bepilates classical pilates studio

Award winning, classical pilates in Surrey.

bePilates is a specialist, classical pilates studio offering private and group training in the classical pilates method. Our targeted and progressive approach to pilates will help you to improve your strength, flexibility and coordination.

Conveniently located for students from Egham, Virginia Water, Ascot, Windsor and surrounding areas and only 40 minutes by train from London Waterloo.

We believe that everyone can benefit from a focused pilates practice.

In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. 🤓
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One of the best things about having a fully equipped studio to practice in, is that the method gets to do its job. 😬
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In theory, I could just explain everything to you, but in reality, movement and sport, isn't learned like that.
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👉 You 👈 have to do it.
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Tight lower back keeping you from getting a smooth ride in your roll up?
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I know a great exercise on the baby arm chair just for you 🥳
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Rather than me just shout at you for an hour, let's just skip right to the part when you actually feel what you need to do, for yourself? 🤣
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Pilates is magic like that when you are given the right exercises for your body. 🙌
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✔ Do you have a tight lower back and hamstrings and want to see how the full pilates method can help you gain more mobility and strength? Why not join me for a 1-to-1 lesson this month?
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I'm offering all new students £15 off their first 1-to-1 lesson 😘😘😘
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Find out more about what we do at my studio and book your lesson at www.be-pilates.co.uk
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Everyone knows that I love a good press down 🤗
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It gives you a nice stretch for the whole back body while helping you to connect to and move from your powerhouse 💪
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Well, that is what you feel. 😀
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But everyone also knows that I love a bit of pilates nerdery 🤓
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👩‍🏫 What you learn in this exercise is how to connect your arms to your powerhouse 👉 an essential skill if you want your teacher to stop telling you to "drop your shoulders and lift your waist" in pretty much every exercise 🤣
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It is also a great exercise to help you learn how to create length throughout the wholes spine while lifting in and up from your powerhouse, which is one of the key pieces of a great roll up 😍
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Want to see how the press down can help you get more out of your practice? I'm offering all new students £15 off their first 1-to-1 lesson with me this month.
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I'd love to help you learn to love your roll up with the support of the full pilates method. 😘
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Find out more about what we do at my studio and book your lesson online at www.be-pilates.co.uk - don't forget to use code NEW when you check out online to get your first lesson for just £60.
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🌟 TEACHER WORKSHOPS 🌟
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🤩 @brookeessapen 24 January
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🤩 @mejowiggin 18 February
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👉 Registration is now open 🥳
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Find out more and book your place at www.be-pilates.co.uk/continuingeducation
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🌟 Roll Over 🌟

The Roll Over is a great exercise to teach you all the ways you need to work in your Roll Up 🤓
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The exercises really are your best teacher. 😘
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In the Roll Up you are working from your powerhouse to articulate your spine with your legs anchored into the mat.
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In the Roll Over, your base of support not only gets smaller but now it's your upper back that anchors you when you are in the rolled over position 👉 controlling the weight of your legs as you lift your #powerhouse in and up to the ceiling is so much harder than the other way around 🙃
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Legs are heavy 🤣🤣🤣 .
If you'd like to stretch your lower back and hamstrings in this adanced full body classical pilates exercise, why not book in your first 1-to-1 lesson on my shiny new booking system. Using the code "NEW" at check out will give you £15 off your first lesson 🥰
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Book now at www.be-pilates.co.uk
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⭐ Roll Back ⭐
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The Roll Back on the cadillac is a great exercise to include in your part C if you are struggling with the Roll Up on the mat 🤓
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It's like the moment you put the roll back bar in your hands and feel some tension from the springs, your body is tricked into thinking it's getting a bit of assistance from your arms 👉 the treat is, you actually are getting some help here - it's just all from your powerhouse 💪
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One of the cues that I say to myself in my Roll Up on the mat is to "get long" as I roll down - think of rolling back, not straight down into the ground. This exercise really teaches you how to do just that.
