Bea Alexander and her team of experienced Pilates teachers offer both Pilates matclasses and Studio Pilates with Joe Pilates apparatus. We are a personal, teacher-led, highly skilled Pilates organisation in Edinburgh, Scotland. Our focus is on the quality of our teaching, supporting you to gain and keep good health.
We teach Pilates matclasses at our home, Central Studio EH1, our sister studio nextdoor Gathering Essence EH1, and The Eric Liddell Centre EH10 as well as live online.
COVID INFORMATION: We are a vaccination-supporting organisation. We are maintaining 1m distance between people in group classes and continue with our ventilation and hygiene regimes. Most mat classes have the option of online and in-person attendance. For more information please read our Covid Safety page.
- Individual Private Pilates Studio Sessions with the apparatus (in-venue)
- Rehabilitation Pilates for injuries and many health conditions
- Pilates for your Back
- Personal Home Pilates Programmes
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What are ‘Pilates Matclasses’ and ‘Studio Pilates’ ?
Pilates matclasses are Pilates exercises done on an exercise mat using either just your own body, or small pieces of Pilates equipment such as resistive bands, little squashy balls, the magic circle, and the foam roller. If you are coming to the studios for matclasses, you are now be asked to bring with you your own exercise mat, exercise resistive band, and small squashy Pilates ball, plus an exercise block if you need one for propping. This is a Covid precaution.
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Studio Pilates is the original way to do Pilates with individual teaching and the use of the large apparatus Joe Pilates created. Hundreds of exercises are possible on each piece of equipment. A class is designed around your individual requirements and we teach using a mixture of matwork and apparatus exercises. We work with people of all ages and levels of fitness, from people with chronic conditions such as MS, osteoarthritis, post-stroke, to people with no injuries.
The large equipment gives an extra dimension to Pilates as it builds muscle faster with resistance, develops your range of movement and the spring-system feedback challenges your propriception, balance and control. Studio sessions can be bought in blocks which gives you a price reduction, or as one-off classes.
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Please read what to bring to your in-venue matclass or private studio session
Festive Mat Classes 2021 to 2022 & Winter Mat Classes January to April 2022, will be available for booking soon. You can see the timetables now and plan your schedule Christmas 2021 newsletter from Bea Alexander Pilates
“Change happens through movement, and movement heals”. Joe Pilates
“To keep your balance, you have to keep moving.”
Albert Einstein
