Women’s health covers many topics, with some depending on her phase of life. Yet, despite a woman’s age, prioritizing her physical health directly impacts all areas of her life and well-being. Optimal physical health is essential for ongoing stress relief and may significantly affect health and overall personal development. This blog will discuss five essential ways Pilates is an excellent tool for a woman’s self-care.  

Why Should I Prioritize My Health as a Woman

The importance of prioritizing health could include an exhaustive list of a woman’s numerous physical, mental, and emotional health needs. Yet, all of this can better be summed up with one word – service.

Despite the role a woman plays in her life, be it a business owner, mother, wife, teacher, neighbor, or employee, there is one common thread. All these and many other positions women hold all circle back to serving others. Through their time, energy, talents, and skills, women wake each day stepping forward, giving of themselves to the people around them. And you can’t give away something you don’t have yourself. This is true of physical items like food, clothing, and shelter, but it’s also true of our inner life. 

Physical health and self-care improve energy, confidence, sleep hygiene, and mental health. In short, to show up in the world as your best self for those around you, you must show up for yourself by caring for your health.

How to Prioritize Women’s Health

Women are master jugglers. It’s no mystery why health may not be one of the things routinely cycling through their juggling act when life is full of work, school, children, aging parents, board meetings, social functions, volunteer work, housework, and holidays, to name a few. 

For women to prioritize their health, it comes down to time. While time is limited and unchanging, you can change how you use it. There are two options for how to make time for your health. First, you can outsource help to buy your time. For example, hiring help with housework. If paying for help is not an option, is there something in your schedule that can be shared? If driving multiple children to school and activities takes numerous hours a day, can this be shared with a spouse or other parents through carpooling? Scan your schedule and see where time can be gained through asking for or hiring help.

The second way to find time to prioritize your help is by subtracting another task from your schedule. It’s not uncommon in our culture to continually add to a schedule that is already full. If you want to spend three hours a week at the Pilates studio, you must remove three hours of other commitments. If you spend three hours browsing online each week, that’s a simple fix. But maybe you’ll need to consciously review your commitments to see if it’s time to let something go.

5 Ways Pilates is Essential for Self-Care

1. Stress Relief – Pilates emphasizes breathing, which is excellent for stress relief.

2. Social Engagement – Friendships, even seeing friendly acquaintances, can boost endorphins and improve overall well-being.

3. Pelvic Health – Pelvic health is a significant part of a woman’s overall well-being from middle age through her senior years, and Pilates helps strengthen the pelvic floor.

4. Body Confidence – Pilates improves coordination, muscle tone, mobility, balance, and posture, all of which help boost overall confidence.

5. Mind-Body Connection – Pilates is a mind-body exercise that helps forge a strong connection between mental and physical health. Improving this connection will help you be more in tune and at peace internally. 

Jump into your self-care routine with Pilates this week. ProHealth Physical Therapy and Pilates in Peachtree City, Georgia, offers classes in person and online to help you get started.