PilatEz

New 45 min class coming to the Brewer Room at Tatworth Memorial Hall, Monday evenings from 11th May🤩

Book via: bookwhen.com/pilatez

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👏 A massive thank you to PilatEz for sponsoring and visiting our Colts player Harry Stoodley on our sponsors day this season.

PilatEz is a new venture by Erin (Ez), offering local all-abilities group Pilates classes and individualised progression plans, via the mat and reformer apparatus. Pilates aims to strengthen, lengthen, mobilise and stabilise the body by addressing postural challenges and muscle imbalances to rehabilitate and reduce injury. Get in touch via [email protected].

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New class starting next week! The heated floors are very welcome in this weather🌟

New Class – Starting Saturday, 22 November

Pilates with Erin - 8:45am

Join Erin on the mat for a fresh new Saturday morning Pilates class and start your weekend feeling strong and energised.

All abilities welcome - options provided for every level.

Book Online >> https://jordanswellnessandyoga.co.uk/

Email: [email protected].

Telephone: 01460 298548

Now certified in both mat and reformer❣️

As someone who’s always struggled with low confidence, starting my instructor training was a huge leap outside my comfort zone! But the whole journey with from the first mat training weekend to completing my reformer assessments, my self assurance has grown considerably alongside my love and passion for Pilates!

(And now I’m 25 maybe it’s time to get a grip🤪 )

Biggest thank you to AJ for being the most supportive and encouraging reformer tutor! And to the girlies on both courses - proud of us all🫶🏻

Shoutout to my Mum for being my guinea pig throughout mat and reformer training, in postural assessments, progressive programming and class planning😚

Highly recommend HFE and I will absolutely be looking at more courses!!

Side lying leg series to the classic kneeling side kick🦵 Propping on a ball during a side lying leg series can aid in keeping the rib/waist lifted, as well as maintaining head and neck alignment This leg series is great for core engagement and stability whilst targeting those hip flexors, adductors & abductors🌟 #pilates #matpilates #pilatesinstructor #kneelingsidekick #sidelyinglegseries

Taught my first ever classes this morning🤭

Thank you to all the lovely people who attended

Core strength and core confidence🫶🏻✨

‘Change happens through movement, and movement heals’ - Joseph Pilates

A large aspect of Pilates involves coordination of movements with breathing patterns, facilitating the brain to learn a new skill and consequently keeping the mind engaged. This focus can help to reduce overthinking, alleviating stress and anxiety, as well as enhancing concentration.

Attending a Pilates class is great self-care, prioritising time for yourself and your own wellbeing. There is also great social benefit to joining a group Pilates class - the environment facilitates you to meet like-minded people and feel less isolated🤍

Pilates by the pond - supine leg pull edition✨

Many progressions to build up to the full move (with a puppy appearance at the end)

As you can see I need to work on my hamstring flexibility - I find this tough🤪

Supine leg pull is great for:
- stabilising the core, scapular and pelvis
- strengthening the rhomboids, traps, erector spinae, quadratus lumborum, glutes and hamstrings
- mobilising hips
- lengthening pecs and anterior deltoids

1. Chest openers - squeezing shoulder blades towards each other as the chest lifts and opens
2. Supine table - exhale to press through the palms and feet, engaging the glutes and lifting the hips upwards
3. Supine single leg plank - coaching supine plank movement, one leg extended and one bent
4. Supine plank - lengthening through the cervical spine, both legs extended
5. Leg lifts - from supine plank, exhale to lift one knee towards chest, keeping hips lifted and pelvis stable
6. Leg extension - from supine plank, exhale to raise one leg, keeping it extended, keeping hips lifted and pelvis stable
7. Supine lying legs - from supine lying (neutral spine), exhale to raise one leg towards chest, plantar flexing the ankle. Inhale to lower the leg with dorsi flexed ankle
8. Full supine leg pull - inhale to prepare, opening chest. Exhale to engage the core and lift into supine plank. Inhale to hold, exhale to raise one leg with plantar flexed ankle, lower with dorsi flexed ankle. Keep pelvis lifted and stable throughout!

Pilates by the pond - shoulder bridge series ✨

I love a shoulder bridge for the many ways it can be progressed! Great for sequential control, spinal mobility, pelvic stability and core engagement, really working the posterior chain

Keep the hips level and pelvis stable throughout by engaging the gluteals, thinking about rib to hip connection and engaging the transverse abdominis with each exhale to not overarch the back🫶🏻

1. Pelvic tilts - coaching imprinted spine & beginning position of the shoulder bridge (tiny movement)

2. Shoulder bridge with or without arm floats, focusing on rib to hip alignment

3. Shoulder bridge with knee lifts, working hip flexors and quads

4. One leg extended, lowering and lifting leg in bridge, engaging glutes to keep hips level and pelvis stable

5. Shoulder bridge with leg slide, using Pilates ball to challenge stability

6. Shoulder bridge with ball pulses, working adductor muscles

7. Using Pilates hoop to work the quads and hamstrings