TopLine Pilates

1:1 CLASSES

Did you know that I offer 1:1 pilates classes? I can come to your home or yard, or you can come to my studio (Kent area only).

Here are two of my lovely 1:1 clients 🤎 can you spot our supervisor 🐶🤣🤣

If you are interested in a 1:1 session please DM 📲 me for details 😊

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More lovely members of my classes 🥰

As you know, I love nothing more than helping people learn how to do Pilates (well other than dressage perhaps 🤣)

Recently I’ve started doing a new class at a new location, it’s been arranged by a friend of mine and a group of people who are really keen to learn pilates to help them, not only get physically stronger for themselves, but to embrace all the benefits specifically for horse riders 🐴

If you local to me (Kent area) and are interested in setting up a class at your location then please don’t hesitate to get in touch. I also travel to support horse camps 🐴 and events.

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THAT MONDAY FEELING

Are you feeling like Spudly today? Would you rather be hiding away under the covers? 🤣 Or maybe this has inspired a new hiding place for today 🤣

Show Spudly some love 🤎 if you can relate

Have a great week

Amy x

This photo is owned by TopLine Pilates, please do not reshare without permission unless it’s a page share to your stories. Thank you.

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I might not be for you…………

No, really….!

👉🏻 Can I teach you Pilates - absolutely
👉🏻 Can I explain the benefits of the poses - of course I can
👉🏻 Can I explain how they help you on your horse to improve your riding? Yes I can.

Do I go deep into the why of doing things and anatomy? ❌ Sorry that’s not me. I am happy to leave that to the Physio’s or the high level trainers that teach the teachers.

I keep things simple and straight-forward: The K.I.S.S principle!

So, if you are a technically minded person who likes to really understand how things work, I don’t think we will be a good match.

👉🏻 BUT, if you like things kept simple to understand
🐴 You like working with someone who can demonstrate results and walks the walk of what they teach…….Then I might be the instructor you’re looking for!

I have a range of option to work with me including in person group classes and 1:1 sessions for those of you based in Kent, or join me online in an exclusive Facebook group for a weekly dose of Pilates!

Comment below if you would like more info!

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⭐️ Wise Words to Start the Week ⭐️

This time of year is tough with changes in weather and routines, a lot of us feel a bit low.

It can feel harder than ever to hold onto your dreams and work towards your goals and that can mean more sacrifices and saying no to other things.

When we do that we can be criticised and accused of “changing”. But remember this:

Some people will judge you for changing
Some people will celebrate you for growing
CHOOSE YOUR CIRCLE WISELY

Have a productive week 😉

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❤️ MAXIE ❤️

If you know me you know my heart horse, Maxie, AKA my Angel 😇 child.

He's a 16.1hh IDx (he's shrunk actually but we don't tell him 🤣 )

Maxie is an absolute dream but when I wanted to pursue dressage I found that as he's not a big, flashy warmblood (like Carlos ❤️) it was a lot harder to ride the moves. It took all of my body to achieve what I wanted with him.

This led me to my Pilates journey, so I could use my body correctly to support myself and Maxie and through this, alongside hard work and consistency, we reached medium level together 😁

This set me on mv path. I discovered a love of Pilates and a passion to help others support their horses and achieve what I have with my two wonderful boys 🐴🦄

Do you have a heart horse that you credit where you are right now?

Amy x

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My amazing Pilates class 🥰

Thank you all for choosing to work with me 🥰 I love nothing more than helping people learn how to do Pilates

👉🏻 to become the best version of themselves physically, mentally and emotionally through movement

and share my passion about helping your horse through:

🐴 building core strength, suppleness, flexibility and balance.

🐴 improving your general body awareness

🐴 obtaining a better posture in the saddle

🐴 better alignment

If you are looking for an in-person or 1:1 class DM 📲 me or book online. I am based in New Ash Green, Kent. Or, join my online classes through an exclusive Facebook group, book via the 🔗 in my bio

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❤️ Carlos appreciation post ❤️

Not only is he very talented and tries his heart out for you, but C is honestly one of the happiest horses I've had the pleasure of coming in to my life, let alone my ridden life and I am sooooo thankful for that part of his character.

