Classes

Pilates

What is Pilates?

Pilates is a mindful approach to movement that awakens your body, calms your mind, and strengthens you from the inside out. Imagine discovering the freedom of flowing, coordinated motion, where your breath guides each movement, easing tension and creating effortless motion supported by your core.

It’s about listening to your body and nourishing it with movement that is intentional, well aligned, and takes you through your full, healthy range of motion. Low-impact yet deeply effective, Pilates helps you build strength, improve posture, balance, and flexibility, release tension, and move your limbs freely but with control — whether in everyday life, sport, or creative pursuits.

Through the principles of alignment, centring, breath, coordination, and flowing movement, Pilates shapes a stronger, leaner body while releasing physical and mental tension, leaving you energised, grounded, and calm.

Step onto the mat and experience the joy of a body that feels good to live in.

Is Pilates for You?

Pilates is for anyone who wants to feel stronger, more flexible, and truly at ease in their body. It’s for you if you’re seeking movement that is accessible to every body, helping you build posture, sound movement patterns, and functional strength and mobility.

Imagine moving with greater freedom and confidence, easing stiffness in your back or joints, and gradually returning to the things you love — pain-free. Feel negative body-image ebbing away as you celebrate what your body can do, release tension, and create a sense of calm; enjoy a space to switch off from daily pressures — a moment that’s just for you.

Benefits of Pilates

Pilates offers a wide range of physical and mental benefits, helping you feel stronger, more balanced, and at ease in your body. Classes are designed to support:

  • Core strengthening – building the deep stabilising muscles that support every movement

  • Wellbeing – leaving you feeling uplifted, energised, and resilient

  • Breathing and relaxation – cultivating mental calmness and clarity

  • Posture, strength, and mobility/flexibility – creating ease and fluidity in everyday movement

  • Reduction in joint stiffness and relief from lower back pain

  • Improved balance – supporting confidence and stability

  • Better sleep – helping both body and mind feel restored

The tangible benefits you may notice (timeframes vary depending on regular practice, but reflect commonly observed results):

  • From your very first session – feel physically relaxed and energised, mentally uplifted, and notice better sleep after class.

  • Within your first four weeks – your core and deep stabilising muscles awaken, supporting better posture and smoother, safer movement.

  • Within six sessions – everyday actions, like getting down to and up from the floor, feel easier, with less stiffness and creaks.

As Joseph Pilates himself said: “In 10 sessions, you will feel the difference. In 20 sessions, you will see the difference. And in 30 sessions, you will have a whole new body.”

How Joining Works — Simple, Easy and Supportive

Before settling into a regular group class, you’ll begin with 1–5 private sessions, offered at £25 for an hour (50% off the regular rate) and arranged at a time that feels most convenient for you. These gentle one-to-one sessions give you space to feel fully supported and understood, helping you build confidence, ease and a clear sense of how each exercise should feel in your body. By the time you step into a group class, you’ll feel prepared, comfortable and ready to move well.

Once you join regular group classes, a flexible daily schedule and a simple make-up system make it effortless to weave Pilates into your weekly rhythm. Local venues with free, easy parking keep every visit smooth from the moment you arrive.

Classes are small and friendly — never more than 12 people — so you’re always seen, cared for and personally guided. You’ll feel encouraged and uplifted, surrounded by a warm community that notices your progress and celebrates your wins, no matter how small.

Each session is thoughtfully varied to keep your practice engaging and enjoyable. A mix of tools and teaching approaches helps you understand movement more clearly, making once-complex patterns feel simple, intuitive and deeply satisfying as your body grows stronger and more coordinated at a pace that feels right for you.

All small equipment is provided (apart from physio balls – or “big balls”), and mats are available to borrow — simply arrive, settle in and focus on how your body feels.

You’ll enjoy easy online booking, the freedom to transfer classes when needed, and a 15% discount when you block-book your term. Social gatherings, outside of class, offer a relaxed way to get to know others and feel at home in this friendly, welcoming community.

Each class becomes a moment to reconnect with yourself — a nurturing, uplifting, energising pause in the middle of a busy life. A calm oasis where you can focus fully on your wellbeing, move with intention, and feel supported every step of the way.