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Pilates Instructor offering mixed ability mat classes for all levels and ages.

21/08/2025

What does Success & Fulfilment mean to you?

Do you often find yourself in the comparison cycle where you’re competing with myself let alone others and getting frustrated?

Did you have a straight forward pathway carved out from a young age?

Do you feel that you excel in one specific thing and considered an overachiever or extraordinary at something?

Personally I haven’t ever felt like this and often get annoyed with myself that I have many interests in all the areas of my life from career, home, hobbies etc and what I perceive stability to look like. By having so many interests and a desire to try them or switch between, it has often meant I feel average or just good across a broad range rather than extraordinary at one or two things.

But in a recent conversation I found myself delving into this question, What does Success & Fulfilment mean to you, and it made me re-look at where I feel more energised.

Truthfully I love to have multiple projects and things going on at the same time. Stability to me and the “end goal” as such is not one thing. It is the journey and opportunities I have to mix it up along the way to learn and experience.

Over on the Pilates with rachel Louise blog this month, I’m sharing more on my thoughts on this question and challenge you to sit down and really think, are you hooked on what is the “end goal” or can you think past that and embrace actually what makes you happiest whilst still feeling stable.

Link to read the post

https://pilateswr.wordpress.com/2025/08/21/what-does-success-fulfillment-mean-to-you/

03/08/2025

Feeling refreshed, calm, fulfilled and happy from a week off.

Sometimes you need to pause from go go go to just take a moment and enjoy the present, to then be able to come back with a better mindset and appreciation.

This past week I’ve spent quality time with people who I care about, in one of my favourite countries which will always hold a special place in my heart having lived here for a while.

Normal classes resume this week but for now I’m enjoying my last croissant 🥐 and glass of wine 🍷

11/07/2025

Be spontaneous and courageous. Be Brave enough to choose and live the life the way you choose to. Because imagine what a terrible feeling it would be to wake up one day and realise you didn’t do all the things you wanted to when you had the chance.

And that’s exactly what we decided to do when we booked a spontaneous night away in the Cotswold staying next to this stunning lake. It’s the little things that brings the bestest joy 💙

27/06/2025

Patterns are sometimes really difficult to break and in many cases we don’t intend to break them if they are healthy for our physical and mental state, but when those patterns become toxic, negative or damaging then it is important to acknowledge that something needs to change for the better.

I have gone through my fair share of patterns both healthy and unhealthy one’s but through therapy and self reflection of the years I have worked to break myself out of the unhealthy ones (some are still a working in progress) and lean into creating those shifts to positive patterns.

On the Pilates with Rachel Louise blog this month, I am sharing my top tips that I’ve learnt along the way on how to break patterns. Head to the link in below for a read

https://pilateswr.wordpress.com/2025/06/27/how-to-break-repeating-patterns/

18/06/2025

The sun is a symbol of clarity and awareness. Nature brings you peace and calmness. Let them inspire you to be more mindful in your daily life ☀️ 🌿

30/05/2025

I recently ran my 10th Half Marathon (1 full marathon and multiple shorter races in between) which is crazy to think i have been running consistently for 12 years!

Through the ups and downs of running, one thing I am trying to become more self-aware of is my nutrition leading up to a running event and educating myself educate better to really listen to my body.

I recently started eating meat again after a long time and it has really worked for my body and the variety I am able to create with my dishes.

Leading up to a running event like a half marathon is crucial in what we feed our body and the way we treat it. On my latest blog post, I am sharing 7 dinners I prepared and the final one where we treated ourselves to a post celebration dinner in Manchester (highly recommend Fenix restaurant)

https://pilateswr.wordpress.com/2025/05/30/pre-half-marathon-dinners/

08/05/2025

“Just like we take care of our physical health, it’s equally important to nurture our mental well-being. A healthy mind leads to a happier and more fulfilling life.”

Our wonderful community event was able to raise funds for which brought a group of people together to share their love of movement through running and Pilates.

Apart from the UK bringing in temperatures that turned it into a sweat fest 💦 it was a really successful event and thanks to everyone who bought a ticket and joined myself and .

Hosted at the stunning studio , we’ll look forward to future events soon!

15/04/2025

Snippet of a recent arm set I took my class through in Barre! We were focusing on the endurance burn for our arms especially focused on our tricep muscles.

You can get creative with the use of two yoga blocks and use your body weight as opposed to weights to bring the intensity! My class loved to hate this series 🙊

11/04/2025

Excited to be part of this amazing event happening on Thursday 1st May!

We are bringing a run around Bristol’s Harbourside with followed by a 45 minutes Full Body Pilates class at taught by myself!

This collaboration is about combining our love for running and Pilates together for a fun Spring evening whilst raising awareness for World Mental Health week, something many of us experience and an opportunity to meet others and enjoy their company.

Alongside refreshments and awesome company ☺️, donations will also be made to

Tickets are available for £10 and can be purchased at Eventbrite using the link in my bio or over at IG

If you have any questions feel free to drop them in the comments below 👇🏻

Looking forward to seeing you there ☺️

28/03/2025

We often don’t put much emphasis on our breathing because it is something we all sub-consciously do all day every day just to survive. But by observing our breath, we will see such a difference in how we feel.

Breath is life energy. When we restrict our breathing, we reduce our life energy which is often accompanied with feeling agitated and indecisive about daily tasks & activities or making simple decisions.

There’s different types of breathing and we often don’t realise that we’re not being mindful so over on the Pilates with Rachel Louise blog today, I’m taking your though some of those types, techniques and best practices that I’ve personally implemented.

Link below for the blog post

https://pilateswr.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/mindful-breathing-techniques/

16/03/2025

I often hear from my class

“Rachel, I cannot do what you do” and “You’ll never get me doing that”

which I often reply with

“Sure you can, just give it a go and if your body is not feeling it today, you try again soon”

More times than not, they surprise themselves with how far they’ve come and how much they can do! That’s the beauty of practicing Pilates consistently

02/03/2025

I’ve been a Pilates and Barre Instructor for a few years now and i often hear different and incorrect assumptions about what someone thinks they are from

“Pilates and Yoga are the same”
“Barre is like Ballet and only for Dancers”

Whilst there are some similarities, Barre and Pilates are so beneficial in the way we move in them, so i wanted to take the time to share some of those myths i hear and debunk them over on the Pilates with Rachel Louise Blog. Link in my bio and on stories

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