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19/01/2024

Captured beautifully by our studio mirror, the winter sunshine was a very welcome guest at this morning’s class!

04/01/2024

Happy new year, everyone! I’m getting ready to get my body back in the studio for your Friday Pilates with Props classes tomorrow! 🙌🏻

And talking of bodies, this is the time when we’re usually swamped with ads for miracle diets or images of fantastically toned people promising that their fitness classes will give us their 6-pack abs or thigh gaps. We’re taught to always see our bodies as something that needs to look better, not something wonderful to value and appreciate.

When I first did my Pilates teacher training 5 years ago, my biggest hang up was that I don’t look like what most people may imagine a Pilates instructor looks like: my generous hourglass curves definitely don’t match the slinky hips, slender thighs and washboard waists displayed in tight shorts and strappy crop tops we see in many Pilates posts. And being curvy can add its challenges as anyone with more than a D cup will know when you attempt a rollover! (“It’s like motor-boating yourself” is my favourite ever comment made by a client in class! 😂)

I can’t pretend I’ll ever be completely at ease with my body shape, especially as my body is changing again as I age and the fact I now spend more hours each week at my desk or in the boardroom rather than in the studio.
But thanks to how Pilates makes me feel, I’ve come to love the fact that under my soft curves and squishy bits, I have a strong core, supple spine (despite long term back problems) and a body that moves powerfully and with ease. That’s far more important to me than being able to squeeze myself into a smaller pair of leggings.

This is why I made the conscious decision over the last year to post more images and videos of me in the Pilates studio so you can see you don’t need to be a certain shape or super fit to be great at Pilates too!

For more on Pilates and body positivity, check out Lou’s brilliant blog over at . And come along to find out how Pilates can help you start love your body too!

10/11/2023

November sunburst 💛🧡

Is there a better place to find the glorious morning sunshine than in the lovely studio?

01/10/2023

My favourite time every week is getting to enjoy the quiet of the gorgeously serene studio before my class starts as it’s my chance to move and soothe my mind and body.
And adding in a bolster cushion for a delicious hip and chest opening stretch this week was the perfect way to stretch off all the hours spent sitting at my desk, especially with the warm morning sunshine streaming in!

If you fancy adding a Pilates, barre or somatics session to your week, check out the class timetable at yorkpilatespeople.com

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21/09/2023

It’s been quite a while since I’ve had to instantly swap from juggling metaphorical HR balls in my day job to actual Pilates ones in an evening class!

I covered the two Pilates with Props classes for Imogen last night and while I usually consider myself to be a morning person when it comes to exercise, they reminded me how fantastic it can be to mentally and physically shake off your day at a desk with a session in the studio.

If you fancy seeing how an evening Pilates class can benefit you, check out the timetable at as there’s post-work Pilates classes for all levels as well as Barre and Somatics too! 💙

24/08/2023

I’m signing out for August but will be back with extra classes in September!

It’s my mum’s birthday tomorrow so instead of seeing you in the studio, I’m spending my day with her in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. But you’ve got our lovely Imogen covering my class for me so you’ll be seeing her smiley face at 9.15am for your intermediate Pilates with Props class.

And I’m repaying the favour as I’m covering some of her classes next month 😊 So if you can’t normally make it to my weekly class, September could be your chance to change that! You can find me at the studio for these extra classes:

Friday 8th
7.30am mixed ability mat class (in studio & via Zoom)
12pm mixed ability Pilates with Props

Wednesday 20th
6pm - mixed ability Pilates with Props
7pm - beginners Pilates with Props

You can book your classes via the York Pilates People website.

Enjoy the bank holiday weekend and I’ll look forward to seeing you on the mat in the YPP studio in September!

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