I feel so grateful that I took a chance buying that 2 year old stallion 🥴🙈🤣 it definitely paid off 😉🥰

I feel like I need to do a Maxie appreciation post too now! 🤔

Tell me what you love about your horses in the comments 👇🏻 let’s spread the love ❤️

Amy x

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⭐️ The overall benefits of doing Pilates ⭐️

👉🏻 Increases core strength and posture
👉🏻 Enhances body awareness (great for equestrians)
👉🏻Inceases energy levels
👉🏻Helps improve your sleep
👉🏻Decreases stress
👉🏻Improves flexibility, mobility and balance
👉🏻Improves cognitive function
👉🏻Can help with back and menstrual pain

📌 save this to remind you why Pilates is so amazing 🤩 😉

If you are keen to get help in any of these areas, you can join my monthly online classes. 1 class every week in a dedicated members only Facebook group for just £40 per month. Sign up on my website or DM 📲 me for more info.

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How Pilates has supported me and my horses Part 2 ➡️ swipe

🐴 The 1st photo is of Carlos after just returning to training post injury

🐴 The 2nd photo was taken recently. BIG difference right?

So, I know you are thinking but Amy how can Pilates help Carlos?

The answer is body awareness! Through a better understanding of my own body, awareness of my “bad habits” that creep in, I can correct myself and I can hold my position better which supports Carlos better. He isn’t working on for me so he can focus on him.

This is why I love Pilates so much and why I think every rider should do it! The best comparison that I can make for you is, have you ever had an ache or pain somewhere and struggled on and then one day it gets so bad that you decide to see a chiropractor or physiotherapist or sports massage therapist and suddenly you are 🤯 you had no idea how much better you could feel? (Or even how achy you could feel - sometimes you feel worse before you feel better). Then you know when you’re ready for another one just from how you can compare how you feel in your body. Because now you KNOW the difference. This is the same gift you have with pilates for you and your horse 🐴

If you want to get started, you can join my monthly online classes. 1 class every week in a dedicated members only Facebook group for just £40 per month. Sign up on my website or DM 📲 me for more info.

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Why choose Pilates to support you as a horse 🐴 rider?

Apart from all the benefits above, specifically:

🐴 Pilates helps to build core strength, suppleness, flexibility and balance.

🐴 It improves general body awareness

🐴 Helps you obtain a better posture in the saddle

🐴 Helps better alignment

Who doesn’t want these things 🤷🏼‍♀️ especially if you are serious about dressage like me 😉

If you’re ready to get to the next level, I can support your journey. Drop me a DM 📲 comment I’M IN below and I will send you the link to join my monthly online class. £40 for the month. No contract or long term commitment just pay
for a month at a time, what are you waiting for? 😉

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How Pilates has supported me and my horses Part 1 ➡️ swipe

🐴 The 1st photo is of me and Max when we were out competing, with the help of my Pilates practice, I managed to learn how to understand and use my body better to help Max carry me more effectively and in turn carry out the movements more efficiently. I became aware of my “bad habits” so as I could work on improving them. We ended our career at medium level. On this picture you can see how my upper body used to drop back to the right.

🐴 The 2nd photo as a comparison is my most recent outing with Carlos. You can see here how I have a much straighter and much better leg position. Whilst obviously I have worked with some amazing trainers, I credit Pilates for the awareness I now have of my body, let’s be honest, we can all get a better leg position or be aware of how we are holding ourselves when there is somebody on the ground pointing it out, but when we are training by ourselves at home, it is much harder to be aware of our bad habits.

This is why I love Pilates so much and why I think every rider should do it!

If you want to get started, you can join my monthly online classes. 1 class every week in a dedicated members only Facebook group for just £40 per month. Sign up on my website or DM 📲 me for more info.

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What is holding you back?

I saw this and thought 🤯 in the grand scheme of our day that is NOTHING! Yet so many of us are unable to find the time or dare I say commitment, to move our bodies for even 30 minutes. By that I mean, something that really moves our body or gets our heart rate going.

This really should be something we prioritise for ourselves if not every day then at least a couple of times a week. As a society we really don’t prioritise our health and wellbeing like we should.

Genuinely interested, if you don’t exercise as much as you should or would like to, what stops you? Tell me in the comments 👇🏻

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⭐️WAYS YOU CAN WORK WITH ME THIS MONTH ⭐️

🐴 Online classes (👉🏻 bio to book)

🐴 Face to Face Group classes at my studio in New Ash Green, Kent. You can book in via the website or drop me a DM 📲

🐴 1:1 classes at my studio in New Ash Green, Kent. DM me 📲 to find out more!

