Sarah Pritchard Pilates & Somatic Movement: Franklin Method

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Sarah Pritchard Pilates & Somatic Movement: Franklin Method

ISMETA Registered Somatic Movement Educator / Therapist
Polyvagal Informed Comprehensive & Remedial Pilates. Buff Bones® Faculty.

Expert L4 Franklin Method
Somatic Movement Education / Somatic Movement Therapy. Holistic Women's & Dance Health. I am a Professionally Regulated Somatic Movement Educator / Therapist, Regulated Comprehensive & Remedial Pilates Specialist Teacher and a Dance UK Healthcare Practitioner. That means that I can help you restore and optimise your movement using my very specialist Pilates and Somatic mind body training which is different to what you may have experienced in a standard movement class. What I teach is restorative, in terms of regaining function, lessening or eliminating aches and pains, re-patterning and reprogramming faulty movement patterns as well as restoring your mind body connection, producing greater states of calm and ease in every sense. I have particular expertise working with women going through menopause and beyond, using one or a combination of the different programmes I teach. I advocate for healthy dance and am a Dance UK Healthcare practitioner. I work with dancers from many different genres of every ability within a safe and non judgemental environment. All of my work is regulated, giving you external verification of the depth of my training and professional development from my governing bodies. Within my professions, I value and adhere to strict Codes of Ethics and Conduct (find out more about my associations at the bottom of my page). Explore what I offer and get in touch so I can support you further,

In health and wellbeing,

Sarah

05/10/2025

Somatic Pilates: Movement from the Inside Out 💓

Experience Pilates in a whole new way - through the lens of somatics. This class invites you to feel movement from the inside out, blending the precision and principles of Pilates with mindful, embodied awareness. Guided by a unique expertise in both Somatics and Comprehensive Pilates, you’ll explore how your body moves, release unnecessary tension, and discover ease and strength from within. This class is designed for those ready to deepen their mind-body connection and enhance their well-being through intelligent, embodied movement. It is not suitable for those with current injuries and certain conditions of the spine, always consult your healthcare provider before attending or contact Sarah for more details.

Sarah is a Regulated Comprehensive Pilates teacher and Somatic Practitioner holding professional recognition from ISMETA as an RMSE RSMT (Registered Somatic Movement Educator / Somatic Movement Therapist). She is one of a few Level 4 Franklin Method® Educators that exist in the world. Trained in Pilates by Alan Herdman who brought Pilates to the UK, a faculty member of the Buff Bones® system, and a somatic therapist in completing her practice under Daniel Leven she has a deep embodied understanding of movement. Sarah’s combination of expertise allows her to bring a uniquely integrative approach to movement - blending science, embodiment, and a polyvagal-informed perspective, all offering you a class experience that is both intelligent and deeply supportive.

Please message me

sarah@sarahpritchardpilatessomaticmovement.com

And I will send you more details of these in person classes, both held at the beautiful Jenna Blair Yoga studios on Monday afternoons! 💓

In wellness,

Sarah xx

05/10/2025

🌍✨ Global Somatic Movement Day ✨🌍

On Sunday some thoughts, and I feel my clients words say it best…

💬 “My mind is calm and my body can do things I never thought possible.”
💬 “I loved the softness of the approach and the connection to the beautiful and powerful act of breathing.”
💬 “I felt this cloud of trust envelope me and a confidence I’ve not known before.”
💬 “My body feels more integrated, less tense, freer and alive.”

This is the heart of somatic movement - an invitation to slow down, feel, listen, and rediscover the intelligence within your own body.

Through a polyvagal-informed lens, my work weaves nervous system regulation with intelligent, embodied movement of Franklin Method and the therapeutic work of the Leven Institute. It’s not just about stretching or strengthening — it’s about coming home to yourself, often in profound ways as you discover more and more what is possible in you. 🌿

In celebration of my profession, I’m grateful to witness these transformations every day. ✨

So happy to be in this place. So grateful to Franklin Method and the Leven institute for helping me find me, so I can help others too ❤️

In wellness,

Sarah xx

02/10/2025

🍂 One Final Space for my Autumn Retreat 2025 🍂
This week, as we really enter autumn and feel that slowing down, I’m craving slower mornings, deeper breaths, and spaces that feel like I’m being held in community and connection. Our body holds wisdom and intelligence. Instead of pushing on, my body craves support, rebalancing and expansion through breath. Perhaps you feel that too.

My Autumn retreat is one that people have gathered to quickly, and I have one final space left. My retreats are small, intimate gatherings where movement, nervous system regulation, and somatic presence weave together to support real, lasting restoration.

With the depth of my work as a Level 4 Franklin Method® Educator, Comprehensive Pilates Teacher, Buff Bones® Faculty member and somatic therapist completing my clinical practice, I hold space with both precision and tenderness. Every practice is an invitation to settle more fully into yourself.

Over our time together, you’ll be invited to:
🍁Move with clarity and kindness supporting your body, its bones and joints, using Buff Bones®
🍁Discover new ways to establish balance within your system using Franklin Method®
🍁Rest deeply and regulate gently using Franklin Method® working with our lungs, organ of Autumn.
🍁Reconnect with the quiet wisdom within
🍁Be part of a nurturing circle where transformation unfolds naturally set against the beautiful backdrop of the Shropshire Hills.

If your body has been whispering for time, space, and ease before winter arrives, this retreat may be the pause you’ve been longing for.

