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“Pilates is complete coordination of mind, body and spirit.”
Joseph Pilates
Why choose Pilates?
Pilates is beneficial to people of all ages. Pilates is a form of low impact exercise the main aim of which is to strengthen your core (back and abdominal muscles). This leads to improved postural awareness and flexibility through all joints. We learn how our bodies move in the most efficient way during Pilates. It's a safe way of exercising which provides a great foundation to build on. Each exercise offers a progression depending on how our body feels that day! I always say "listen to your body!"
Testimonials
We are new to pilates. Gillian has given us a very warm welcome and has made us feel very comfortable in her classes. She doesn't let us do anything too advanced and is very careful to ensure we are doing the movements correctly. We highly recommend her.
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Carole & Jon
I suffer from arthritis and have found the Pilates classes to be so helpful. The exercises help to mobilise my joints and I always feel so much better afterwards. Gillian will always focus the classes to meet our needs with variations to meet all levels. I love the classes, thank you so much for brightening up my week.
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Julie
It's no understatement to say that Gillian has improved my fitness and general mobility beyond measure. She is an excellent teacher, and her encouragement and coaching has helped me enormously to increase strength, flexibility and stamina. Gillian's background as a physiotherapist combined with her training and qualifications in Pilates means she is at the top of her game
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Sylvia
As a chap in my late 50s, learning Pilates with Gillian has been an eye-opener for me. It's definitely not just for ladies (as I previously thought) and is a full body workout which has helped me with strength, movement and fitness. Gillian is simply a brilliant teacher. For any bloke thinking of taking up Pilates, I highly recommend it.
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Pete
I thoroughly enjoy and appreciate the benefits from regularly attending Gillian’s Pure Pilates classes. My aim is to improve flexibility and core strength and can certainly say this is being achieved. Gillian is always very conscious of the principles of Pilates and regularly returns to basics to refresh every one of these and make sure we’re doing it right! They are fun classes.
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Clare
Gillian's thorough understanding of the human body together with her sunny personality make her a natural teacher and her classes a joy on every level!
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Steven
Gillian is a fantastic Pilates instructor who has very well planned sessions every week. We have a different focus each week, it may be working on our core or backs, ball work, stretching and many more. Gillian is always enthusiastic and reassuring during classes, checking we are all ok and doing the exercises correctly so we don’t hurt ourselves. She also identifies exercises we shouldn’t do if we have any injuries and offers us an alternative exercise. I have taken Pilates sessions with Gillian for years both in a hall and online and always enjoy them and feel better after. Thank you Gillian!
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Sarah
I really enjoy attending Pure Pilates classes as they are so brilliant for the mind and body. Gillian is a kind and caring instructor, who greets everyone with a smile at the beginning of every session. The atmosphere is friendly, inclusive and relaxed plus lessons are taught to meet the needs of participants with different levels of experience as well as those recovering from injuries or health problems. The fact that Gillian is also a qualified physiotherapist means that her knowledge of the correct exercises to do to target problem areas is second to none. All in all, Pure Pilates classes are very highly recommended.
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A . Dawes