If you have been thinking about trying pilates to help improve your connection in the saddle 🐎and to become more aware of your own body to help you become a next level rider, then this is the perfect time to start in preparation for the 2024 season!

You can also still book in for:
🐴 Rider Screenings at my studio or your yard, for more information see the highlight on my page or drop me a message

🐴 Riders ABC at my studio, yard booking’s considered. Please get in touch to discuss. Mileage charges applicable.

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🐴 A Carlos and horse filled weekend update 🐴

Last Friday we had some fabulous training with who helped me work on me 💪🏻

Working with no stirrups the day before a competition wasn’t my best idea though 🙄🤣 Well, it was a great idea on any other day 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣(the ache is real on the bouncy giant )

Huge thanks to .oldfield for her amazing organisation 🙏

Saturday was pony party day at and another attempt at our music 🎶 scoring a respectful 71% as the music is far more exciting at Speedgate 🤣 then Ele 53 with another respectful score of 70.74% with a cheeky spook and changes from the overgrown goofball who was having the best time 🥰

C is honestly one of the happiest horses l’ve had the pleasure of coming in to my life, let alone my ridden life and I am sooooo thankful for that part of his character.

To finish my weekend off I was lucky enough to go to masterclass and wow 😮 the inspiration and ethos on her way with horses is incredible. It truly is the journey with your horse first and absolutely everything else comes after it 🤎

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PILATES IN ACTION 🎬

I haven’t shared a photo of my own practice for a while, so here I am 🙋🏼‍♀️

As well as planning and teaching classes to students, I take weekly classes with my own trainer to continue to learn and grow as an instructor, so that I can pass new knowledge on to help my students learn and grow as individuals, and in turn become more aware and in tune with their horses in the saddle and help them become physically better riders.

That was why I started my own life changing pilates journey and I credit pilates with helping me to develop my own skillset as a dressage competitor.

Learning is a lifelong process 💫

If you are thinking 💭 “I need this”, there’s no better time to start, so you can be in a different space, both mentally and physically, for next summer. My weekly online classes are just £40 a month. More information can be found in my highlights or drop me a DM 📲

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MEET THE TEAM BEHIND TOPLINE PILATES

🙋🏼‍♀️ First up it’s me, Amy. Owner, CEO and Instructor. I am the person that you see on most of the reels and photographs for those of you that don’t know me.

🐴 Another face that you will recognise for hogging the limelight 🤣 Carlos, all 18hh of gorgeousness and talent that he is. He’s always up to something too so he gets a lot of airtime but he deserves it 😍

🦄 The slightly less known angel 😇 that is Max, I owe so much to this boy, those of you who have followed me for a while will know that I credit Max for putting me onto my amazing pilates journey that has quite literally changed my life. He now lives the good life in semi-retirement 😌

🐶 Spudly, my faithful companion. She’s not featured so much lately, I think she needs to show up a bit more again 🤔 Everyone loves her because she’s just so adorable 🥰 and she loves her beauty sleep 🤣

🙋🏼 A new face on the page, this is Danny, trainee groom and content taker, doing a 10/10 job supporting behind the scenes 🤎

🙋🏻‍♀️ Jazzy, friend, horse aunty, head groom/deputy yard manager, model, entertainer, the list goes on 💕 .98

Please introduce yourself in the comments, I would love to know something about you too 😊

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DO YOU TAKE TIME FOR SELF CARE?

As the summer holidays have ended and autumn 🍂 is drawing in, everyone seems to be getting back into their normal routines and we will soon be thinking about winter routines for the horses 🐴 🫣

This got me thinking about self care and how important it is that we take time for ourselves each day. Most of us put that time to the bottom of the to-do list don't we?

So, here's a reminder that self care is important! You can’t pour from an empty cup.

So, what can you introduce into your day/week for your well-being? Or do you already have something that you do? Tell me in the comments👇🏻 I would love to know and it might inspire someone else

Have a great week 🤎
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⭐️WAYS YOU CAN WORK WITH ME IN SEPTEMBER ⭐️

🐴 Online classes (head to bio to book)

🐴 Face to Face Group classes at my studio in New Ash Green, Kent. You can book in via the website or drop me a DM 📲

🐴 1:1 classes at my studio in New Ash Green, Kent. DM me 📲 to find out more!

