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Brighton Pilates Classical full studio Pilates classes in Brighton and Hove. Come join us in our studio on Portland road in Hove xx

The Pilates method is growing in popularity for many reasons. Not only does it improve core stability, tone, lengthen and strengthen your muscles but it gives you a new sense of awareness about your own body; how it moves, where it holds tension and where your ideal postural alignment should be. It is this awareness that brings about the first step to change. Anyone can benefit from Pilates whether you're young, old, super fit, have suffered a recent injury or consider yourself a couch potato. Pilates can be tailor made to suit you and your particular needs. Why not try it out, contact me to book an enrolment class, 07950 304 071 or email [email protected].

For those who feel drawn to the deeper study of classical Pilates, we have something very special for you…In 2027, we wi...
23/10/2026

For those who feel drawn to the deeper study of classical Pilates, we have something very special for you…

In 2027, we will be welcoming a Classical Pilates teacher-training cohort, led by second-generation teacher Daphne Peña Higgs, alongside the mentorship of Ellie Maud of Brighton Pilates and Becky Uden of Uden Pilates.

Daphne trained directly under Romana Krysanowska and Bob Liekins at Drago’s in New York in the late 1990s. She is an absolutely incredible teacher and direct lineage to Joseph Pilates. To be trained under Daphne really is an incredible opportunity and career defining for any Pilates teacher.

Classical Pilates is a living tradition passed down from teacher to teacher. For us it’s about more than learning exercises. It’s about understanding the method, respecting its roots and carrying that knowledge forward.

Before we share the full details of the training, we’re opening the studio for a very special opportunity to learn with Daphne and experience her teaching first hand before you commit to a full programme.

Classical Pilates taster sessions
Saturday 5 December 2026
10.30am–12pm | £99

A second session, 12.30–2pm, will be added if demand allows.

If you’ve ever wondered whether teaching classical Pilates could be your next chapter, this is your opportunity to experience the method with Daphne and explore whether the training might be right for you.

DM us TASTER for more info or jump right in and book the taster via the Brighton Pilates app or website www.brighton Pilates.co.uk 🫶🏽

More to come. We’re SO excited to share this with you.

✨NEW WORKSHOP✨“Above all, learn how to breathe correctly.” — Joseph PilatesLong before Pilates became a familiar part of...
16/10/2026

✨NEW WORKSHOP✨

“Above all, learn how to breathe correctly.” — Joseph Pilates

Long before Pilates became a familiar part of modern movement culture, Joseph Pilates placed enormous importance on the breath as part of his method, Contrology.

In Return to Life Through Contrology, published in 1945, he encouraged readers to pay attention to how they breathe, believing that conscious breathing was fundamental to physical vitality.

As autumn and Winter settle in, it’s the perfect time to invite you to turn your attention back to this fundamental part of the method, breath. This is an opportunity for beginners to advanced clients to explore this essential principle through respiratory anatomy and practical application to the classical repertoire.

Not simply breathing to get through an exercise, but understanding how each inhale and exhale can support and deepen the movement itself.

Join us to explore the breath at the heart of Contrology, and discover what it can bring to your practice.

📍Brighton Pilates
🗓️ Saturday 28th November
🕰️ 10-12pm
🏷️ £50.00 or 2 credits
🧘🏻‍♀️ Anna Pearce at The Pilates Corner

(Spaces limited)

Booking link in bio, or under course on the website and app xx

“A great Pilates teacher doesn’t just teach you the exercises. They watch, listen, notice and respond.”🤍⭐️
13/10/2026

“A great Pilates teacher doesn’t just teach you the exercises. They watch, listen, notice and respond.”🤍⭐️

12/10/2026

🌳 To grow up, you have to grow down.

One of the beautiful principles we explore in Classical Pilates is opposition.

Just like the roots of a tree grow deep into the earth so the tree can reach higher and higher, our bodies need a sense of grounding and opposition to create length.

As one part of the body reaches in one direction, another creates an opposing connection. Rather than collapsing or simply stretching, we create space, strength and length through resistance and reaching the body in the opposite direction to the spring.

The deeper the roots, the stronger the foundation. And from that foundation, we can grow.

This is something we’re constantly exploring in our Pilates practice , finding the opposition, creating the connections, and allowing the body to lengthen from a place of stability rather than force. That’s why when I heard this audio I had to use it as it’s so perfect to go with ouyr very real Pilates practice.

Root down. Reach up. Find your opposition. Create your length. 🌿

06/10/2026

One of the things I love most about this clip from the Zest and Pleasure interview with Tracy Belcher and John Howard Steele is the insight into how Joseph Pilates actually taught.

His goal wasn’t for you to follow his cues perfectly he wanted you to learn to move independently.

There was a specific agenda behind his teaching: to develop enough awareness, understanding and control that you could move yourself into the next exercise without relying on someone else to tell you exactly what to do. In fact he had very little guidance.

Imagine being able to lie down on your mat, step onto the Reformer, or move through your practice with such confidence that you instinctively know how to set yourself up and transition into what comes next. You can then have that with you everywhere you go. This is something we really strive for in our 1:1 sessions and also in our groups by naming the exercise first to see if you can start to move into the exercise yourself without us guiding every piece.

Of course, having a teacher beside you is invaluable. However, once you know your exercises and can move more independently we can be there for the juicy stuff, we can then observe, refine, challenge and help you discover more. But ultimately, the goal is to give you the tools to become more independent in your own movement.

It’s such a fascinating insight into Joseph Pilates’ original method and a beautiful reminder that the teacher isn’t there to create dependence, but to help you develop the knowledge and control to move for yourself. 🤍 Thank you Tracy and John for this wonderful interview I love listening.

05/10/2026

I’ve come to really value my own self-practice. Not because everything feels good or looks right all the time. I feel none of it is perfect or particularly Instagram able, but it’s real. It’s where I’m most aware of what I still have to learn.

I’m still very much a student of classical Pilates, and I know I always will be. There’s always another layer to understand, another detail to refine, and something that asks more of me than I expected.

Horseback is one I find particularly hard, as you can see here. It doesn’t always come easily, and I think that’s part of the point. We all have movements that challenge us, things that expose where we’re not quite there yet.

For me, the practice is in staying with it. Working at it, paying attention, and accepting that being a student means there will always be things I’m still figuring out.

Do you take time to self practice or take regular 1:1s to refine and deepen the work?

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29/09/2026

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