Pilates perfection

HOW is your posture — apparently the majority of people are not standing correctly, and this only worsens with age, as we begin to slouch and our back begins to curve. If you want to correct your posture, and learn to stand tall, then pilates may be the answer for you.

Ten years ago, Diane Davison joined her local pilates group in Kilmacanogue, Co Wicklow, with her daughter Rosanna, the former Miss World, and has seen her posture improve so much that she has grown half an inch.

“It took me a while to actually feel the benefits, but pilates really does straighten you up. I was always quite straight, but it has given me great strength around my middle and I have actually grown half an inch. That is simply from posture and stretching my muscles. Usually at my age people shrink.’’