There are many things that I like about Pilates, not least of which is that it is so retro. Contrology is what Joseph Pilates called it. The equipment is rather Rube Goldberg, improvised originally from bed springs and the like, and the effect something between physiotherapy and S&M!! This photograph was taken in his Greenwich Village Studio in the 1950s.
Yesterday was my first studio session. I have been doing mat classes for a little while now but due to repetitive strain on my back from working position and 'blogging' I realised I was needing to really target my weaker areas. The fact that a trip to Thailand for Christmas looms may have also been the catalyst!
Fiona Barbour-Smith www.precisionpilates.org teaches mat classes from her beautiful basement on Ramillies Road in Chiswick and Studio Pilates at 61B South Parade, W4 5LG.
Mat classes are £12 per session and they run through school term time.
Studio sessions (£30) throughout the year.
Contact Fiona for more details or visit website.
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Pictures courtesy of pinterest