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As you get better at finding length and lift as you roll and un-roll your spine in exercises like the Roll Back on the cadillac, you will find that your Roll Up gets not only easier, but actually 😘 enjoyable.
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Maybe that's why Joe only wanted us to do 3 of those - because we would stay there all practice 🤣🤣🤣
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If you are feeling a bit stiff like 🧛‍♂️ and want to find out how to get more strength and mobility in your spine, why not join me for a 1-to-1 lesson this month? I'm offering all new students their first lesson for just £60 (regularly £75).
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Go ahead - book your lesson at www.be-pilates.co.uk 🤗 .
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🙋: What is the right position for my arms to start my roll up?
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🤗: To be honest, there is no "right" position for everyone. There is just a right one for you, right now in your practice.
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Trying to keep things simple, silly 💋 and stay within my social media character count limit, we'll leave scapulohumeral rhythm musings for another post 😂
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👉 but until that post arrives (you could be waiting a while...), one thing to remember in your practice is that strong shoulders start with a strong powerhouse 💪
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Consider what your ribs do when you reach your arms overhead 🤓
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The Roll Up is a great exercise to improve spinal mobility in and out of flexion but it 🙅 is not 🙅 a spinal extension exercise. So if you reach your arms overhead next to your ears and your ribs come away from the mat, try lifting them more towards the ceiling and allow your ribs to join us back down here on earth 😂
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Over time, as you gain upper body strength and mobility, you will notice that you are able to take your arms a bit further overhead so that they approach the mat behind you while maintaining the support from your powerhouse.
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Remember how I said that sometimes basic exercises are there to help you learn techniques you will need for more advanced work?
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Well, let's just say that you'll be happy you have this support when you get to exercises like push up or handstand 😬
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Stretch your spine and strengthen your abdominal muscles with this classical pilates exercise 😘
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👉 for all of my "How To" posts, I'm taking inspiration from Joe Pilates' instructions in his book "Return to Life" 👏👏👏
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Start by lying flat on the floor, legs together - feet flexed and arms straight towards the ceiling.
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Inhale to lift your head, neck and shoulders towards your raised arms.
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Exhale as you continue to roll up. Keep rolling until you are reaching all the way forward with your forehead touching your legs and all the air is emptied out of your lungs.
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Inhale as you start to roll back towards your starting position and continue rolling you exhale all your breath and land flat - back at your starting position.
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Joe wants us to perform this exercise three times, getting a bigger - better stretch with each repetition. I honestly love this exercise so much that I wish this one was called the hundred 😆
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⚠️ Pilates is considered safe for most (but not all). If you have never don't pilates before please visit your friendly, local pilates teacher to learn how to correctly perform the exercises for your body. .
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THE ROLL UP 😍
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"Fortunately, the spine lends itself quite readily to correction... these 'rolling and unrolling' movements tend to gradually but surely restore the spine to its normal position." .
👉 Joe Pilates: Return to Life
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Do you remember back in the Hundred when we had to pull in and up from our powerhouse and reach long with our entire back body.
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👋 Have you met my friend Teaser? 🤣
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I'm just not.
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🙋‍♂️: I'd like to work my arms today.
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🤗: Okay, let's start with the hundred.
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🙋: Can we do abs and bum today?
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🤗: Sure, let's start with the hundred.
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👻: I want to work on my flexibility.
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🤗: Great. Let's get started with the hundred.
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Anything else? I bet I know where we will start 😂
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Part of getting to what your body needs, is getting your powerhouse warmed up for whatever we want to throw at it that day - so whether you need to work on lower back and hamstring flexibility or you want to get in shape for ski season, the hundred is a great place to start. 🤓
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Why don't you get started with a friendly Group Practice this September? Work on what your body needs each session and see how pilates can really change your body. Find out more and book online at www.be-pilates.co.uk/groupclasses
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Just like the Hundred. Getting started can be a bit overwhelming.
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Don't be scared. 😬
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If you are used to one-size-fits-most group fitness styled pilates classes - we do things a little bit different at my studio.
