Yoga or Pilates

Yoga or Pilates?

Many people often ask me what the difference is between Yoga and Pilates. They also ask if there is any point practising one if they already practice the other. Before making the choice between Yoga or Pilates, let’s take a look at the origins of each discipline. 

Class fees increase for September 2022

Class Fees Increase

CLASS FEES INCREASE From Monday 5 September 2022 Our colleagues at Yoga Mama are continuing to offer bespoke classes. With a maximum of 6 students in the studio, this allows us to offer individual attention to all students attending classes. With this in mind, due to reduced class sizes and increased costs, there will be a slight class fees increase of £1 (across the board on all classes). 1:1 sessions will also see an increase […]

General Pilates Introductory Offer

How Physical Therapy Can Help If You Suffer From Chronic Pain – Part 2

ACTIVE PHYSICAL THERAPY In our last blog post, How Physical Therapy Can Help If You Suffer From Chronic Pain, we discussed how passive physical therapy techniques can help. Passive therapies, such as deep tissue massage, manual therapy, hot and cold therapy, transcutaneous Nerve Stimulation (TENS), ultrasound, dry needling and strapping or bracing, are generally done in conjunction with active therapies. In the active part of physical therapy, your therapist will teach you various exercises to improve […]

Strength and Stability Benefits Of Pilates

Emily Altneu, a Pilates Teacher at the Putney Clinic of Physical Therapy, is demonstrating 6 key moves that help build strength and stability   Whether you are experienced in Pilates or not tried it yet, some of these very simple yet effective moves can benefit all. They help with core strength and stability.   This move uses a theraband to do a seated row. The focus is the mid back: postural muscles and shoulder girdle […]

Pilates For Lower Back Pain

Pilates for lower back pain Low back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide with up to 80% of adult’s experiencing low back pain during their lifetime. Most cases of low back pain are due to a multi-dimensional factors and very small percentage (1%) of patients will have serious pathology. While there is limited evidence to support individual risk factors as strong predictors of low back pain there is however evidence for the presence […]