Killer Pilates

The exercise phenomenon born in a prisoner-of-war camp Knockaloe, an internment camp on the Isle of Man, was the unlikely setting for the development of Pilates – a regimen that continues to acquire devotees to...

I've always wanted a ringtone of the Tardis sound the springs make, but this is even better!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twgZ9633MLI

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This Saturday!

PIlates: Sit to stand with Ease & the Beginnings of Squatting with Katy Bromberg this Saturday 29th May, 10-11am.

Both Online & we have five in-person spaces available at Central Studio 14a Broughton Street Lane, (socially distanced and ventilated of course)

The class works on being able to get up from standing with no groaning, using all your muscles well, and begins to go lower in to squats. Get rid of the need to groan when get up from sitting!

(if you have a current very active knee or hip issue, we suggest you do privates with us, not this class)

Read more and book here:
https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=214953&stype=-8&sTG=32&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=7&date=05/29/21

There are still spaces for in person classes!

We have TWO places left for the small group class of General Pilates 7.30-8.30pm Mondays at the Eric Liddell Centre, with Katy Bromberg.

Starts Monday 17th May

You get to come to the venue every week with exactly the same people and get Katy's undivided attention (no drop ins and no online with a maximum of eight of you)

If you are desperate to get back to three-dimensions this is the class for you.

Read more and book here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=214953&stype=-8&sTG=38&sVT=118&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=7&date=05/17/21

The studio is open!

We are Open for face-to-face private Pilates classes - Monday 26th April

We can guide you through exercises which challenge your body and mind. We are all qualified to teach people who have injuries and the 'fit', aged 18-100+ and use the large Pilates apparatus including the reformer.

You can book for sessions with Katia, Valentina, Gill and Carolina at our specialist home, Central Studio 14, 1 Broughton Street Lane, from this link: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=214953&stype=-9&sView=week&sLoc=2&date=04/26/21

or come and see Katy or Bea at Bea's home studio in Marchmont: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=214953&stype=-9&sView=week&sLoc=1&date=04/26/21

Here's the plan for the 30 minute Pilates Fundamentals class I'm teaching on Monday evenings at 7.30pm. You can book them individually, so here are a list of topics:

Read more and book here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=214953&stype=-8&sTG=48&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=7&date=01/11/21

11 January - Breathing
18 January - Finding Neutral
25 January - Pelvic Mobility
1 February - Rib Mobility
8 February - Spinal Flexion (curving forward)
15 February - Spinal extension (curving backward)
22 February - Side to Side
1 March - Glutes and Hamstrings
8 March - Head and Neck
15 March - Hip Mobility
29 March - Knees and Feet

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Benjamin and I are finished teaching and ready for a break! See you back in the studio in 2021!

Last Stretch and Release before January! Come and join us for a full body release (more space for pudding that way).

Do you need to release tightness and pain in your body?

Join Katy Bromberg for the last magical Pilates Stretch and Myofascial Release class of the season, Tuesday 12.30-1.30pm.

Get your tennis or spikey balls at the ready...

This class is back in 2021 and the same time, starting Tuesday 13th of January. It is part of the four Pick and Mix classes which you can buy passes of 4, 8 and 12 classes for, use any time on any of these classes and cancel up to 24 hours in-advance.

I taught my first online/in-person mixed delivery class in six months and the most common comment was... 'We miss your cat!'

Classes are open for bookings! We're running a mixed delivery term, so you can either continue entirely online or come to class alternate weeks and do the remaining classes online. Edinburgh weather is no longer a bar to Pilates!

Pilates Autumn Term Matclasses Now Booking - Join us both online and in the studios 🌟 Please read about how the Autumn term works and the Ts and Cs before booking. - https://mailchi.mp/fea7b87b36a3/autumn-matclasses-2020

Autumn Matclasses Online & In-Studio 2020 - Bea Alexander Pilates At Bea Alexander Pilates, we run over twenty Pilates matclasses a week with highly qualified full-time teachers, Bea, Gill, Katy, Katia, Valentina, Abby and Rebecca. Our Pilates classes are divided into five levels of experience Beginners – Total Beginners to…Read more ›

We're nothing if not coordinated.

