Pilates Wellington
$20 per person or buy a 10 class pass for $180
Pilates exercises aim to create trunk strength & balance while enhancing better co-ordination of movement & optimal breathing. With the body exercises in every day movement patterns, muscles become leaner & stronger instead of developing isolated strength & bulk. Pilates is excellent to relieve pain, which can be tiring, debilitating & costly.
The practice of Pilates has many health benefits including
- Pain relief.
- Appropriate for injury prevention & rehabilitation.
- Pelvic & trunk strength/control.
- Improvement of upright trunk efficiency (posture).
- Improvement of balance.
- The low impact yet intense classes make them safe & appropriate.
- Enhances breathing control & breathing with movement.
- Muscles & joints are worked through their full range enhancing flexibility & functionality.
- Reduces stress & increases energy.
- Safe for pelvic floor muscles.
- Makes you feel tall & fantastic after a class.
- Discount for 10 sessions prepaid.
You won’t get injured from these pilates classes.
Naturally you will feel more confident attending a pilates class taken by a qualified physiotherapist & it is assured to be a superior class.
Catherine has been instructing weekly pilates mat classes since 2000. Trained in DMA & Menezes style pilates – her classes are very popular, so it’s helpful to enquire &/or book in if you are a first timer. Feedback from clients includes improved balance, better breathing control, feeling taller and more relaxed, less back pain and with a large contingent of regular trunk conditioning enthusiasts who have been coming for more than a decade.
While some may say it’s a challenging class, they are appropriate for people of all levels of fitness & flexibility – certainly the clientele coming to each class illustrate this. Included are exercises & techniques learned from her various ongoing professional courses that are current & evidence based to improve safety & specificity. Injured athletes who are having time off high impact sport due to injury are well catered for in these classes while they strive to maintain/improve relevant strength. A bonus now is that parents can bring a son or daughter who can join them in the class for free.
Pilates classes are held in the Matairangi Room at the Akau Tangi Sports Centre (Kemp Street), Kilbirnie.
It is advisable to please bring a towel, bottle of water & preferably your own mat..