Collage of photos showing Pilates practice at Lauren Hilton Pilates studio, with the title 'Studio Notes on Mindful Movement'.

Studio Notes

on mindful movement

In this blog and accompanying newsletter, I share reflections on movement and mindset, gentle prompts to help you feel more connected—to your body and to yourself—along with studio news, community stories and special events. Studio Notes are calm, kind, and only ever shared when there’s something worth saying.

Lauren x

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What is the Pilates reformer?

If you have you’ll have seen the various pieces of equipment with bars, springs, pulleys and leather covered beds and will be forgiven if you felt you’d entered some kind of torture chamber, many of my clients raise an eyebrow when they first the equipment! Whilst the Pilates equipment can look intimidating we will explain why using the Pilates equipment can do amazing things for your body.

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YOU are your best investment

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.

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Take 5 and hit the floor!

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.

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Our Top 5 Exercises for a healthy and flexible back

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.

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Exercising after having a baby

If you’ve recently had a baby and want to get back into exercise it can be difficult to know where to begin, especially when you factor in exhaustion and lack of time. In this blog we’ll guide you through the main considerations before resuming exercise, introduce you to a specific post-natal programme which will help support your recovery from pregnancy and birth.

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