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Good Day Everyone!  To celebrate our Love of Pilates, we will be posting a mat exercises each day this Month.  Follow along. Post a pic or video of you doing the same exercise and at the end of the month, you could win a set of classes at the studio.   Tag us @pilatesinguelph and @marchmatness2018, post...Read More

It is that time again…. back to gardening.  By Vera Needham Bend, dig, shovel, repeat.   I love spring and it feels great to be  outside and back in the garden but because it can be physically demanding with lots of lifting and repetitive movement, this type of work has a high incident of injuries.  One...Read More

We are at the end of our instructor challenge for 2017.  We found it hard to fit a Pilates workout  in (and we were not allowed to use the classes we taught) with sickness, holidays and just general life.  But my gosh my body feels amazing.   Here are some images of the triumphs of...Read More

Every year in March, you can see people posting their march matness exercises.  Traditionally it is the traditional matwork series from Joseph Pilates.   We decided to do something a little different…  the instructors at Pilates in Guelph are going to show you variations of the ‘classical’ exercises but we are also going a step...Read More

Feeling strong! I will admit. I am never going to be model skinny. I am never going to be tall.  And I will never eat like I would need to to have a 6 pack – I just like my sweets and wine too much.   However, I am strong and capable.  The other day,...Read More

Sometimes I forget how much I love Pilates but that isn't today.  Today I am still feeling the highs from my class last night, Reformer Dynamic Flow.  We are working on our back bodies and creating a flowing workout so we just don't stop.  By the end of that class all of our faces are...Read More

You Have A Hundred Trillion Friends Dear Reader, your body has about a trillion cells. But, you (and me) are only 10 percent human. For every human cell that is intrinsic to our body, there are about 10 resident microbes — including commensals (generally harmless freeloaders) and mutualists (favor traders) and, in only a tiny...Read More

More Waistlines…..  Obliques, Obliques and more Obliques  Torso twister gets your waistlines working.  The challenge here is your posture.  Keep hips open (think reaching thighs backwards? odd right – ask me more) and still. Hips don’t move with your ribcage.  –  Play with cueing your lateral systems as you twist. Want more?  Pilates Teachers can...Read More

8 Steps to Care for Yourself and Support your New Year ResolutionsMake this years resolutions stick and change your habits to make 2017 the best year yet.   Join us for emotional, nutritional and physical suggestions to make 2017 wonderful. Read More