Pregnancy Pilates Classes in Shrewsbury
Pregnancy is a time of profound change, and our weekly Pregnancy Pilates classes are designed to support you through every stage of that journey.
In a calm, welcoming environment, you’ll move in ways that help your body adapt to your growing baby, maintaining strength, ease and mobility while relieving common aches, tension and discomfort.
Through thoughtful, evidence-informed movement, you’ll develop a deeper awareness of your changing body, learning how to connect your breath with your pelvic floor to encourage both strength and release. These skills can help you feel more prepared for labour, birth and your recovery afterwards.
More than simply an exercise class, this is an opportunity to care for yourself, build confidence in your body’s remarkable capabilities, and prepare for the transition into motherhood with greater resilience, balance and ease.
PREGNANCY PILATES BENEFITS
How is Pilates during pregnancy beneficial?
Pilates during pregnancy is low-impact
Pilates is a safe and effective form of exercise for pregnancy. It involves careful controlled movement usually seated or lying; there’s no jumping around and putting extra force on your joints or bladder!
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Supports your posture
Pregnancy causes many changes in our bodies, including a softening of our joints to be ready for birth. Pilates works on all the muscles that help support your spine and pelvis as your baby grows to help maintain balance and prevent deviations in your posture.
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Helps reduce aches and pains
Aches and pains are pretty standard for most pregnancies as your shape evolves, particularly in the lower back, upper back and hips. Pilates will help you move and stretch out tight muscles and relieve those tiring aches and pains.
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Focus on your breath
Pilates is a mindful movement practice, and the breath is something we pay attention to and notice how it can aid our muscles in moving. During labour awareness of your breath is really important and mastering control of your breath will help you stay calm, relax, and contribute to a positive birth experience.
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Strengthen your pelvic floor
Core strength is a fundamental focus of Pilates and this includes the pelvic floor. Many of us won’t be aware of the health of our pelvic floor until the weight of our growing baby is bearing down on it, but you can start to strengthen your pelvic floor at any time; it’s never too late! A strong yet supple pelvic floor is likely to heal quicker post-birth too.
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Feel confident
Practising Pilates will help you focus on you, preparing yourself for what’s coming. Feeling good in body and mind, feeling informed, and feeling supported in our group of expectant mothers will empower you to feel confident as you enter into motherhood.
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What’s inside Your Pregnancy Pilates Hub?
All our pregnancy clients have access to an educational hub with mini classes, exercise tips, and downloadable resources to support, inform and empower you through your pregnancy.
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Mini Pregnancy Pilates Classes
We’ve created some mini-classes which are perfect if you’d like to practice more than once a week or are short of time. You can access the hub at any time that suits you. All the videos complement what you do in the class.
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Connect with Mums-to-be
Pregnancy is exciting, but can also be a daunting and worrying time. Having a lovely network of mamas-to-be around you can make you feel supported and empowered, and, most importantly, can be alongside you when you become a new mum. We know from experience that friends and cake got us through the exhaustion of the early weeks!
FREE RESOURCES
Pregnancy Exercise & Tips Downloads
We’ve worked with some brilliant local services who we know can help support you along your pregnancy journey and into life as a new mum. See the guides we’ve compiled below - all available in the hub.
PREGNANCY PILATES RESOURCES
Three free guides to download when you join our Pregnancy Pilates class
Notes for a Positive Birth
In this guide, I share knowledge I wish I had when I was pregnant with my daughters, as well as my training and experience working with pregnant and postpartum women.
Pelvic Health Guide
A mini guided tour of the pelvic floor muscles and some exercises to practice throughout your pregnancy. Learning to connect to your pelvic floor now will help your postnatal recovery considerably.
Pregnancy Directory
Local services that could support you through your pregnancy and beyond. These businesses have not paid to be included in this directory, but are here because they are tried and tested by other mamas.
Pregnancy Pilates FAQs
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Yes. Our teachers are fully qualified to work with prenatal clients and all the exercises we do during live or recorded classes are safe for mum and baby. You can learn more about our team here.
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Our pregnancy classes are suitable from 12 weeks or after your first scan.
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You can do them right up until your due date as long as you’re feeling well. We advise doing the classes throughout your pregnancy in order to get the most benefit from them.
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These classes are designed specifically for pregnancy to support the postural and muscular changes that happen as your baby grows.
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No, not at all.
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In your Pregnancy Pilates Hub, you’ll receive a full pre-recorded video class to practice in your own time for any time you miss a class.
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As you can see on this page, our Pregnancy Class clients also get access to our Happy Mamas Hub which includes downloadable guides to support your pregnancy, some pelvic floor exercises, 4 short classes to do at home plus a little community of expectant mamas to socialise with.
If you have a question that’s not covered here, please check our General FAQs or use the button to ask Lauren a question.
