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In class on Saturday we were talking about the fact that Saturday was International Pilates Day — a day to celebrate Joseph Pilates. I was asked when I first started to teach Pilates or — more precisely — when did I discover Pilates for myself?
My answer… 1999. While working in the fitness industry teaching hi-impact exercise, plus running and playing hockey, a damaged knee meant I needed to work with less impact. So, one fitness convention, one Pilates workshop and a light bulb moment later, I’m training to teach. By the end of 2000 I was teaching Pilates in Adult Education Centres, Leisure
Centres and Health Clubs.
Pilates has evolved since Joseph’s day, in accordance with our evolving lifestyles. And I don’t teach now how I started out teaching over 20 years ago. Lots of you have been with me from those early days, and you will have recognised differences in cueing, styles, and movement patterns. So as Pilates has evolved, so have I as a teacher. My principles
and my philosophy stay at the core of what I teach, but I have progressed and continue to develop and learn as I teach.
As I think about this and write this week’s Newsletter, it feels familiar as to how we live our life: nothing is permanent, everything is temporary, everything is constantly moving and changing and we have to learn to move with it and progress and accept this ever changing world.
Online Classes Timetable
Week Beginning 3 May
Here is this week’s online Live class timetable — as usual, links to all Live classes are on the jtp.zone website:
- Monday 8am — Kickstart With Jane — 15mins in Zoom
- Monday — No Lunch Break Pilates Class — it's Bank Holiday Monday
- Tuesday 9.30am — Morning Movement With Jane — 45mins in Zoom
- Wednesday 8am — Kickstart With Jane — 15mins in Zoom
- Thursday 6.45pm — Evening Flow With Jenny — 45mins in Zoom
- Friday 8am — Kickstart With Jane Xtra — 30mins in Zoom
- Saturday 9.30am — Morning Movement With Jane — 45mins in Zoom
Reformers At Home
There's a new routine available now on the members jtp.zone website this week.
4-Week Trial
If you have’t tried online Pilates classes yet, and you are new to Jane Thomas Pilates, you can have a Free 4-Week Trial.
Enrolling on my Free 4-Week Trial will give you unrestricted access to:
- The full Live online class timetable
- Popup Props Classes
- Pilates Surgeries
- Pilates Tutorials — including runners knee, hip flexors, the shoulder girdle, foot cramp
- Reformers at Home — if you are lucky enough to have a Home Reformer
- Special Events — exercise for menopausal women, and coming soon — all things Nutrition and healthy eating.
For four whole weeks! Just click or tap the link here for details and to enrol.
Start at the ABC
And if you are brand- or relatively-new to Pilates, I currently have an offer of a Free Absolute Beginners Course, which starts from the very beginning of Pilates, introduces you to the correct techniques and exercises you need to know to take your Pilates further, and gets you to the stage where you can join my regular classes afterwards. The Free Absolute Beginners Course comes with six class videos progressing you through the basics of Pilates,
and is complete with a Free 52-page full-colour book, detailing the exercises and classes — so you can practise as often as you want over the two months of the Course. Click or tap here for more information about my Free Absolute Beginners Course.
Face-to-Face Classes
We are currently waiting for the Government’s next announcement regarding Indoor Group Exercise Classes. Of course I will keep you up-to-date as soon as more information is released and let you know what the JTP plans for face-to-face classes are. Whenever they restart, you can be assured they will be fully Covid-Secure.
I am taking a look at a Roll Up this week. Originally Joseph Pilates wanted this exercise taught from the floor, however, Pilates Coaches and Teachers will now adapt this exercise and teach lots of variations to challenge the body in a different way, but also to help people achieve a movement that is appropriate for their individual body.
Often people think it is all about strength of the abdominal wall, but actually it is more about mobility of the spine combined with stability work from your core.
I show some ‘cheats’ variations in this video, but it is a great exercise to work on for improving mobility in the spine - ensure you work at an appropriate level for your body and keep away from pain.
Have a great week everyone — keep moving, and keeping safe!
Jane xx
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