🐴 Rider Screenings at my studio or your yard, for more information see the highlight on my page or drop me a message.

🐴 Riders ABC at my studio, yard booking’s considered. Please get in touch to discuss. Mileage charges applicable.

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Discipline is the strongest form of self love

Yes, Yes 🙌🏻

👉🏻If you want to do something you need to be disciplined in order to achieve it.

👉🏻If you want to get good at something you need to be disciplined in order to achieve your goal.

I agree, discipline is the strongest form of self love because you are:
🤎Prioritising yourself
🤎Your goals
🤎Your happiness
❌You are not giving up on yourself, or your dreams.

👉🏻Discipline is hard
👉🏻Showing up can be hard
🤎But do it anyway
🤎Do it for you

Have a great week 🤎
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Why work with me? 🤷🏻‍♀️

🐴 I am an equestrian. I get it. I understand what you need from your sessions, I understand what you want to achieve. I know how important it is to you to give back to your horse and be the best that you can be for them.

🙋🏻‍♀️ I have been where you are now. I first discovered Pilates 7 years ago when I was when I was doing a lot of yard work and wanted to support my training and competing.

👩🏻‍🎓 I am a qualified Equi Pilates Trainer. So you know that you are in good hands with me! My passion is to help riders improve their own flexibility, strength and mobility both for themselves and their horses.

🐴 I can undertake rider screenings, which are completely tailored to you and provide vou with a unique insight into your posture and alignment, which will in turn affect your horse's performance. Once you have this information we can then work on how you can make positive changes for the benefit of both you, and your horse.

If you want to start your pilates journey, or are interested in a rider screening session with me, then drop me a DM 📲 and I will send you more information

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An inch of movement is better than a mile of intentions …..

Love this 🤎 so much! Whether it’s your goals or your fitness journey, it’s better to take a tiny step forward or do 15 minutes of exercise than nothing at all.

So, what are you going to do today?

Have a great week 🤎
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WHAT IS RIDERS ABC?

🐴 ALIGNMENT
🐴 BREATHING
🐴 CENTRING

All that is required is you and your saddle, or I can put you in mine on the saddle horse. Though it is important to note that going through this process on the saddle horse is very useful to give the rider sensory of performing this in the saddle but it is does not recreate the reality of being on a moving horse which can of course change the task.

ALIGNMENT

🐴 What pattern your body sits in on the saddle horse won't necessarily happen on the real horse.

🐴What I would like to bring your awareness to in alignment is your three boxes. The pelvis, ribs and your head.

🐴 Most importantly I want to help you find your seatbones.

BREATH

🐴 Did you know your breath has the power to influence relaxing your horse? Of course you did, but do you know how to use it?

🐴 There is a really enjoyable exercise I can take you through to help you breath fully in to your ribs, on the saddle horse you can switch off and just focus on you and your breathing.

CENTRING

🐴 Because of the position we are in whilst sat in the saddle sometimes our glutes are engaged all the time, they need to be able to turn on engagement and release them…...particularly in trot work.

🐴 A big part of centring is your obliques being awake.
There's a really easy way to wake them up, as sometimes they like to play hide and seek.

🐴 All of this also builds to an effective way to teach your body how to half halt.

Riders ABC is £20 and can be booked separately or comes as part of the Rider Screening package.

Please DM 📲 for bookings or more information.

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Hi 👋 I’m Amy

It’s been ages since I have done one of these posts and I have had a lot of lovely people follow my account 🥰 So, here’s little more about me.

I would love to know more about you too, tell me something in the comments 😊

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🐴 RIDER SCREENINGS 🐴

👉🏻A screening involves 9 biomechanic tests to see which muscles have got over excited and that need an anti spasm release.

👉🏻It is a comprehensive process which includes a full postural assessment, Riders ABC and swiss ball series and at the end we see which areas you need to work on first and you will be given exercises to go away with to work on between sessions.

👉🏻You normally need 3 - 4 screenings to track your progress and to allow us to work through your body's pattern. The results are very much dependent on your homework. So if you’re in, you need to be fully committed to do the exercises between the sessions to really see the full benefits.

The initial session costs £60, and all subsequent sessions are £55 each. If you would like me to travel to you then a travel charge is applicable. Yard bookings are welcome.

⭐️ For more details on the process then check out my highlights ⭐️ to enquire about booking in drop me a DM 📲 I am based in Kent.

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