Breathing is the life force and centre of Pilates, which promotes focus, oxygenates the blood, improves circulation, and encourages relaxation.

Retrain your Body & Brain: Pilates encourages the brain to reprogram the way it holds the body, breaking old patterns of postural behaviour and creating new, healthy patterns. The term ‘neuromuscular re-education’ describes this process of re-educating both the mind and the body to adopt a new, healthy posture. Exercise increases levels of a critical protein called Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF). BDNF supports existing brain cells/or neurons, and encourages growth of new ones, improving cognitive functions, connections & blood flow. This support can greatly increase memory power to retain information, help perform daily mental tasks with ease, ease any depression and reduce risk of diseases such as Parkinsons or Dementia.

Enjoy Improved Overall Health & Wellbeing:… Enjoy increased energy levels and the benefits of healthy muscles, bones, and joints, as well as burning off calories to lower your body fat percentage and increase muscle tone and strength.

This resistance training increases bone density, which is especially important to older adults who are susceptible to osteoporosis. You can look forward to increased longevity and decreasing chances of developing any dis-ease within the body, including coronary issues, diabetes, obesity, cancer or high blood pressure.

Of course what you put into your body also counts towards your overall health and well-being and as you start feeling and seeing the results, you will be motivated to move more and respect your body and what you put into it!

More Muscle Tone = More Calories Burned – Pilates can help to build and maintain lean muscle tone – helping to realign posture as the body’s centre of gravity changes, and promoting long elegant balanced posture and graceful flowing movement.

Pilates is the ideal body toning regimen – focusing on the major ‘prime mover’ muscle groups, with slow, intentional movements.  Many people are successful losing weight with Pilates because they become much more aware of their bodies and in turn treat them with respect and make better food choices and have an increased enthusiasm and enjoyment of exercise and movement.

Pilates lengthens and stretches all your most important ‘prime mover’ muscles in a balanced fashion, to strengthen and support you through your daily life. The muscles that play the primary role in moving a body part are formally known as ‘agonist muscles’ and are often referred to as ‘prime movers’. These major muscles include the; abdominals, chest/pectorals, shoulder/deltoid, back/latissimus dorsi, buttocks/gluteals, thighs/quadriceps & hamstrings.

Concentration and Mindfulness help keep distracting and possibly stressful thoughts at bay. With the emphasis of precision in movement through breathing, concentration and mindfulness – you will experience improved movement, clarity and execution, improved confidence, body awareness, a positive sense of wellbeing and enhanced creativity.

Body Awareness – Awareness heightens a conscious communication between body and mind and allows for strong self-perception and self-management of what is and is not productive for the body both physically and emotionally, hence reducing stress, anxiety and tenseness. The visualization used in Pilates imagery helps to calm the mind and encourage concentration providing better movement and proprioception.

Relaxation:  This unique system of exercise was designed to release stress and tension held in the body, and allows its practitioners to relax yet exercise at the same time, meaning you are able to complete a full workout yet feel refreshed and energised.

‘Working Smarter – Not Harder’

PILATES – The perfect exercise for the whole body’ (and any body)!