Jyoti Pilates

Jyoti Pilates Matwork Classes in Edinburgh
Group | 1:1 | Online
BCP Certified with 16 years teaching experience

💫⭐️✨Happy New Year✨⭐️💫 Wishing you a peaceful and healthy start to the year and movement with ease in 2026 💖
01/01/2026

💫⭐️✨Happy New Year✨⭐️💫

Wishing you a peaceful and healthy start to the year and movement with ease in 2026 💖

🎄⭐️✨Merry Christmas ✨⭐️🎄 Have a wonderful fun and festive time, and a well deserved rest! Thank you to all my lovely cli...
24/12/2025

🎄⭐️✨Merry Christmas ✨⭐️🎄

Have a wonderful fun and festive time, and a well deserved rest!

Thank you to all my lovely clients for another great year of Pilates practice 🙏

Spent the past week practicing with lots of helpful corrections from my new friend 🐶 assisted by the 8 resident cats 🐈‍⬛...
29/08/2025

Spent the past week practicing with lots of helpful corrections from my new friend 🐶 assisted by the 8 resident cats 🐈‍⬛ Looking forward to seeing my lovely clients for the autumn block on Monday, but I’m afraid I had to leave the menagerie in France!

✨Pilates and Mindfulness Day Retreat The Studio, Restoration Yard, Dalkeith Country Park,26th - 27th July 10am - 5pmI’m ...
11/07/2025

✨Pilates and Mindfulness Day Retreat

The Studio, Restoration Yard,
Dalkeith Country Park,
26th - 27th July 10am - 5pm

I’m delighted to be teaching on this retreat in July, hosted by the Mindful Enterprise, in the beautiful and tranquil studio at Restoration Yard in Dalkeith Country Park. I will be teaching on the Saturday - a morning class introducing the basics of Pilates, and an afternoon one with a focus on feet, both suitable for all levels of experience.

✨The rest of the day will include guided mindfulness practices, qi gong, breath work, sound meditation and nature walks.

More info on all of the wonderful healing practices on offer, and booking through

✨Beginners ABC of Pilates
In this workshop we will look at some of the fundamental principles of the method - Alignment, Breathing, Concentration, Centring, Co-ordination and Relaxation and explain why these are all important and are the building blocks underlying every exercise.  You’ll discover what and where your ‘Core’ is and how it provides you with stability and strength, as well as learn about the many benefits Pilates can bring. 

  
✨It All Begins With The Feet
Our feet work so hard for us on a daily basis, but they can be one of the most neglected areas of our bodies, barely even given a second thought; that is until pain occurs. What is your relationship with your feet? Do you even like them, look at them, let alone give them the attention and credit that they deserve? Or do you just quickly stuff them into socks and shoes and go on your way? 

Your feet are an incredible feat (no pun intended!) of engineering; complex, delicate and strong. Not only do they have the ability for great flexibility, but they can give your body so much sensory feedback about your environment and relationship to the earth, which impacts on how you move. Pain and dysfunction in the knees, hips, pelvis, spine, shoulders or neck may well originate in dysfunction or lack of mobility at foot level. 

In this workshop we will discover exercises to release, stretch, mobilise and strengthen the feet and ankles. Then we will explore how our foot mechanics relate to balance and walking.

🌼My Easter block is now open for booking!🌼Classes at  Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced levels, in-person and online....
15/03/2025

🌼My Easter block is now open for booking!🌼

Classes at Beginners, Intermediate and Advanced levels, in-person and online.

15/02/2025

Are you doing Pilates in your “pilates” class?

There are so many classes out there now calling themselves Pilates, jumping on the bandwagon as pilates “trends” and using the name as a marketing tool. So how do you know?

A straightforward way to check if the class you are attending is actually Pilates, is to go back to the source and the 6 principles that Joseph Pilates set out for his method:

1. Concentration
2. Control
3. Centring
4. Flowing Movement
5. Breathing
6. Precision

These principles apply to every exercise, from the introductory beginners’ movements through to the more complex choreography of the advanced classical sequence. For a deeper dive into the principles and why they matter, read my latest blog on my website, link in bio.

And watch above as I tackle my all time favourite exercises from the advanced classical mat, where all of the principles need to be in full flow, working together to enable fluid, controlled and stable movement from a strong centre - as much as my ability allows, it’s always a work in progress 😘

✨Open Leg Rocker
✨Bridge - Scissor Legs
✨Bridge - Bicycle
✨Battement
✨Boomerang
✨Control and Balance

Pilates does it all 💖
09/02/2025

Pilates does it all 💖

02/02/2025

Try this sequence when you want to connect to your deep abdominals and build core strength. The aim is to maintain stability in your pelvis and ribcage as you extend your limbs. Remember to move on the exhale. Share and save for when you need a quick 5-10 minute core workout! ⬇️

1. Knee drop, Leg slide and Arm circle combo - also great for co-ordination and joint mobility!

2. Toe Taps

3. Toe Taps with Backstroke Arms

06/01/2025

Here’s my favourite sequence for gently mobilising and releasing tightness in my spine and hips. Save to use when needed - ideal after a break from movement or before a workout, and remember to move slowly and mindfully, listening to how your body feels ⬇️

1. Knee Rolls
2. Spine Curls - Arms Up - With Curl Up
3. Threading the Needle
4. Cat - Hinge Back
5. Cobra
6. Rest Position into Side Stretch

Take 5-10 minutes, and repeat for as long as is needed!

✨January classes start back on the 13th and there are still some places left in-person and online if you want to join, booking through website link 💖

Happy New Year! May 2025 shine brightly for you 🌟✨💫
31/12/2024

Happy New Year! May 2025 shine brightly for you
🌟✨💫

Freezing winter has now hit, but autumn you were beautiful 🍁
21/11/2024

Freezing winter has now hit, but autumn you were beautiful 🍁

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Edinburgh

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 8pm
Tuesday 12pm - 8pm
Wednesday 6pm - 9pm

Telephone

+447799061407

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