GENTLE PILATES
Pilates involves slow, controlled movements to help build up core muscle strength, with gentle stretching to aid flexibility and balance. Regular Pilates sessions can help develop muscle tone and increase joint mobility, as well as relieve stress and tension.
Chair based Pilates classes are great for improving posture and balance, and are suitable for people with reduced mobility, or who have difficulty getting down to the floor and would like the support of a chair.
Gentle standing and seated Pilates classes focus on exercises that strengthen the spine and increase joint stability and mobility, in order to improve general strength and flexibility for everyday tasks, with increased levels of stamina, improved balance, and general well-being.
Emma is certified to teach Pilates for older adults, Pilates for orthopaedic conditions and chair based Pilates, so has the ability to tailor and modify exercises to meet differing physical needs for all ages.
Benefits
Older adults
Less risk of falling than with some other types of exercise
Low impact
Gentle on joints
MS, Chronic Fatigue and Fybromyaligia
Stretching, strengthening, and breathing techniques to keep symptoms and flare-ups under control
Recruits key muscles while minimizing full-body fatigue
Coordinating breathing with movement helps to relieve stress and tension
Arthritis
Slow, controlled and gentle
Helps to decrease joint compression
Increases the range of movement around affected joints
Osteoporosis
Gentle weight-bearing exercises
Improves bone strength to prevent osteoporosis
Increases pelvic and spinal stability
Classes can be booked as private 1-2-1 sessions or as private small group bookings.
Sessions can be held at our studio at Grove Farm in West Huntspill, or online via Zoom.
Please see the CLASSES AND PRICES page for details of prices, class sizes and locations.
For more information or to book, please contact Emma
07988418033 or emmavickery@outlook.com