Hi Everyone,

A quick update for you all. 

Firstly, I have been busy updating my sarahpilates website.  I would LOVE your comments.  It would really help me if you could do the following...

1. go onto whichever your browser might be - eg. google/ excite/ chrome.. etc...

2. click either pilates nw3, pilates holidays, pilates retreats, sarah london pilates or anything that you might normally think of searching for pilates classes/holidays

3. Try and find my website in your search.

4. Please come back to me on here and comment.  Tell me if you found me ok and what your experience was.  Did you get my sweaty betty link or my sarahpilates link?

5. What do you think of my new website? Would you change it in anyway?  Was it easy?

Secondly, I am going to continue my blogs and linking blogs from sarahpilates to here, so I'm very interested to find out if your search was easy.

Thirdly, I will be up at Sweaty Betty Hampstead on monday evening to teach the lovely girls at the store.  I love doing this.  Once the girls have benefited from the class, they can also share their Pilates knowledge with all of you.  THEN.. at a date coming soon, I will be up at the store giving SOME of you free classes.  I will update you on this as soon as I have dates. 

One thing I love about Sweaty Betty and one of the reasons I love blogging for Sweaty Betty.. is for you and the fact that Sweaty Betty are all about YOU.  Even the clothes are about YOU.  AND.. no, noone pays me to say that!  It really is the truth.

I hope you will start talking to me on here very soon.  I look forward to more feedback.

Please feel free to email me your testimonials for my website too.

Speak to you again very soon.

Sarah x

Hi Everyone,

I won't be around for a few days as I'm off to Majorca today with my Pilates group. 

I will take some photos and blog again later next week.

Bye for now faithful Sweaty Betty friends.

Love Sarah xx

www.sarahpilates.com

It is very important to find the right Pilates Teacher/ Class for your needs. 

A common enquiry I receive is..

"I have been told by my Doctor or Physio to find a Pilates class.  I wondered whether you teach group classes".

Whilst I understand, not everyone can afford one to one Pilates, if you have an injury and have been advised to find Pilates, a huge group class could actually be more harmful than helpful.

Pilates, taught in the right way, can be fantastic for injuries, back pain, rehab etc. BUT.. if you go straight to a group class, the exercises will not be specifically for your needs and this is where a lot of people make mistakes and end up hating Pilates and saying it made them worse.

In this situation, it is far more beneficial to find a teacher who understands your needs on the phone and then go and see him or her on a one to one at least once before attending the group class. 

"I want to lose weight, can Pilates help me"?

Well, this is a tough one because in the early stages of Pilates when the movements are slow and you are learning technique, it is not a cardio workout for weight loss.  Once you know what you are doing, it CAN be, but at first, it will tone you and lengthen your muscles.  Your posture will improve and your total well being will be better.

"I am pregnant, can you recommend a group class?"

Make sure you find a specific Pregnancy Pilates class and tell the teacher the truth about how you are feeling. I wouldn't recommend taking up Pilates in the final trimestre.  But from the early stages it's great.  A group class not specifically aimed at pregnancy is not necessarily beneficial.  Always tell the teacher at the start.  Your teacher may not want to teach you in a large group and she/he may not have insurance to do so.

Pleae send me your questions.  I would love to continue answering your queries further.

Sarah x