What are the opening hours?

Monday 6pm - 7pm 7:30pm - 8:30pm Tuesday 1pm - 2pm 6pm - 7pm Wednesday 6:45am - 7:15am 6:15pm - 7:15pm Thursday 6:45am - 7:15am 8pm - 9pm Friday 11:30am - 12:30pm 1:30pm - 3pm

VR Pilates

Pilates for real life. Teaching since 2009, my classes focus on building strength, stability, and calm without pressure or burnout. Move well. Feel strong.

Small, supportive Pilates groups online and face-to-face at Bassenthwaite Lake. Stay connected. Pilates is an excellent way to improve the way you train as well as helping with back pain and mis-alignments within the body. It is a fantastic complementary form of training to all other exercise

I hope to be able to share news / events and updates with all my class members as well as inspire, motivate and help with any exercise tips on a regular basis.

15/03/2026

✨ This Week in Pilates – Magic Circle Focus ✨

This week in both our online and face-to-face Pilates classes we’ll be enjoying some creative work with the Magic Circle, a classic Pilates prop that helps intensify connection and control throughout the body.

The Magic Circle is a brilliant tool for Pilates because it provides instant feedback, helping you activate the right muscles while maintaining alignment and stability. It encourages deeper engagement of the core, inner thighs, arms, and back, allowing you to build strength while also creating a beautiful sense of length and control.

Expect a class that feels both challenging and refreshing, as we work towards:
💪 Deep, supportive strength
✨ Refined alignment and body awareness
🌿 Length and openness through the body

As always, options will be given throughout, so you can work at a level that feels right for your body.

🌐 Online Classes

Monday – 7:30pm
Tuesday – 1pm & 7:30pm
Wednesday – 6:45am (30 mins)
Thursday – 6:45am (30 mins)
Friday – 11:30am

📍 Face-to-Face Classes (Bassenthwaite Lake)

Monday – 6pm
Tuesday – 6pm
Wednesday – 6:15pm

Let me know if you’d like to join or have any questions, I’d love to see you in class this week.

08/03/2026

✨ This Week in Pilates ✨

This week’s Pilates classes will be a full-body mat experience designed to help you feel stronger, more centred, and deeply connected to your body.

Through purposeful, mindful movement we’ll explore exercises that build strength, stability, and control, while also creating length and freedom throughout the body. The class is designed to deepen your mind–body connection, helping you move with awareness and confidence.

Expect to:
💪 Strengthen your core and whole body
🌿 Improve posture, balance, and mobility
🧘 Feel calmer, more grounded, and energised
✨ Leave class feeling strong, lifted, and connected to your inner strength

Options will always be given so you can work at a level that feels right for your body. All levels, shapes, and abilities are welcome.

🌐 Online Classes

Monday – 7:30pm
Tuesday – 1pm & 7:30pm
Wednesday – 6:45am (30 mins)
Thursday – 6:45am (30 mins)
Friday – 11:30am

📍 Face-to-Face Classes (Bassenthwaite Lake)

Monday – 6pm (full)
Tuesday – 6pm (full)
Wednesday – 6:15pm (spaces available)

Let me know if you’d like to join in or have any questions. I’d love to see you on the mat this week.

01/03/2026

✨ This Week in Pilates ✨

This week we’ll experience a playful and creative full-body mat class, inspired by flowing Reformer-style movements.

Expect a balanced and uplifting challenge that enhances length, connection, and control, while building strength in a dynamic yet mindful way. The class will flow, helping you feel coordinated, energised, and connected from head to toe.

We’ll be using light hand weights to add feedback and intensity — but these can absolutely be removed if you prefer. Options will be given throughout, whether you’d like to keep things a little gentler or dial up the challenge.

✨ Suitable for all levels
✨ Small, supportive classes
✨ Strength, flow, and feel-good movement

🌐 Online Classes

Monday – 7:30pm
Tuesday – 1pm & 7:30pm
Wednesday – 6:45am (30 mins)
Thursday – 6:45am (30 mins)
Friday – 11:30am

📍 Face-to-Face Classes (Bassenthwaite Lake)

Monday – 6pm
Tuesday – 6pm
Wednesday – 6:15pm

Let me know if you’d like to join or have any questions, I’d love to see you on the mat this week!

22/02/2026

✨ This Week in Pilates ✨

This week we’ll be working through an energetic mat class designed to build strength with some beautifully challenging exercises, all while staying deeply connected to the breath. 🌿

Expect the perfect balance of abdominal intensity and full-body movement, helping you develop strength, control, and endurance. By the end of class, you should feel strong, elongated, and uplifted, energised but centred.

✨ No props needed
✨ Options given throughout
✨ Suitable for all levels

🌐 Online Classes (This Week)

Monday – 7:30pm
Tuesday – 1pm & 7:30pm
Wednesday – 6:45am (30 mins)
Thursday – 6:45am (30 mins)
Friday – 11:30am

📍 Face-to-Face Classes (Bassenthwaite Lake)

Monday – 6pm
Tuesday – 6pm
Wednesday – 6:15pm

Let me know if you’d like to join in or have any questions — I’d love to see you on the mat this week.

15/02/2026

✨ This Week in Pilates ✨

Move with power and precision in a strong, steady flow that builds energy from the inside out. Come and enjoy a dynamic mat class designed to help you deepen your endurance, elevate your control, and feel a growing sense of confidence with every sequence. It’s the kind of session you’ll want to come back to, strong, focused, and uplifting.

