This course is an excellent way to start your Pilates practice.

Pilates is a good way to improve your Physical health. Pilates can also help with posture, muscle tone, balance and joint mobility whilst relieving stress and tension.

We will begin each session in a standing position with stretches to warm up your body. You will then move through exercises lying on your back, your side and your front, before moving on to your hands and knees and then to seated. To finish you will stand and stretch and leave ready to enjoy the rest of your day. We will use equipment such as resistance bands and over balls which the studio provides.

The teacher will give assistance and guidance or alternative exercises if a particular exercise does not feel comfortable or is not suitable for participants. Please speak to the teacher if you have any concerns or have any questions.

WEEK ONE : Alignment, breathing and control
You will learn the ABC’s of the Pilates repertoire; neutral alignment and breathing technique to make the exercises more efficient and find your Core while you also develop the understanding of the quality and controlled movements to increase body awareness in each of the exercises. We will be using small equipment.

WEEK TWO: Flexibility and range of movement
With concentration you will learn and feel the movement in the desired place but also will concentrate on keeping the rest of the body quiet as you breath and control your movements promoting challenging range of movements to improve your coordination and flexibility.

WEEK THREE: Dynamic alignment and isolation of movements
Going further with your understanding of your body and its movements, this week will focus on moving whilst you maintain neutral alignment, feeling the movement and know when you need to stop and go back. We will modify exercises accordingly to your own ability.

WEEK FOUR: Postural stability and control
We will keep on practicing exercises focused on the movement quality to gain equal muscle strength and work with opposition to gravity and how this affects our postural alignment and stability.

WEEK FIVE: Adaptations and progression
We will practice previous sequences and progress to more challenging exercises ensuring individual flexibility and physical ability whilst you use the previous knowledge to create a more flowing and controlled movements.

WEEK SIX: Regression and balance
In the final week, we will challenge your balance whilst practicing different exercises learnt from the basic exercises to the intermediate repertoire, you will regress if necessary to make sure you have a full understanding of the body awareness.

These sessions are each 60mins in length and the course is priced at £85 for 6 weeks.

Please bring your own mat if you have one, and a medium-sized towel for head-support.