Pilates for Core Strength

with Patty

This course is an excellent way to strengthen your Core. The Core muscles are not only located on your abdominal area; they are a network of muscles giving support to your pelvic area, hips, lower pack, middle back and upper back.

This Pilates course focuses on improving the strength and flexibility of muscles that support the entire spine and the muscles of your core in order to maintain optimum flexibility, mobility of the joints, the strength of the internal muscles and to prevent back injury.

Pilates practice can also help with posture, muscle tone and assist to relieve tension and stress. Feel and move better both mentally and physically.

We will begin each session in a standing position with stretches to warm up your body. You will then move through exercises lying on your back, your side and your front, before moving on to your hands and knees and then to seated. To finish you will stand and stretch and leave ready to enjoy the rest of your day. We will use equipment such as resistance bands, foam bricks and over balls to add challenge and fun, which the studio provides.

The teacher will give assistance and guidance or alternative exercises if a particular exercise does not feel comfortable or is not suitable for participants. Please speak to the teacher if you have any concerns or have any questions.

Monday schedule

Time: 7:45 PM

Dates: January 13th - March 3rd, 2025

No Class On: January 25th, February 15th, February 22nd

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Thursday Schedule

Time: 7:45 PM

Dates: January 9th - February 13th, 2025

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Week 1

Outer Core and Inner Core Strength

We will focus on your outer and inner core activation taking into consideration the principles of Pilates practice; alignment, breathing and centering. Exploring individual flexibility and physical ability whilst you learn the sequence of each exercise.

Week 2

Flexibility and muscle perfomance

As we recap what we learnt in week one, this class will focus on muscle strength and muscle memory, with slow repetition and controlled movements we will work on muscle flexibility and strength. Weights will be used for more challenging adaptations.


Week 3

Dynamic Alignment

This week you will be going further with your understanding of your body and its movements. We will focus on improving the quality of every movement and coordination with touch and imagery whilst maintain neutral alignment and challenging your core stability.

Week 4

Postural Control and Gravity

We will recap on the warmup phase. This week the focus will be on the movement quality to gain equal muscle strength. We will work with opposition and challenging the effects of gravity on your posture.

Week 5

Base of support, stability and gravity

We will ensure neutral alignment of the body in relation to your base of support and how gravity affects your posture and muscle development which support your neutral alignment. We will be challenging your balance with efficient exercises to strengthening your core muscles while you also develop the understanding of the quality and controlled movements to increase body awareness in each of the positions.

Week 6

The classical Pilates repertoire

This week, we will go through the main Joseph Pilates classical mat repertoire with precision movements, with adaptations if necessary to suit individual abilities. Making sure you have a full understanding of the body awareness, core control and strength aspects.

  • Patty has been practicing Pilates since 2003 and qualified as a Level 3 Body Control Pilates Teacher in 2016. She is also qualified in pre- and post-natal Pilates, older adult Pilates and is a bone health specialist.

    She is a very enthusiastic and encouraging teacher. She ensures each class is planned to maximise the benefits to everybody and to help her students to achieve their fitness goals. She brings all her years of practical Pilates experience to tailor each session carefully and seeks her students' feedback. Patty is very kind and caring. Her priority is the safety and wellbeing of her students whilst ensuring a happy and fun environment and her classes are popular.

Pricing

These sessions are each 60mins in length and the course is priced at £100 for 6 weeks. However, book 4 weeks before your course starts and enjoy a £15 Early Bird Discount automatically applied at checkout.

Drop in options will become available subject to availability


Please bring your own mat if you have one, and a medium-sized towel for head-support.


  • We have a strict latecomers policy. Latecomers will not be admitted any later than 5 minutes after the commencement of the session. Past this point, it will be disruptive for you to enter the room, and since you will not have warmed up properly, heading into class this late may also be damaging for your body. We recommend you arrive 5-10 minutes early so the class and your day can run on time.

  • Cancellations within 72 hours of the course starting will not be refunded.

    Cancellations outside of 72 hours of the course start will be refunded upon request, otherwise, the passes can be transferred to another course (or a later cohort of the cancelled course).

    There is no refund offered for missed sessions within the course.

    If we are required to cancel a class due to teacher illness, we will offer a make-up session the week following the last session of the course.

    The teacher may choose to cancel a course if a low number of people sign up. Please book in as early as you can to stop this from happening! Your pass will automatically be returned to your Mindbody account in this incidence. You can request a refund if you want one, otherwise, the passes can be transferred to another course (or a later cohort of the cancelled course).

Book 6 week course below

Below, you'll find the class schedule. If you don't see any classes listed, it could mean that the course has already begun or its fully booked. In that case, please call our reception at 0208 314 5535 to inquire about joining mid-course or to be placed on the waiting list.