✨ No props needed, just you and your mat.
✨ Options will always be given, so you can challenge yourself or take things a little easier.
✨ Suitable for all levels and abilities.

Strong, steady, and empowering and I’d love to see you there.

🌐 Online Classes

Monday – 7:30pm
Tuesday – 1pm & 7:30pm
Wednesday – 6:45am (30 mins)
Thursday – 6:45am (30 mins) & 8pm
Friday – 11:30am

📍 Face-to-Face Classes (Bassenthwaite Lake)
Monday – 6pm (1 Space)
Tuesday – 6pm (FULL)
Wednesday – 6:15pm

💬 Message me if you’d like to book a space or have any questions, all welcome.

08/02/2026

✨ This Week in Pilates ✨

This week’s class is a beautifully balanced mix of supportive foundations and focused strength work. We’ll begin with a beginner-friendly mat sequence using the Overball, designed to strengthen the core and lengthen the spine. This first half is all about building confidence, feeling supported, and discovering just how powerful simple, effective movement can be. Those who are more experienced will benefit from this too but there'll be options to add more challenge. You’ll leave this section feeling capable, accomplished, and connected.

In the second half of the class, we’ll introduce the Magic Circle to precisely awaken and strengthen the glutes, while deepening your connection to the back body and core. Expect crisp, energising movement that challenges you just enough to feel strong, switched on, and uplifted.

✨ A class that supports you, strengthens you, and leaves you feeling great in your body. All levels welcome, options will always be given so you can move at your own pace.

🌐 Online Classes

Monday – 7:30pm
Tuesday – 1pm & 7:30pm
Wednesday – 6:45am (30 mins)
Thursday – 6:45am (30 mins) & 8pm
Friday – 11:30am

📍 Face-to-Face Classes (Bassenthwaite Lake)

Monday – 6pm
Tuesday – 6pm
Wednesday – 6:15pm

💬 Message me if you’d like to join or have any questions, I’d love to see you in class this week!

01/02/2026

✨ This Week in Pilates: Foam Roller Focus ✨

This week we’re bringing out everyone’s favourite prop, the foam roller 🌀

We’ll use it to:
💪 Build core stability and strength
💆‍♀️ Release tight muscles and fascia for that amazing feel-good effect
🧘‍♀️ Improve shoulder mobility and upper-body freedom

The foam roller adds challenge where you need it and support where you want it, helping you feel deeply connected, strong, and wonderfully released by the end of class. Expect a session that leaves you feeling lighter, taller, and energised. ✨

All levels welcome, options are always given so you can move in a way that feels right for your body.

🌐 Online Classes

Monday – 7:30pm
Tuesday – 1pm & 7:30pm
Wednesday – 6:45am (30 mins)
Thursday – 6:45am
(No Thursday 8pm class or Friday 11:30am classes this week)

📍 Face-to-Face Classes (Bassenthwaite Lake)

Monday – 6pm
Tuesday – 6pm
Wednesday – 6:15pm

💬 Message me if you’d like to join or have any questions, I’d love to see you on the mat this week!

30/01/2026

A little ask 💫
If you come to my Pilates classes and feel comfortable doing so, I’d love it if you could leave a short review on my page.

Reviews make a big difference for small businesses like mine and help others find supportive Pilates classes when they’re looking for something gentle, knowledgeable, and welcoming. Thank you, it truly means a lot.

25/01/2026

✨ This Week in Pilates ✨

This week we’ll build on last week’s class with a rhythmic, full-body mat workout designed to strengthen from head to toe. You can expect a dynamic blend of sculpting work, endurance, and pulse-driven intensity, all aimed at deep muscle activation, improved stamina, and that satisfying full-body burn we love. 🔥

For those who want an extra challenge:
💪 The first half of the class can be done with light hand weights
💥 In the second half, you can increase feedback and intensity by adding ankle weights if you have them

✨ And if you don’t have weights that's no problem at all you will still benefit and improve from this class, with options always given so you can work at a level that feels right for your body.

Strong, rhythmic, and energising, with plenty of choice built in. All levels, shapes, and abilities welcome. Let me know if you want to come along.

🌐 Online Classes
Monday – 7:30pm
Tuesday – 1pm & 7:30pm
Wednesday – 6:45am (30 mins)
Thursday – 6:45am (30 mins) & 8pm
Friday – 11:30am

📍 Face-to-Face Classes (Bassenthwaite Lake)
Monday – 6pm
Tuesday – 6pm
Wednesday – 6:15pm

Photo by LOGAN WEAVER | on Unsplash

20/01/2026

Pilates was never meant to look one way.......Somewhere along the line, Pilates picked up an image problem. That you need the “right” body, the “right” outfit, or a certain level of strength just to begin.

But Pilates isn’t about looking a part. It’s about learning how to move your body better.

It can be strong or supportive. Gentle or challenging. Modified or progressed.

Pilates meets you where you are and grows with you. Exactly as you are.

If you’ve ever thought, “That’s not for me,” I want you to know: you were always welcome.

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Abingdon-on-Thames
CA139YD

Opening Hours

Monday	6pm - 7pm
	7:30pm - 8:30pm
Tuesday	1pm - 2pm
	6pm - 7pm
Wednesday	6:45am - 7:15am
	6:15pm - 7:15pm
Thursday	6:45am - 7:15am
	8pm - 9pm
Friday	11:30am - 12:30pm
	1:30pm - 3pm

Website

https://www.virginiarichardson.co.uk/pilates

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