PILATES

Brighton Pilates Studio is now running from Dyke Road Natural Health Clinic. Come and practice Pilates in the healthy and nurturing environment of our studio. We strongly believe that Pilates and mindful movement can positively change lives. Join us whether you are thinking of gentle Pilates for back care, rehabilitating an injury, or for a dynamic Pilates mat class. We are a fully equipped Pilates studio offering small group classes on the Pilates apparatus as well as Pilates mat classes.

Personal Pilates Sessions
Pilates Equipment Classes
Pilates Mat-work Classes

Visit our website www.brightonpilatesstudio.com

ANA BARRETXEGUREN

Brighton Pilates Studio at Dyke Road Clinic was founded by Ana Barretxeguren.

Ana has a wealth of experience as a Pilates instructor. She has worked at two Osteopathic clinics in London, The Sunflower Centre in Brockley and Dulwich Therapy Rooms in East Dulwich, as well as the Elizabeth Sharp Physiotherapy, also in London. She is certified by Polestar Pilates and has also trained in Yoga. She has also completed a Foundation in Advanced Clinical Massage with the Jing institute of massage where she is currently training towards a certificate in Advanced Myofascial Release.

She currently teaches from Moss Pilates studio in Liverpool Street, London where she assists teachers in their path to the Polestar Pilates Studio Certification.

Ana is a mentor in the Polestar Pilates Studio and Rehabilitation UK teacher training courses.

Contact Ana on 07766 662257

or email Ana at ana@brightonpilatesstudio.com

Terms and conditions.
We operate a 24 hour full fee cancellation policy for all personal and equipment classes. Equipment classes purchased as a block of 5 must be used within 3 months, as a block of 10 within 4 months. Equipment classes are a maximum of 4 people and a minimum of 2 people, when a class has had to be cancelled we will offer you another suitable class. Mat-work classes are bought as a block of consecutive classes, the length of the block might vary. Courses must be payed for in advance when booking a space. This can be cancelled up to one week before the course starts, after which an administration fee of £25 will be charged.

ANNA PAPADOPOULOS

Anna Papadopoulos has been practising pilates mat and studio work for over twenty years, having done a wide variety of classical, contemporary and latin dance from the age of five onwards. Anna completed her training and qualified as a mat-work teacher with the New Pilates School under Helge Fisher and Stephanie Beeson, and has completed machine training at Gordon Thompson’s studio Pilates Body Europe in South Kensington.

Anna has been teaching for over 6 years, and as well as small group classes designed to look after individual needs within a class setting, she offers one-to-one personal coaching with the small apparatus and pilates machines. She has been teaching a regular lunchtime class at the Dyke Road Clinic for over 4 years, and will be available to offer personal and duo practice at the new studio at the Dyke Road Clinic. Anna also has her own small studio practice at Coach House Clinic, Lewes, and her wide experience includes regular pilates coaching at Glyndebourne Opera House.

Class fees

To book or more information phone Anna on: 07875 634801 or email: pilates@contigo.org.uk   

HOW CAN PILATES HELP YOU?

Along with general postural complaints or imbalance, Pilates can help with :

• Balance and coordination
• Stress
• Pre/Post natal conditions
• Osteoporosis
• Scoliosis
• M.S.
• Fatigue and M.E.
• and even Incontinence
  

WHAT IS PILATES?

Pilates is a well-proven body conditioning and balancing method that works from the inside out. Low impact yet thoroughly effective exercises and stretches target the deep postural muscles and help to re-balance the body with mindful movement in harmony with the breath. The benefits can be immediate. It promotes strength, tone, flexibility and relaxation.

WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF DOING PILATES?

Pilates is a well-proven body conditioning and balancing method that works from the inside out. Low impact yet thoroughly effective exercises and stretches target the deep postural muscles and help to re-balance the body with mindful movement in harmony with the breath. The benefits can be immediate. Pilates promotes strength, tone, flexibility and relaxation.

WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU?

Pilates brings a better understanding of your own body, encouraging awareness and engagement of the postural muscles which help support the entire length of the spine. It helps you hold yourself in a better and more dynamic balance. Use of the core abdominal is key as is a strong and supple spine. As you achieve better alignment and posture, extend your range of movement and release tension and stress, the result is a happier body and mind. The gentle weight bearing exercises in Pilates are also beneficial in maintaining and even improving bone density.

WHO IS PILATES FOR?

Pilates is suitable for EVERYONE, whatever age or level of fitness: whatever challenge is right for you.

WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU?

Every Pilates class at Brighton Pilates Studio is taught under close supervision and tailored to your individual needs. We offer a choice of Personal Pilates Sessions and Pilates Equipment Classes as well as Mat-work Pilates Classes. The class and group sizes are small of our Pilates classes, so that you will receive individual attention and a quality of coaching and care not possible in large classes and gym scenarios. Personal Pilates sessions offer the opportunity for tailor-made workouts more suited to your schedule and to individual needs and strengths.

HOW PILATES WAS DEVELOPED

The work takes its name from Joseph Pilates (1883-1967), who developed a system of exercise and movement which he called Controlology, given the emphasis on body control and concentration of mind to achieve fitness, better posture and overall well-being. Joe Pilates developed the technique through a ‘classic’ repertoire of matwork, floor based exercises that work the body and mind in coordination. He also adopted and designed equipment to help teach and further refine the exercises. He discovered that light resistance springs or bands can encourage good alignment and use of the correct muscles while supporting the body in movement. His legacy continues to be developed, and Pilates now has well deserved recognition as sound body practice with many physiotherapists, osteopaths and holistic practitioners.