OnDemand Pilates classes and live sessions. Pilates Studio Twickenham, London. Workout whenever & wherever works for you! Mat classes with & without props e.g.
Online Pilates classes for beginners to advanced, pregnancy classes & postnatal classes. Magic circle, hand weights, foam roller, stretch band, chair plus Reformer classes & Spine Corrector.
03/06/2026
Parting words from my client yesterday morning. The way I see it, my job is to show you what your body is capable of when given the right information. To give you more confidence in your body, and inspire a love of movement, well Pilates, and then you’ll just want to keep moving.
Long story short. I don’t offer free trial classes at my studio because…….
1) Pilates means too many different things now. I’ve had people come to class who’ve practised Pilates before; but never practised the Hundred, asked me what on earth we were doing when I cued Rolling like a ball! I could do on but the point is it’s not fair on my current members to go over fundamentals and it’s not fair on a new client trying to keep up with an experience they thought they were prepared for. I feel bad and it’s just not worth it.
2) I want to give people the best Pilates experience I can. My classes, of which there are different types, max out at 5. I am not trying to fill in excess of 8 “beds” and I don’t have filler space I can use for rotating free trials. I want to commit to your Pilates journey and I want people committed to their practice, their time and their investment.
So if you want to try the studio or me out, we have 4 week Pilates fundamentals courses which cover the Mat, Reformer and all the other apparatus on the studio. Next one starts July let me know if you have any questions about it.
I also offer an intro to the studio package which is 3 privates and then any class to try.
Or you are welcome to buy a credit and book in a single class. But with how Pilates is now I can’t guarantee it will be the same or even similar to your previous Pilates class, and to be honest it’s hard to really get a handle on anything from one session.
To everyone out there practising “Reformer Pilates” thinking you’re doing the more advanced Pilates… I have news for you.
The Reformer is often where I would place someone with an injury before I’d leave them to languish on a Mat, where there is less support, less feedback, and no resistance to work with.
For a little context, you can see how practising Footwork and the Hundred on the Reformer can enhance the Hundred on the Mat. Short Spine and Overhead improve my Rolling Like a Ball, Roll Over, and Jack Knife.
The apparatus was designed to support, guide, challenge, and ultimately deepen the work not replace it.
The Mat is where it’s at. Let’s not forget it.
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30/04/2026
This photo popped up in my memories from 12 years ago with Lo**ta San Miguel, and it made me think about something I’ve been mulling over recently.
There was a time when being a Pilates teacher meant seeking out the source or as near to it as you could get. We investigated, we travelled, we invested, we put ourselves in rooms where we knew we’d be challenged in front of our peers because that’s where the real learning happens.
I miss the days where we sought out the best training we could get to, afford, or that piqued our curiosity. Now I often see people asking for the easiest, quickest, most convenient route. And I get it… life is busy and some people just don’t get that Pilates is a method. But it’s like anything in life. Short cuts rarely cut it, not in depth, integrity, passion or knowledge.
I also get that you don’t know what you don’t know. But now Pilates is so accesible to find out more about, that doesn’t even stack up as a reason.
The “Reformer Pilates” trend won’t last forever. People will start to realise like they did with the Mat, that Pilates has lots to offer and they will seek out teachers and studios who can offer more.
So if you have been thinking about training to teach Pilates, investigate fully, attend classes with various teachers in person and online, ask the teachers you enjoy where they trained. Don’t just rely on the nearest, most convenient or cheapest being able to offer you a sound training springboard.
“PATIENCE and PERSISTENCE are vital qualities in the ultimate successful accomplishment of
any worthwhile endeavour”. Joseph Pilates
twickenham
01/04/2026
I recently sold my contemporary Cadillac to buy a Classical Cadillac. The person who bought my Cadillac sold their other brand contemporary Cadillac to buy mine. Which I thought was lovely as we both felt we were graduating.
