PILATES STUDIO
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Anita Forjan is our highly-qualified and trained Pilates Instructor, working out of our first floor Studio.  She has become extremely popular in a very short time with us!  As one client observes, ‘I really feel a difference from my sessions with Anita.  She has an amazing understanding of the body and I can see and feel results.’

The Wellington Centre is the only facility in the area to offer Pilates sessions on Pilates equipment (which includes several Reformers and Cadillac machines).  You will exercise in this fabulous studio on state-of-the-art, specialised Pilates apparatus, utilising resistance provided by tensioned springs.  Workouts are taught privately or in pairs, and tailored by our teachers to suit individual needs – whether you want help with recovery from an injury, to sleek your shape or to become more supple and flexible.

When is Pilates available?
Anita Forjan is available at the Studio at 44 Wellington Square for the following sessions:

Monday:	2 p.m. -	8 p.m. (last session 7 p.m.)
Tuesday:	9 a.m. -	1.30 p.m. (last session 12.30 p.m.)
Wednesday:	3 p.m. -	8.30 p.m. (last session 7.30 p.m.)
Thursday:	9 a.m. -	1.30 p.m. (last session 12.30 p.m.)
Friday:	9 a.m. -	2 p.m. (last session 1 p.m.)
Saturday:	10 a.m. -	4 p.m. (last session 3 p.m.)

 

 

Prices
An initial, one-and-a-quarter hour private one-on-one session with Anita will include a personal assessment and costs £45.  Follow-up sessions are priced £30 for one hour.  If you book 5 sessions in advance, these are priced at £28.  If you book 10 sessions in advance, these are priced £26 each.  If you book 20 sessions in advance, these are priced £24 each.  Follow-up sessions are taught semi-privately, with two or very occasionally three individuals using equipment at the same time, always under the instructor’s watchful supervision.
An ‘Introductory’ session in the Pilates Studio is currently priced £20 for 45 minutes, so that you can see if this exercise is for you.  Please arrange this with our Admin team.  (NB  If you decide to progress, you will still then need your one-and-a-quarter-hour private assessment - see above).
In addition, ‘lunchtime’ mat-work group classes are available with Anita Forjan on Mondays between 1 - 2 p.m. (see STUDIO TIMETABLE, left, for details of our other Matwork classes).
A voucher for six mat classes (which is valid for ten weeks) is priced £45.

What is Pilates?
Pilates is a complete exercise and fitness regime that focuses on core strength and stability to help you improve or regain your physical health and wellbeing. One of the most fundamental Pilates principles is ‘balance’, in every sense of the word.  Pilates teaches you how to find your physical balance, by offering you a carefully designed exercise programme to correct muscular imbalances. Achieving balance is considered the ultimate goal of each class to cater for every individual with different needs. The aim of Pilates is to help you learn how to use your muscles properly and efficiently, to teach you how to control your movement by stabilizing your joints and strengthening your core. This makes you stronger, increases your mobility and stamina, and frees you from pain so you can freely enjoy movement every day.

Is Pilates for me?
The short answer is yes:  your Pilates training regime is created to suit your individual needs. Your age, physical condition, strength, your build, your life-style are all taken into account when your instructor designs your Pilates programme.  Your instructor needs to know your medical background, any injuries, conditions and treatment you have had, which is why it’s vital that you register for your initial one-on-one consultation before you start doing Pilates. This session is dedicated to you, and your instructor aims to learn as much about you and your body as possible. All the information is kept strictly confidential, and only your instructor has access to your file.

Pilates for fitness
Pilates is excellent if you want to increase your general level of fitness without building big muscles. It is ideally suited for women who want to be firmer and look more shapely, but do not want to put on bulk. It will also help you to tone your body and look more slender and more balanced. This may be one of the reasons why Pilates gained popularity initially among professional dancers.

Pilates for sports
Doing sport competitively or just for fun keeps you fit. But many sports build up only certain muscles making your body imbalanced. Pilates helps you to bring neglected areas into harmony with the rest. By focusing on your individual needs, it helps you to achieve more. It increases your stamina and mobility, and helps you to prevent injuries.

Pilates for men
Men's body is built up differently from women's. Men tend to be more bulky, and their surface muscles are stronger. This often leads to a neglect of core muscles and a general tightness that limits their range of motion. These differences require a different strategy to training. While shifting emphasis from surface muscles to the core, sessions focus on stretching tendons and muscles, to alleviate any possible pains in the lower back, neck and shoulder.

Pilates for rehabilitation
Originally, the Pilates method was designed to help war veterans recover after the Great War. Joseph Pilates' first patients were soldiers who could not walk. Though Pilates has developed a great deal since then, its connection to its roots has remained as strong as ever. No matter what your condition, injury or pain is, Pilates can help. This is one of the reasons why physios often recommend it to their patients as complementary exercise.