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Efficient, effective and safePilates is an intelligent movement system that focuses on correcting posture and rebalancing muscles to build a strong healthy body.
Initially, Pilates centres on strengthening ‘core’ muscles, building pelvic and spinal stability and working with correct limb/postural alignment. If postural issues and spinal instability are not addressed they can, over time, lead to lower back pain. This can be compounded if weight bearing exercise is added to existing incorrect postural alignment.
In order to achieve the focus required to execute correct technique, Pilates’ movements are very often slow and controlled. At the beginning of the Pilates course it will be necessary to feel as if you ‘not working’ in order to recruit the correct muscles – although you will probably feel it the next day! This ‘stripping back’ to basics is necessary in order to build strength and technique in order to perform the increasingly difficult Pilates repertoire. Classes: Beginners matwork classes; these are run in blocks of 6-7 classes Improvers matwork classes; as above 1:1 Private tuition: This will focus on the individual needs of the client. Beginning with a detailed postural analysis, a program of exercises is designed specifically for the individual. These can be taken either in your own home or in our Pilates room in Bloomfield Road
Courses are run over 6 - 7 weeks Course cost : £48 - £56 1:1s £30 per session (£250 for 10) - Bloomfield Road
1:1s @ home £45 per session (in Bath) Class times: Improver Thursdays 6pm @ 28 Milsom Street Intermediate Wednesdays 8pm @ 28 Milsom Street
Improver Thursdays 7pm @28 Milsom Street Venue: '@ 28 Milsom Street', Bath BA1 1DG N.B. Places need to be booked in advance by calling 07702 474064 or emailing lizziealeigh@yahoo.co.uk @ 28 Milsom Street is just above Culpeppers in the centre of Bath - the red door to the left, the bell is marked Pilates studio.
Lizzie Smith trained originally in classical ballet, where Pilates has been used for many years not only as a rehabilitative tool for injured dancers but as an additional training program to help develop classical technique. She first began studying Pilates whilst working as a professional dancer and believes this is the reason the latter part of her career was injury free. Lizzie trained as a Pilates Matwork teacher with the Pilates Foundation at the Scot Studio and teaches both dance and Pilates to dance students and adults.
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