A little about Pilates

Pilates is a low impact body conditioning approach designed to strengthen and tone the core and body. We will practice intelligent movement, correct breathing, uniform muscle development and alignment as a way of gaining total body control and core strength which helps us perform better in our day to day activities. All Boomers+ 3.0 classes are created as Bone Safe to minimise any impacts on Osteoporosis or Osteopenia. 

  • Helps with back pain through better spine health and function by guiding articulation and segmented movement of the spine.
  • Builds a stronger core, balance and coordination by leading and controlling each movement with the deep stabilising muscles activated.
  • Tones and lengthens muscles, helping you gain better flexibility, each movement is done with purpose, energy in the muscles and length.
  • Reduces stress and increases energy levels, any form or exercise releases endorphins (the happy hormone) providing you with vitality and that boost you need to get on with daily life far beyond the session itself.
  • Establishes optimum breathing and body awareness.
  • Supports rehabilitation from injury or surgery, Pilates can run along side other physical therapy you may be doing and I am happy to work with your Osteopath, Chiropractor, Physiotherapist to ensure we are aligned.
  • Supports the fundamentals needed for effective sports training and competition, and is an effective complimentary approach to add to your current training programme.
  • Provides for and supports good bone health by building in resistance with a heavy focus on balance and co-ordination

“You will feel better in 10 sessions, look better in 20 sessions and have a completely new body in 30 sessions.”

- Joseph Pilates

6 principles of Pilates

Joseph Pilates developed his physical fitness system around six core principles.

  • Centering

    This concept is defined as physically bringing the focus to the centre of the body, the powerhouse area between the lower ribs and pubic bone. Energetically, Pilates exercises are sourced from centre.

  • Concentration

    If you bring full attention to the exercise and do it with full commitment, you will obtain maximum value from each movement.

  • Control

    Every Pilates exercise is done with complete muscular control. No body part is left to its own devices. It is all a conscious, deliberate movement that the mind is controlling.

  • Precision

    In Pilates, awareness is sustained throughout each movement. There is an appropriate placement, alignment relative to other body parts, and trajectory for each part of the body.

  • Breath

    Joseph Pilates emphasised using a very full breath in his exercises. He advocated thinking of the lungs as a bellows - using them strongly to pump the air fully in and out of the body. Most Pilates exercises coordinate with the breath, and using the breath properly is an integral part of Pilates exercise.

  • Flow

    Pilates exercise is done in a flowing manner. Fluidity, grace, and ease are goals applied to all exercises. The energy of an exercise connects all body parts and flows through the body in an even way. Pilates equipment, like the reformer, are very good mirrors of one's flow and concentration as they tend to bang around and suddenly become quite 'machine-like' if one loses ones control and flow.