Private Studio Pilates with Katy Bromberg now back face-to-face in Marchmont.
Katy Bromberg has appointments available in our first week in-house. Join her for a class with the large Pilates apparatus and exercises tailored specifically to your body.
Thursday 10th September 1.45pm
Friday 11th September 1.30-2.30pm, 2.45-3.45pm & 4-5pm

You can read more about studio Pilates on this page of the website and request an appointment with Katy, or email [email protected]. phone 07495 071 711
http://beaalexanderpilates.co.uk/studio-pilates/studio-and-private-pilates-sessions/

Back to the studio!

Private Sessions with the Apparatus and Machines starts again on Monday 7th of September at both studios, EH9 and EH1 Get on that Reformer, Spine Corrector, Wunda Chair

email us on [email protected] or call 07495 071 711

More fun on the foam roller!

Who loves the foam roller? Join Katy this Saturday, 29th August 10-11am online, for a fabulous class with the foam roller.

Katy will use it to get all your muscle groups working, your proprioception firing on all cylinders and to massage out that myofascia.

If you do not have a foam roller yet and would like one, I suggest getting one through the Physcial Company https://www.physicalcompany.co.uk/mind-body/foam-rollers
The white ones are perfectly servieable but will flatten sooner than the blue club core ones which should last your life time. Buy the full length 6 inch by 38 inch roller.

You can see more and book from this link: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=214953&stype=-8&sTG=32&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=7&date=08/29/20

We're heading back into the studio soon!

I'm afraid I might have brought on the rain by washing my mat last night..

Kipling and I are planning some more advanced classes this week.

A pleasant afternoon by the river looking for skimming stones and improved foot mobility.

Killer Pilates (and Kipling) are reporting to you from exotic Peeblesshire this week. Come and see if I managed to squeeze enough Pilates equipment into my bag, and if the wi-fi is any match for nearly half a metre of stone wall.

I almost achieved Online Class Bingo this afternoon with an off-camera child meltdown and the cat being sick on camera!

Still a few spaces for foam roller fun this evening!

Pilates with the Foam Roller tonight with Katy Bromberg, Tuesday 14th July at 6.50-7.50pm online.

Get your foam roller out and join Katy for some great proprioceptive and core work, plus some balancing and myofascial release. The foam roller just adds that extra to Pilates.

You can see more and book here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=214953&stype=-8&sTG=53&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=7&date=07/14/20

New Balls Please? There may be no Wimbledon Final, but there are 7cm purple spikey balls you can have to help release your muscles and myofascia (connective tissue)

I have these for sale £6 for a pair.

Email me if you would like some: [email protected]

I also have purple yoga blocks, the small squashy Pilates balls, blue thera bands and some of the loops.

Thanks for bearing with the rubbish sound quality in class today! My new computer arrives soon, which means I won't have to teach in mime and Kipling will appear in technicolour.

We're doing neck and wrists this week!

Join Katy for the last Pilates Stretch and Release of the Spring Term, 11am Tuesday 23rd June online. Feel your muscles and connective tissue unwind and get a sense of free movement! Get your spikey balls at the ready...

You can see more and book here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=214953&stype=-8&sTG=48&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=7&date=06/23/20

We are continuing this class for the Summer at the later time of 12.30pm on Tuesdays. See more here: https://clients.mindbodyonline.com/classic/ws?studioid=214953&stype=-8&sTG=53&sView=day&sLoc=0&sTrn=7&date=06/30/20

Who doesn't love Floor is Lava?

Develop your floor-is-lava skills!

Balance is an incredibly useful skill to have that, once developed, can crossover and benefit many different pursuits. At times balance practice can be quite frustrating because it takes a while to develop, and the progress is incremental. It can be difficult to notice your improvement from one day to the next, but with persistence and time, you will really notice the difference.

In this skillset we have the standing balance variation. This can be done on curbs or low walls, and then progressed to rounded surfaces such as logs and rails for added difficulty.

Want to learn more movement skills? Then use the link in the description to try a live online Bodyweight Basics class!

If you missed the Sit to Stand workshop at the weekend (or you would like a reminder of some of the movements we worked on), here are a few videos to help.

Squatting technique through moderate range of movement:
https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/maui-squat/

Some techniques to go from the ground to standing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qirXruD26mI

If you get stuck, please ask questions!
Katy

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