Join expert physios and Pilates instructors Mark and Vicky Smith for a gentle online introduction to Pilates, covering the history of Pilates, the key differences between physio led/clinical Pilates and ‘other’ Pilates classes and the key principles, or five elements of Pilates.
Mark will then guide and demonstrate with Vicky, these empowering movements and take you through some key exercises, similar to one of our typical classes.
This one hour workshop aims to give you an understanding of Pilates principles, and help you, should you choose to – join our established range of face to face physio led Pilates classes. It can also be used to give regular Pilates attendees a refresher of the key components of Pilates in the comfort of your own home.
The regular practice of Pilates delivers many benefits, giving gradual and positive changes to the body’s strength, tone, and flexibility. Pilates exercises require a ‘core stability’ of the deep muscles, which take time and concentration to develop. These deep postural muscles support and stabilise our skeletons and don’t need repetitive overloading to strengthen them, they just need to be switched on. You will learn how to sense and activate these muscles which form the basis of good posture, and then to remain aware of posture and alignment throughout the performance of the flowing sequences of movement which form the practice of Pilates.
This workshop is for beginners, or for those who have not done Pilates for a while and require a refresher of the principles. All you need is a little space, a mat if you have one (a towel or a comfortable floor will be fine) then come and join us!
Once you have purchased our online beginners Pilates workshop a member of our team will be in touch to confirm your email address. They will then forward a link to you from which you will be able access the workshop.
