore making it a successful link. Hence the term “neurons that fire together wire together”
Read MoreSince everything we think and do are intimately woven, the parietal lobes are interconnected with the prefrontal cortex (where the motor cortex resides) and together these regions make up the highest order of movement integration in our body.
Read MoreThe primary somatosensory cortex receives the information from these receptors, but the secondary somatosensory cortex processes and stores it. Injury or disease can occur at either of the two.
Read MoreIn my 15 years as a Pilates instructor, I would also be remiss if I do not mention the bold resilience of my clients. Thank you for choosing me to be a part of your health journey and for inspiring me always with your continuous determination to embrace your strength from within.
Read MoreWhen I look back in history, I am flabbergasted at how women were considered to be guarantors of cultural survival who had no place in the political sphere. Women were expected to produce children, care for the home and preserve culture, but the working place, especially politics was no place for them.
Read MoreKnowing that feelings of pain in one part of our brain can affect surrounding brain structures involved in many activities of our nervous system helps us understand that physical pain does affect us emotionally and emotional pain does affect us physically.
Read MoreThere is evidence that links movement to memory and if the individual expresses joy when in movement, the memory will be retained. That being said, we use our memory of the past to guide our future decisions, but how can we go back and change our memory to a more positive one to encourage movement for the future?
Read MoreI discussed this diagnosis with Jocelyne. Her knowledge and training of how the body works, be it muscle, bone, tendons, ligaments, etc., helped assuage the fear this diagnosis instilled.
Read MoreIf you think of us as humans, our behaviours, our choices, our passions all require movement. But each and every thing we do requires a complex set of motor activations that are linked with one another to execute the behaviour. It all happens in a nanosecond.
Read MoreHow do you define success?
Happiness. I love laughing, so my question is do I get to laugh often or is my job bringing me down? It’s simple. Happiness is everything.
Read MoreWhat is the number 1 critical lesson you have learned in your career so far?
You are working with real people and every day brings something different. You need to be adaptable as an instructor. It's important to have an understanding of the human body and know the why and how of exercises but you must always teach to the person in front of you.
Read MoreCan you tell us what areas you have struggled in professionally?
My professional struggle is finding balance between giving hours to my clients, hours to my family and hours to myself.
What is the number 1 critical lesson you have learned in your career so far?
Consistency is better than perfection.
Read MoreWhat do you believe are the common misconceptions about Pilates?
That Pilates is meant for women. Many men do Pilates and more should try.
What is the best piece of business advice you have received to date?
Clients will return to their Pilates practice when they are ready! It’s a commitment to oneself and people have to be ready to take that on.
Read MorePause for a second and think of your favourite activity and then connect it with how you feel when you’re doing it. Procedural memory is intimately connected to our emotions via neural pathways.
Read MoreMemory is a theoretical construct that explains current behaviours by referencing them to events that happened in the past. Memory is basically how we function everyday. We don’t wake up every day and have to re-learn how to walk, how to dress ourselves, how to brush our teeth. This is cemented, it is learned.
Read MoreSedentariness today is changing the way our bodies move. Our skeleton counteracts the pull of gravity and our muscles should be able to move freely, but with our current culture, our bones become misaligned and our muscles tend to have to do some of the work of our bones.
Read MorePoor breathing patterns occur when ventilation exceeds metabolic demands. When stressed for example, we take shorter more sporadic breaths, which results in not fully exhaling. When we don’t fully exhale, it will result in upper chest breathing patterns.
Read MoreIn neuroscience, it is proven that the brain and the body both react in very similar ways. We KNOW that a pattern can never be erased.
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