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We teach you pilates not general fitness.
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There is nothing wrong with general fitness. It's just... general.
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The pilates method is very specific. Specific exercises designed by Joseph Pilates, with specific purpose, in a specific order on specific apparatus. Specifically for what your body needs.
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There is nothing general about that 🤣
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We offer Group Practice, not group classes because you all are working on your own specific things. Not having a general workout🤷
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When you are new to our Group Practice, you will start with foundational exercises that are considered safe for most bodies, while building strength and mastering techniques necessary to advance in your practice.
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The more experienced practitioner will have a knowledge of their “order” and the skills they are working on with additional exercises and apparatus introduced as needed.
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Some students prefer to start with a few 1-to-1 lessons, but it is absolutely not necessary.
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Group practice or 1-to-1 lessons - unlike the Hundred it's not really important where you start 👉 just that you do.
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Find out more about my studio and the work that we do at www.be-pilates.co.uk
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Let's all just take a minute to acknowledge that she is is smiling 🤗
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#motivationmonday for the Hundred just wouldn't be complete without a special mention for opera singer Roberta Peters.
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"Known for taking meticulous care of her voice, she continued to sing in recital until well into her 70s, a good two decades past the de facto retirement age in her line of work"
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... For years, her weekly regimen included not only voice and foreign language lessons but also instruction in ballet, acting and fencing, as well as a strength and conditioning program under the direct supervision of Joseph Pilates, the originator of the Pilates exercise method."
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✏️: NYTImes
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Pilates created many exercises and accompanying apparatus in his life-time to improve breath control, posture, strength and stamina. It is no wonder that Roberta included as part of her training regime.
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Whether you are training for an operatic career or just wanting to get more or stay active, the Pilates Method gets you fit for your life.
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Taking a tip from Roberta Peters today to get in, get it done and do it with a smile 😍
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'A-ha' moments brought to you by the Tendon Stretch on the Wunda Chair 🤗
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A lot of what we do in the basic system helps us to build strength and muscle memory around techniques that we need not just to learn more advanced exercises but to actually get more out of the exercises that are already in our system.
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The exercises are your teacher. 👨‍🏫
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Tendon Stretch on the Wunda Chair loves to teach you how to lengthen the entire back of your body while at the same time lifting in and up from your powerhouse.
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Sounds like something we might want to try in the Hundred. 🤓
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As you find and strengthen connections to and how to move from your powerhouse in exercises like the Tendon Stretch, your entire practice levels up and even the most basic exercises like the Hundred get more interesting. 💯
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And then the whole cycle starts again, add in some new exercises - build some strength - refine some techniques and keep moving.
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Learning pilates is easy - learning how to do it correctly is the real work. We're always chipping away at our masterpiece 👉 the exercises are the tools we use.
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😬 Come breathe new life into your basic system with exercises like the Tendon Stretch in your Group Practice. I have availability on Monday and Friday mornings, as well as Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
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Find out more and book your place at www.be-pilates.co.uk/groupclasses
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🤓 Did you know that the Wunda Chair has two uses?
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👍 it's a compact piece of kit designed to give you an athletic pilates workout
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👍 and it can be flipped upside down for a snazzy chair to sit in! 🤩
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But how does the Hundred on the seat of the Wunda Chair fit into the A, B, C model of classical pilates you ask? 🧐
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Great question! If you know the answer - give me a shout! 📣 Don't forget to tag me because I also want to know 🤣
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I tend to use the Wunda Chair as part of mine and my student's part C - choosing exercises that get right to the point of what you need in your workout and in that case, don't usually put the Hundred here because it doesn't make sense in that context.
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👉 But the Wunda Chair has an order... And spring resistance. So this makes me also feel comfortable subbing in a Wunda for a Reformer workout now and again before moving onto the mat and part C for my more advanced students. In this instance, I would include my hundred here 👉 after all, a strong workout needs a strong warm up 🔥
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If you are new to pilates or new to classical pilates, why not get started with a 1-to-1 lesson? I'm offering new students their first lesson for just £60 (regularly £75).
