Sarah Pilates

Sarahpilates at Primrose Hill, Belsize Park and Hampstead NW3

Sarah offers Pilates in the Office, Pilates classes, Pilates holidays/retreats, Pilates One2one

Sarah took up Pilates in 1990 when her osteopath advised her it would be the only cure for her muscular own back and neck problems.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY PILATES READERS AND PILATES FRIENDS. I WANTED TO SAY HAVE A HAPPY PILATES NEW YEAR TO ALL OF YOU AND MAY 2012 BE HAPPY AND HEALTHY. I AM VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL IN MY PILATES CLASSES OR ON MY PILATES RETREATS IN 2012, EITHER PILATES IN MAJORCA OR PILATES IN THE LAKE DISTRICT OR EVEN WITH YOUR ONE TO ONES PILATES CLASS IN BELSIZE PARK, LONDON. KEEP UPDATED WITH MY PILATES NEWSLETTER EACH MONTH IN 2012.

How does Pilates help?

Pilates can help people with injuries or aches and pains. By improving posture and core stability and by isolating muscles, Pilates strengthens the body, corrects posture and gives the body strengh and a all over toning.

Sarah's Background to Pilates

Prior to teaching Pilates, Sarah worked on major events, tour managing bands and within the film industry. Following her own back issues she decided to get extra knowledge of fitness by enrolling and training wtih the YMCA, focusing on Exercise to Music/ Aqua Aerobics / Anatomy and Physiology and then felt worthy to continue onto Michael King's Pilates Institute for the Pilates Matwork Training course.

Sarah is a qualified pilates instructor who trained with Michael King and with The Pilates Institute. She has also attended courses with Lolitta San Miguel, Sarah Irwin, Rebecca Leone, Alan Herdman and Cathy Korey. Sarah shares her extensive experience by teaching in a way that will help other people with their own personal back pain, or with physio referrals. Sarah brought Rebecca Leone (the Pilates NUN) to London where she ran developmental workshops for teachers and 2 weekend courses for other Pilates teachers to attend.

Sarah's training

Sarah has trained and attended the following courses and continues to do so:

• Development weekends in pilates with instructors from all over the world
• Pilates Institute Members Days twice a year
• OCR Pilates Diploma level 3, including remedial pilates
• Pregnancy pilates
• Pilates Ball and Foam Roller
• The RUMBLE roller - for fascia release
• Remedial Pilates - specifially for injuries
• Reformer
• Cadillac
• Spine corrector
• Osteo-arthritis workshops including osteoperosis with Alan Herdman
• Senior Workshops
• And many more! Training never stops, and sharing ideas with other Master teachers keeps pilates inspiring for ever
• APPI Pilates kickboard - cardio pilates!

Sarah now brings other Pilates teachers and Pilates mentors into the UK to run workshops for other Pilates teachers around the country.

Pilates is not just a fad

  Many people think that Pilates is just following a trend but Pilates has been going since Joseph Pilates invented his own style of exercises for various needs. Pilates exercises have been modified and varied for many reasons. The original exercises are difficult and if not done correctly, can in themselves prevent injuries. If they are modified they are safer for our requirements. German born Joseph Pilates was living in England, working as a circus performer and boxer, when he was placed in forced internment in England at the outbreak of World War One. While in the internment camp, he began to develop the floor exercises that evolved into what we now know as Pilates mat work. Joseph then continued rehabilitaion and then went on to set up his own studio in New York. Originally, Joseph would teach one to one Pilates and the various "Master Teachers" who trained with him worked with him for their own Pilates needs and so began the various Pilates branches and methods created for individuals. And from these branches, everyone has created their own method of Pilates which they think is the right way to teach Pilates. Some teachers are very precious about the way Pilates should be taught, but really the basics are the basics, but the modifications of the Pilates are essential for certain bodies. I get very upset when I now rarely cover a group class. The Pilates technique I see before me is quite shocking. I guess that's why I set up and run the Pilates retreat or Pilates holiday or even a Pilates workshop. Then at least I can show people how hard the exercises can be when the Pilates technique is accurate. I don't think Pilates should ever have been taught in a large group. It is virtually impossible for a Pilates teacher to go round a whole large group and correct their posture and Pilates technique, which is of course vital to do doing the Pilates exercises well. I think Joseph Pilates would turn in his grave! But that's just my opinion. I am a Pilates perfectionist, and my method of Pilates teaching is not for everyone. Do it properly or not at all!

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