We are delighted to welcome Hana Jones to the Body Control Pilates Central channel with the first in a series of classes exploring, observing and discussing movement, and what happens in our bodies when we perform the Pilates exercises we all know and love.
This first class focuses on posture in standing and warming up the spine, and uses a Balanced Body Reformer.
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With thanks to April Gunawardena
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Added April 2026
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Pilates has been at the centre of Hana's physical self-practice for 50 years. It continues to offer her new insights and understanding as her body changes with the passing years.
Having trained as an apprentice to Gordon Thomson when he opened his first studio in Covent Garden in late 1982 and through her subsequent experiences as a studio owner and teacher trainer, regularly returning to the anatomy of the body in movement and the fundamental principles of the Pilates Method has helped Hana to keep evolving as a teacher.
Hana loves working with Pilates teachers who are curious and who want to continue learning and growing in order to keep their own teaching interesting and lively.
For more about Hana's teaching, please visit www.pilatesfoundation.com. Hana is also a founding member of the Society for the Pilates Method: www.thesocietyforthepilatesmethod.com.
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Filming by Joey Barlow (Instagram @joeybarlowfilms)
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