About Pilates
Shropshire’s leading Pilates teacher
Pilates is a physical fitness system developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates, after whom it was named. Pilates called his method “Contrology”. It is practiced worldwide, especially in Western countries such as Australia, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom. As of 2005, there were 11 million people practicing the discipline regularly.
What is Pilates?
Pilates is a form of strength training, but it doesn’t look like some of the other strength training exercises you might be familiar with. Pilates focuses more on improving muscle tone than building muscles, but the result is similar: greater stability and endurance.
Health benefits of Pilates
Pilates can improve flexibility increase muscle strength and tone, particularly of your abdominal muscles, lower back, hips and buttocks (the ‘core muscles’ of your body) balanced muscular strength on both sides of your body. enhanced muscular control of your back and limbs.
Pilates Classes feedback
“Marica has revolutionized my life! I have been doing Pilates with Marica for about a year and found it significantly reduced the pain and stiffness of Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Marica’s Shiatsu massage has resolved some really long term issues. My neck and shoulders have been painful for more than ten years, and I have had conventional physio for the problem on several occasions – to no avail. After about eight sessions of Shiatsu massage I now only suffer from an occasional stiff neck – none of the shooting pains up my scalp and across my shoulders. Marica also found that the muscles have shortened in my right leg (due to an accident when I was 12), causing me to hitch up that hip and throw my whole body out of line. We are gradually releasing those muscles with stretching and massage, and I can feel my body finding new postures. I can’t wait to see how I am once this is resolved!
I am amazed by the depth of knowledge and experience that Marica brings to her classes and private sessions – no other one person has improved my wellbeing this much!”
Ros Dyer
Frequently Asked Questions
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You need to bring your own mat, Marica will provide all the props to make the Pilates class more varied and enjoyable.
After contacting via website, I will send you the medical form to fill that in. Once I have received the completed form and prior payment, you can attend the class.
You don’t need a previous experience, most of the classes are mixed abilities where you will be assisted for some variations and modifications of that Pilates exercise. There are also beginners and intermediate classes more tailored for your fitness level.
The class last an hour.
Olit or Holistic training is a combination of Pilates, Yoga, Tai Chi movement. This class is set to music and it’s a slow pace. There are few difference between Olit and Pilates; in Olit the music it’s important as it’s a dance class, that means we follow the bit of the music as we swap from one movement to another. Also it’s a mainly standing class whilst Pilates it’s a mainly a mat work. Both have the main aims to improve skills like; muscle strength, sense or coordination, flexibility, sense of balance and sense or rhythm.
The group sessions are more general focused to create joints and spine mobility as well as muscle and core strength. One to one sessions are based on a person’s needs that means the programme of exercises are organised to achieve his/hers personal goals.
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