🍁 One final place remains.
📅 12 October 2025
📍 Newton Meadows, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
🔗
https://sarahpritchardpilatessomaticmovement.com/retreatsmasterclasses/autumnsomaticdayretreat

In wellness, Sarah

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23/09/2025

Your body deserves gentleness, presence, and practices that truly support your healing.

It always makes me smile when clients write in to let me know what they have experienced and how it changes things for them. 💓

Sometimes there will be an insight, curiosity or more profound change. Every insight is a step back on the journey home.

So these are Martina’s words (with her permission given to use her identity and words) from my Pelvic Floor immersive in Edinburgh. We explored the pelvic floor not as something to be controlled, but as a vital part of your whole body system that responds to care, breath, and connection. And when we understand us, how we move and breathe we can take another step back home.

Going home means feeling more like you - layers of tension stripped away, movement is freer, we become calmer and clearer in what we do. I know that place because that was my journey too from many years ago, and still is.

🌿 If you’ve ever felt like your body is asking for another way. One that’s less in your head, more on your body. One that listens rather than forces it might be time to experience this work.

Always a thank you for how you changed me and how you change my clients ❤️

22/09/2025

🍂✨ Autumn Equinox: contraction, turning inwards and rebalancing ✨🍂

Cosy season is here, although my blanket has been out for a week or so now! Shorter days, colder nights, and, as I discovered today a very cold morning too!

My summer has been a long one and a huge period of growth. As everyone goes back, I contract into my own space, to be with my own very special community and teachers, kindling deeper connection and experience together. Time to work on my unique body and dedicated time to feel me and explore is so very important and special. It’s a place for me to rebalance for the months ahead and I’ll be posting more about it soon!❤️

🍁 Autumn equinox is a threshold - light and dark in perfect balance inviting us to gather our energy close, release what is not serving us well, and to nourish the seeds that we carry through the winter. And sometimes what is needed is a down day to recharge.

🍁 My Autumn Retreat is created as a sanctuary for this season: a place to wrap yourself in warmth of deep connection with you, your body, and the retreat community, breathe, soften, and listen deeply to your own rhythm. And to feel your own strength and power and sense of balance too. Movement that is deeply felt is always powerful - this season we are working with our lungs to gain inner expansion using Franklin Method, our inner and outer balance in a dynamic way and feeling powerful in our bones and joints using Buff Bones. My retreats are always lovely spaces to be, to discover and to have that reset. And places where you can lean into my expertise for the day, rebalance you, and have your chocolate cake and eat it!

🍁 Autumn Somatic Day retreat for Bones Breath and Balance - 12 October 2025 10-4
✨ Spaces are limited as all of my retreats are small intimate experiences and with this one there are just a few places left now.

Come rest, reset, and welcome the wisdom of autumn within you. 🍁

🍁 The link is in my bio - I’d love to see you!

https://sarahpritchardpilatessomaticmovement.com/retreatsmasterclasses/autumnsomaticdayretreat

In wellness, Sarah xx

20/09/2025

Back to school with the pelvis at our Centre for Advanced Training here as September gets underway. And always such a joy to be guiding our newest dancers into the incredible discipline of Pilates. However, whilst we learn the technique of our Pilates system we are learning right from the start much deeper embodiments.

At the very start of training, it’s vital to explore how we move, not just what we do. Dancers are fantastic at copying, but to actually feel and experience their body in movement gives them that felt sense to develop into the most optimal dancers they can be. And prevent injury, and become more attuned with their bodies from an early age.

When dancers feel movement from the inside out, they don’t just execute choreography they have greater space in their minds and freedom in their bodies to be exceptional.

Embodied training develops those finer skills that support:
✨ Injury prevention
✨ Longevity in dance
✨ Freedom of expression
✨ and other benefits - more confidence, greater resilience and so much more joy.

Always such a joy to be helping young dancers develop to be happier healthier and more confident in dance!

And today, for their first ever class some incredible movement - well done everyone! 👏👏👏 and always grateful ❤️

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07/09/2025

Celestial 🌕✨
A reminder of taking a moment to stop and marvel at what we have around us.
The artistry of nature at work here with the moonlight illuminating the beauty of the clouds what incredible colours 💓 ✨
Too beautiful not to share. Waiting to see your shares too!
Awe as a layer of our spirit ✨
In wellness, and rest

Sarah xx

05/09/2025

✨ New Semi Private Pilates Class news ✨

I’m opening up my practice into Shrewsbury to include a semi-private Somatic Pilates class on Mondays at 2:30pm. 🌿

My approach brings together years of experience and my expertise in comprehensive Pilates, Franklin Method, and polyvagal-informed somatic practice. I work with the whole person - body, mind, and nervous system. Move better, realign and restore your body and feel more at home in yourself.

This is your chance to work with me in a more exclusive environment in a semi private setting, with only a few spots available, you’ll receive the attention of 1:1 with the energy of a small group.

Perfect if you are in the mindset to approach movement in an embodied way and in doing so:

🌿Build strength and ease in your body
🌿Release unnecessary tension
🌿Reconnect with movement as a source of vitality and calm

📍 At the beautiful Jenna Blair Yoga Studio, Shrewsbury SY3 7NN
🗓 Mondays, 2:30pm from 15 September
👥 Semi private group, spaces limited

Email me to reserve your place - as this is an exclusive group there are no drop ins to allow for consistency and continuity for you - your body (and nervous system) will thank you.

In wellness,

Sarah 🌿

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