Pilates - let's take a breath!

Hello everyone!

Hope you're all doing well and able to escape the rain and cold!

Amazing in person and online classes for the full Pilates body experience (thanks Donna from Weds 9.30am group for coining this phrase - I love it!) this week and brilliant to get started with some new matwork beginners at Place Eight too!

Please remember that if you're unable to attend your Matwork class at Place Eight you're welcome to join a Zoom class instead and if you're unable to join your usual Zoom class you're welcome to swap to another one (please check spaces with me first) and/or catch up with the Vimeo library of class recordings. The class recordings are complementary if you block book your matwork classes - links and passwords can be found on the booking form for your class or please just ask me if you need a reminder! Almost 200 videos now!!

This week I've been reminding most of you of our full lateral Pilates breathing as well as the technique of box breathing which I hope is a helpful tool for you to draw on whenever you need it:

Position yourself comfortably with length through your spine
Inhale for a count of 4
Hold for a count of 4
Exhale for a count of 4
Pause for a count of 4

In classes we have done only 5 or 6 rounds and it's amazing how quickly this breathing technique can induce calm. You could spend longer doing it and maybe play with the number of counts, either less or more - whatever feels comfortable for you.

We have 3 more weeks of the current block of classes and I will soon begin organising classes for after half-term.

If any of you think you may wish to change from Place Eight classes to Zoom, or from outdoor classes (not sure how much longer these will be possible due to current weather conditions!) to Place Eight classes please let me know asap as studio spaces are limited and I will soon need to establish whether to continue with the new beginners daytime Place Eight class or whether to incorporate beginners into existing classes. It's amazing to teach matwork in person again but there's a lot of work involved making it feasible at the moment and it needs to be viable - thanks so much for your understanding!

Wishing you a warm and cosy weekend and look forward to seeing you back on the mat soon!

Take care

Louisa x

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