Pilates is for everyone, in every stage of life!

The beauty of Pilates is that you can practice it your ENTIRE life!

It’s not just something for you when you’re young and able or even old and unstable.

It’s for all stages of your life and it will guide you through all the different milestones that your beautiful body takes you through.

Why I do what I do & my 3 pillars of teaching.

My aim is always to educate, encourage and inspire you…

Taking your foot off the gas doesn’t mean you have to stop.

I recently spoke to a friend of mine (she’s very similar to me) about how we feel when we slow down in life. It got us to thinking about how we schedule time to rest, recharge and relax…

Who, what and when was Pilates created?

Diving into the history of this incredible method. Created over 100 years ago, Joseph Pilates created a method called Contrology…

You Don’t Have To Be Good To Start, But You Do Have To Start To Be Good

Something I often hear is ‘I wont be any good at Pilates so I won’t start’ but that is exactly a reason to start.

You won’t ever be good at something unless you try, put in the practice and just simply start.

You Don’t Have To Be Good To Start, But You Do Have To Start To Be Good

Something I often hear is ‘I wont be any good at Pilates so I won’t start’ but that is exactly a reason to start.

You won’t ever be good at something unless you try, put in the practice and just simply start.

When it comes to breath Joseph Pilates believed that this was foundational, he said “breathing is the first act of life and the last” and of course that is true but what happens to our breath in the inbetween. Breathing is an automated process but what if that automation has become laboursome, less functional and just below par.

He made breathing a core principle in Pilates because he believed that if we could teach everyone to breathe efficiently then we could encourage better health, more vitality and effective movement.

Precision, I feel, is the one principle that sets Pilates apart from all other exercise disciplines.

Every single movement taken is done with precision. Becoming aware of where your body is in space, your proprioception, is key to mastering the method and getting the very best from it.

Pilates is not about making shapes it’s about feeling into your movement. Knowing how far your can move your body whilst maintaining control. Practicing each exercise repeatedly until the movement becomes second nature, a habit, an automatic response.

Possibly my favourite principle; to flow.

The idea behind Pilates was always to have flowing movement, to create movement with grace and poise. To allow your body to move with elegance and flow, free from stiffness or restriction.

When mastered correctly Pilates can be practiced in a continuous flow, where there appears to be no beginning or end. Just continual movement of poise, grace and power.

“Contrology is designed to give you suppleness, natural grace, and skill that will be unmistakenly reflected in the way you walk in the way you play and the way you work” - Joseph Pilates

I feel as though this is one of the most important principles in Pilates, considering Joseph Pilates himself originally called the method Contrology!

He wrote “Through Contrology you first purposefully acquire complete control of your own body and then through proper repetition of it’s exercises you gradually and progressively acquire that natural rhythm and coordination associated with all your subconscious activities.”

This is one of the key principles of Pilates, a method developed by a man lightyears ahead of his time. Who stated “this very rapidly progressing world with its ever-increasing faster tempo of living demands that we be physically fit and alert in order that we may succeed in the unceasing race with keen competition which rewards the ‘go-getters’ but bypasses the ‘no-getters’.”

He wrote these words in 1945! He could see that our world was increasing pace and we were struggling to keep up. Now more than ever I believe this to be true.

Send me your questions and I’ll answer them in a blog for deeper insights