Summer is the perfect opportunity to elevate your fitness goals and embark on new adventures. Here’s how to adapt your movement routine to the season, explore outdoor activities, and stay motivated, energised, and committed to your health and well-being.

Ailments, whether chronic or acute, can leave us feeling disempowered and disconnected from ourselves. However, there is a path to reclaiming agency and becoming an active participant in your healing process, especially with Pilates.

A quick perspective on how we embrace body positivity and find joy in every movement at Lauren Hilton Pilates.

As we speed towards mid-January, and the time when many give up on their New years’ resolutions, let’s consider a revolutionary (or perhaps evolutionary) idea - instead of rushing to achieve hard goals, take time to celebrate small wins, stay present, and be kind to yourself.

Poor breathing mechanics can contribute to lower back pain, neck pain, headaches and migraines, pelvic floor dysfunction and anxiety. In this article, I’ll talk about how stress can affect our breath, causing sub-optimal breathing, and what we can do to help ourselves.

Pilates can be a very effective way of managing some of the symptoms associated with perimenopause and menopause. Here’s how Pilates movement can help every part of you during this transitional stage.

Going to a regular weekly class gives you all the Pilates movement benefits, like increased flexibility, strength, balance, and coordination, but here are my top 7 less obvious benefits that we get from Pilates class that are nothing to do with strength or mobility.

Types of pain and helpful strategies for managing it - from a movement specialist experiencing pain.

As a subject currently close to my heart, I’ll explain the different types of pain and strategies I’ve found helpful in managing my pain.

Can Pilates help period pain?

The time of the month can leave us feeling rubbish, from cramps to bloating to increased anxiety so getting to your regular Pilates class or exercise session can feel like a struggle. Thankfully research shows that a regular Pilates practice can improve symptoms of PMS as well as decrease bloating and abdominal cramps.

I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately.

What does investing in yourself mean?

In this blog I’m going to talk a little bit about what this used to mean to me, why I’ve been thinking about it and how this has benefited me as a a Pilates teacher, a parent, daughter, and human.

Does your day feel like one long Zoom or maybe your day is one long Zoom or you struggle to get out of your head as there are so many thoughts whirring around? Try hitting the floor, OK, well not literally but lying down flat on your back can do so much for your nervous system.

In Joseph Pilates famous quote he says “if your spine is inflexibly stiff at 30, then you’re old; if it is completely flexible at 70 then you are young”. This was back when we were far less sedentary as human-beings so it is even more applicable today when the majority of us may spend most our day sat down. If your back feels stiff or sore are you going to be able to enjoy your daily life?

In this blog we’ll talk about the amazing design of your back and how it is meant to function and we’ll share with you out TOP 5 Pilates exercises which will help you to maintain a flexible and healthy spine.