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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Behind the Pilates Moves: Plank

Ever wondered about the why behind some of the Pilates movements you do in class? We delve a little deeper into a move per month so you can learn the benefits of the movements we’re offering our bodies and what those mean for our day-to-day movement and well-being.

Let’s talk about Pilates plank…

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Behind the Pilates Moves: Mermaid

Each month we'll give you the why behind some of the Pilates movements you'll be most familiar with in class, so you can learn the benefits of the movements we’re offering our bodies and what those mean for our day-to-day movement and well-being.

Here we'll talk through Mermaid…

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Behind the Pilates Moves: Pilates Bridging

In each edition of Behind the Moves, we'll give you the why behind some of the movements you're familiar with in class. When we attend a class each week sometimes we're unaware of the benefits of the movements we are offering our bodies and what those mean for our day-to-day movement and wellbeing.

This time we're talking all things Bridging!

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All you need to know about Pregnancy Pilates

When we become pregnant we might continue with our regular exercise routine, perhaps we may choose to adapt it or we may decide to slow down and try a new movement practice altogether. A pregnancy-specific exercise programme, such as Pregnancy Pilates, is designed with the different trimesters in mind and to support the changes that occur in your body rather than fight against them.

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Behind the Pilates Moves: Swan

Swan is a Pilates exercise that you may know from your mat class and it also features in all of the apparatus too. Swan is a back-bend, known in movement language and anatomy as an extension. Extension exercises can often be our least favourite.

Let’s take a deep dive into Pilates Swan…

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