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Find out more and book yours at www.be-pilates.co.uk/privatelessons
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Long Stretch is one of my favourite exercises and Hundred doppelgängers 😍
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Yes, I have a lot of favourite exercises - surprise I like pilates, ya dorks 😂
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🤓 Hundred: Powerhouse anchored to mat, arms and legs work against gravity whilst taking full breaths.
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🤓 Long Stretch: Legs anchored to reformer as our powerhouse works with and against heavy springs whilst taking full breaths.
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It's like a homonym for pilates! 🤣🤣🤣
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Each exercises has a different purpose but (because it's still pilates) common goal to help you strengthen your spine, breathe fully and work from that powerhouse. 💪
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So maybe not quite a homonym but it's been a while since I've had to use that word in a sentence so let me have this one.🤦‍♀️
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📣 Don't forget to tag me with your favourite hundred double! Nerds unite! 🎉
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If you'd like to check out all the places in the studio you can find the hundred, join me for group practice! I have availability Monday and Friday mornings and Monday, Tuesday and Thursday evenings.
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Find out more and book at www.be-pilates.co.uk/groupclasses
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Get back into the swing of things this September with classes and workshops just for pilates teachers 🥰
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✔ Professional Workshop: Getting Your Student from A to B with Part C on Saturday 7 September from 10am-5pm
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✔ Professional Class Saturday 14 September from 10-11:30am
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✔ Professional Practice Wednesday 18 September from 10-11:30am
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✔✔ More classes and workshops for 2019 on the website with special guest teachers coming early 2020 🤫 Dates will be posted soon 😘😘
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Find out more and book at www.be-pilates.co.uk/education .
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🙌 This is what we teach.
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I really enjoyed the posts from @voltagepilates when they hosted MeJo Wiggin for the Classical Syllabus at their beautiful classical pilates studio in Indianapolis this year.
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What you get from working with Mejo is just this clear picture of what we do as pilates teachers and a deeper respect for the classical pilates method. 😍
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This is what we teach.
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#motivationmonday to the max. Thanks Mejo 🙏
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... and btw... if you also want to have a little Mejo magic in your life she will be visiting us in Egham in 2020 - details coming soon! 🎉
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🧙: The handles hurt my wrists when I'm on the reformer for my hundred.
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🤗: The thing is, the equipment is very good at telling you what you need to work on. Sometimes it could be that you are working from your shoulder(s) rather than your powerhouse. Or maybe they are telling you that you are hyperextending your elbow(s) or that a weakness in your wrist(s) is letting you down.
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I typically look from closest to your powerhouse and work outwards to see what the problem could be and then choose exercises for the rest of your workout to help you get things sorted. .
The hundred isn't the place where you are going to "fix" a problem but may give you some insight into what you need to address with exercises created especially to help you do so.
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What are some things you pick up on in your hundred? How does it help to inform the rest of your practice? 📣 Tag me - would love to hear what that reformer has been telling you! .
If you are just getting started and don't quite yet have a good "dialogue" with your reformer, perhaps try a 1-to-1 lesson!
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Dee is offering all new students their first 1-to-1 lesson with her for just £48 (regularly £65). You can book your lesson online at www.be-pilates.co.uk/privatelessons
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⭐ TEACHER WORKSHOP ⭐
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Getting Your Student from A to B with Part C
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A solid basic workout is the foundation of a strong practice, making the progression to more advanced exercises a challenge, not a chore for you and your students.
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In this special workshop for teachers, we will look at:
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basic exercises in the classical method and
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how to structure a lesson to assess, correct and challenge students as they learn to master exercises and techniques needed to advance their practice.
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👉 All comprehensively trained teachers are welcome to join.
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Date: Saturday 7 September
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Time: 10am-5pm with a short break for lunch between 1 and 2pm
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Price: £125
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Book your place at www.be-pilates.co.uk/education
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