There is a class for everyone, men and women of all ages, shapes and sizes.
Sue creates a safe space for everyone to feel comfortable and happy to exercise, with no judgment, just great results and feeling fantastic! All my classes are open to beginners! Modifications and progressions are given in every class, so there will always be opportunity to develop your practice.
Sue’s mission is to help create new movements that will facilitate freedom in your body, strengthen your joints and build a happy wellbeing.
“Change happens through movement and movement heals”
– Joseph Pilates
Classes
Mixed Ability Mat Classes ( beginners welcome )
This is a great comprehensive class, working through pilates exercises and building on strength work and building blocks for the more advanced exercises. It’s a class for fast learners who love the strength and movement aspects of pilates! beginners are welcome.
Essential / Gentle Mat Pilates
These gentle mat classes are aimed at the complete beginner with a slower pace , aimed more for the mature adult and are ideal for back care to reduce stiffness for a strong supported spine.
These classes are safe for those with spinal conditions and safe for those with osteoporosis. We will take you through the pilates principles behind the technique to help you build familiarity with pilates mat exercises.
MONDAY – 10.30am at Writtle Community Centre
MONDAY – 11.30am at Writtle Community Centre
TUESDAY – 10.30am at Writtle Community Centre
TUESDAY – 11.30am at Writtle Community Centre
THURSDAY – 10.30am at Writtle Community Centre
THURSDAY – 11.30am at Writtle Community Centre
Writtle Community Centre, The Beryl Platt Centre, 12-14 Redwood Dr, Writtle, Chelmsford CM1 3LY
£9.00 a session (50min)
Essential
This is a foundation class designed to take you step by step through the pilates principles behind the pilates technique to help you build familiarity with pilates mat exercises.
You will learn how to develop better posture by increasing core strength, improve balance and stability, mobility and flexibility – this is what pilates is famous for and perfect for those new to pilates.
Chair seated and supported Pilates class
This fun chair based exercise class is for those who would like to improve their health and wellbeing but struggle to get on and off the floor! The aim of the class is to improve your mobility, flexibility and centre strength as well as improving posture, reducing joint and back pain and enhancing balance by using the “chair”to do seated and standing supported stability exercises using the small equipment such as small balls, bands and more to enhance your workout.
The Pilates equipment - Pilates Reformer / Wunda Chair
The reformer accommodates a full range of motion, which is great for increasing flexibility while building strength. The pushing and pulling with the arms and legs against resistance of the springs, carriage and body weight makes this unique strength -building full body workout thats different from the regular pilates exercises performed on the mat. Specifically, when you hold the cables in your hands and feet in the cables, you allow your muscles to extend to the fullest position. You can expect to see increases with flexibility, muscular strength and muscular endurance with an improvement in mind and body connection.
The Wunda Chair tones the entire body from head to toe and improves balance by challenging the muscles with bodyweight, coordination, and spring resistance. The chair is an excellent piece of equipment for both seated and standing work to build strength .
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1:1 sessions ( Mat Pilates / Reformer Pilates / Wunda Chair
One to one sessions are great to help the understanding of the basic principles of pilates, such as concentration, control, centering, and breathing correctly. Every Pilates movement, when practiced properly starts from your centre (abdomen), stays in the centre, and ends in the centre.
Maybe you have an injury or a certain area of the body what needs to be worked on to improve on flexibility and strengthening to help with alignment of the body for good posture. Maybe you want help on a certain move from the pilates repertoire . A one to one session can help you in a safe environment and to meet your own personal specific needs and goals.
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All Pilates Matwork Sessions are run in term time with the occasional pay as you go session in the holiday season.
Summer time is more flexible with pay as you go and package deal options with limited timetable (mid July to September).
If you join half way through a block you are asked to pay for a trial session first then if you wish to continue you can pay the remaining amount of the block booking . To book a taster session please get in touch taster sessions are £9.00 for gentle or mixed level ability pilates mat.
Terms and conditions for blocked sessions
During the course of your booking if you wish to retain your place in the class for further booking let me know as class places fill incredibly quickly and many of my classes are permanently full. If you decide you want to stop coming to a class, I politely ask you to give me as much notice as possible. Unfortunately I cannot hold places in classes for which I have not received payment.
Unfortunately it is not possible to omit or refund payment for weeks in which you are on holiday or ill for whatever reason as payment is to secure your place long term , but I do allow class swaps for any missed classes . For mixed level classes you can oversee your cancellations and class swaps via the booking system. For gentle / essential Mat classes please cancel and rebook class swaps through Sue.