This reminded me of a conversation with my brother about boxing training years ago when he said to me “there are levels to this”. And that’s it isn’t it.
I originally trained comprehensively in Contemporary Pilates which led me to a comprehensive Classical Pilates training which led me to further study and search out more Pilates educators. All of which has benefited my practice and teaching and in turn my clients at the studio. You don’t know what you don’t know and sometimes it’s not until your in something that you start to open your eyes to what else is out there.
Of course Pilates should be one universal thing but that horse has long bolted.
Stay curious
There are levels to this…..
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Combination - a nemesis for me and some of my clients. But, we have learnt if you can appreciate how the proceeding exercises prepare you, it can suddenly make what seems impossible possible.
Finding the lift out of your arms, of your chest and the diagonal in Long Stretch, Down Stretch and Up Stretch creates the space for you to be able to bring the carriage as close to home as you can find the lift and diagonal in your body.
And just like that Combination isn’t quite the nemesis it was and our Snakes have been transformed. This is Pilates, it’s a method, we don’t avoid the hard exercises and fill the space with variations/modifications or even entirely made up exercises. We figure out what our body or thought process needs and work from there. What does our body already know from what we have already learnt.
Figuring out how to reverse an exercise is a challenge to our brain and our body. It helps strengthen our brain as we have to figure out a new track to travel along. You can see the cogs whirring as I try and figure out what to do next.
As we age we want our bodies as well as our brains to remain adaptable and responsive.
Pilates everyday helps you work, play and rehab. That really is part of its beauty it meets you wherever your body and mind are today. Perhaps it’s perimenopause, perhaps it’s just wear and tear but my left shoulder is needing a little more support a little more regularly nowadays.
Workout filmed after teaching my lovely Saturday morning classes yesterday, which honestly doesn’t feel like work. 🫶
Vids slightly sped up.
30/09/2025
It’s been lovely welcoming new people to the studio for the Fundamentals Course. As well as working with people who’ve been coming for years who want to delve deeper into Pilates and their practice. Watching their enthusiasm, self confidence and trust in the process grow is such an amazing pleasure.
So much so, I have added some more dates for workshops for people returning or starting Pilates, enthusiasts and teachers wanting to explore the method more.
Links can be found in my bio for 2 additional 4 week Pilates Fundamentals Courses, two Mat workshops based on the 34 exercises from Joseph Pilates book, Return to Life through Contrology; and there is a space available on Novembers Reformer Masterclass.
If you have any question just let me know.
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09/04/2025
Pilates, it’s all got twisted. And, you know it’s all about the money when you see a post on another social media platform where someone is saying they are about to open a “Reformer Pilates Studio” but as they have NO experience of Pilates they are looking for a teacher to assist the set up of the business. Clearly they have bags of passion about the method and can’t wait to help people. See their body confidence grow, improve their movement, strength and flexibility or move without pain.
It’s so infuriating to watch. But what’s more infuriating is when a student tells you they’ve spent 5 years at a studio before yours and they are now angry at the amount of time and money they invested there seeing now, they made no progress. No progress in strength, stability, flexibility and no progress in exercises practised or understanding the point of why they were doing anything.
I don’t know what the answer is other than us constantly trying to educate people on social media about what genuine Pilates is so they can make informed choices.
I’ve heard in some classes they never use the box on the Reformer or do any exercises with feet in straps.
If they still prefer jumping around doing flows on the bed of a Reformer but know it’s not Pilates then all well and good.
Joseph Pilates apparently used to say he was ahead of his time. I don’t know how many podcasts I’ve listened to in the last year where influencers talk about mind body connection, how breathing is so important, connecting with nature, looking after your feet and foot strength and so much more, all stuff Joseph Pilates talked about. Studies have shown how people’s movement, strength, stability has improved from practising Pilates. We don’t need to try and reinvent his work. We need to introduce more people to it so they can reap the genuine rewards and not jump on the bandwagon of the latest “Pilates” fad thinking they are doing Pilates.
