A recent article in Candis Magazine recommended exercise in general and Pilates in particular as one of 10 ways that you can feel happier. “Exercise stimulates endorphin release, making you feel good.” Other ways include: get more daylight and vitamin D by spending time outside in the sun drink green tea eat some dark chocolate review your … More 10 Ways to Feel Happier

Sometimes headaches are caused by tension or poor posture and if this is the case for you, then Pilates could help. Those who come to my mat classes regularly, will recognise these three exercises for necks. This article in MI Business Mag provides some more detail and also recommends ‘bow and arrow’. We’ll be doing it in … More Could Pilates cure your headache

Eighty per cent of us experience back pain at some point in our lives and this can affect our quality of life. Pilates is one of plenty of things that you can do as described in this article from the Telegraph.

In my experience most mat classes are mostly full of women. But Pilates is for men too – after all the method was developed by a man! Abingdon golfer, Eddie Pepperell, has taken up Pilates as part of a new health drive he hopes will get him through a European Tour season injury-free for the … More Pilates celebs: Eddie Pepperell

Stretching is an important part of exercise: it improves muscle development, increases range of motion and reduces your chances of an injury. Being flexible helps you exercise with the correct form and so can also help to improve posture. I’ve recently come across a set of  illustrations by Vicky Timón, author of “Encyclopedia of Pilates Exercises”, which show … More Stretching

Pilates is one of 10 celebrity flat tummy secrets. Halle Berry keeps her abs in a great condition thanks to Pilates. Lynne Robinson, author of Pilates for Weight Loss explains that Pilates can give you a flat tummy by the action of Centring. Using your deep core muscles which wrap around your waist like a natural built in … More 10 celebrity flat tummy secrets

Here’s a video of me doing some advanced Pilates using the large studio equipment. This exercise is the long stretch on the reformer. Video taken at The Pilates Studio, Norwich

A Spanish study suggests that older women with lower back pain who do Pilates may see improvements in balance and less fear of falling that they don’t get from other types of exercise. After a six week trial, the women who did Pilates reported less fear of falling, while the other women didn’t. Pilates was … More Pilates for better balance

Here’s a video of me doing some advanced Pilates using the large studio equipment. This exercise is the swan using the push thru bar on the cadillac. Video taken at The Pilates Studio, Norwich