Discover Our Wide Range of mat Pilates Classes
Pilates for Beginners to Intermediate:
Find Your Level
All the teachers are friendly & approachable. Face to face mat pilates classes should feel like you're joining a community of like-minded people. Whether you're a beginner or experienced pilates mover, you'll be welcomed in. If you're not sure which class would suit you, feel free to contact me on the Contact page or email me, Sophie, on sophie@pilatestar.com
All of the face to face mat pilates group classes originally came under the logo and company name Sophie's Pilates. The classes continue to be held at the same times and at the same venues. For the moment, if you'd like to check out all the google reviews, you can still see them under Sophie's Pilates.
Beginners to Mixed Ability
This is a Beginner's to Mixed Ability Class. But that doesn't mean it won't feel challenging!
The session will always start with some simple exercises so that you can focus on the breath. A great time to correct your posture, destress and breathe energy into your body.
Then the exercises build up to help improve flexibility, coordination, strength and stamina, ensuring that you're working your core. We'll always practise your balance skills too.
Mixed Ability
Not for total beginners, you need to be familiar with some of the basic classical matwork exercises like curl ups, spine curls, cobra, cat, but again, exercises can be progressed or regressed depending on your level.
Bone Health & Healthy Backs
This Bone Health & Healthy Backs class focuses on core strength, good posture and alignment, but includes more repetitions to help to maintain or build bone density. It is particularly suitable for people with Osteopenia and level 2 Osteoporosis as it aims to develop muscle strength around vulnerable areas such as the spine, hips, ankles and wrists.
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It would also suit people who have issues with their back; are recovering from an injury; or who have some restrictive movement.
Healthy Backs
Healthy Backs – If you want an effective way to strengthen your back or to prevent back pain, the ‘Healthy Back’ group class is the perfect option (due to content, it’s also suitable for Beginners). Based on the world-renowned Body Control Pilates programme, these classes will give you a gentle balanced workout with the focus on strengthening the core abdominals that do so much for your posture and for supporting your back. Class sizes are small so that you get maximum attention and support. One-to-one sessions are also available
Intermediate
You will have done around 20+ in person classes and be familiar with all the basic classical matwork exercises. Through your practice you will have built some stamina to enable you to do the exercises with less rest breaks.