Masterclasses
Be inspired by our team of leading Pilates presenters…whether you're a Pilates teacher or an enthusiast looking to deepen your Pilates knowledge, our masterclasses will give you new exercise ideas and variations, teaching tips and so much more!
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Masterclass: Breathe to Move, Move to Breathe with Kathy King
Using the image of the lungs as a sponge, this masterclass with Kathy focuses on fully filling and then emptying your lungs in order to find true 3-dimensional movement of the ribs.
The class takes the ribcage and whole spine through their full potential range of movement and allows you to ex...
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Masterclass: Reformer Tower Class with Hanna Dalsgard
This short Studio masterclass with Hanna takes you through exercises and teaching watchpoints on the Reformer Tower, an increasingly popular piece of Pilates Studio equipment.
*THIS CLASS HAS BEEN FILMED WITH A VOICEOVER DUE TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS ON THE DAY OF FILMING - WE HOPE THIS DOESN'T D...
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Masterclass: Pilates for Children – 5 to 6 years with Sarah-Louise Warden
In this introductory class from our 'Pilates for Children' collection, Sarah takes her daughter Lucia and her friends through a journey to a toy shop...and helps to introduce them to some of our favourite Pilates exercises along the way!
This class gives a taster of the creative ideas and con...
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Masterclass: Progressive Reformer Repertoire with Nathan Gardner
A steady-paced class aimed at mixed abilities. This session is packed full with innovative progressions of your favourite Reformer repertoire, blended to give you a perfectly balanced. whole body workout. Enjoy!
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Thanks to Hannah Toy
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Masterclass: Thorax Motivations on the Reformer with Madeline Black
This Reformer Masterclass with Madeline focuses on articulating the joints of the spine with a special focus on the thorax. Discover how moving from the thorax deeply engages the core and helps support the lower spine while in motion.
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With thanks to Sarah-Louise Warden
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Masterclass: Hip Strengthening Mat Masterclass with Cara Reeser
In her first masterclass for Body Control Pilates Central, Cara focuses on hip, bum and trunk strengthening exercises and sequences, which start slowly and build up to a thoughtful intermediate level class. The class uses 1 or 2 yoga blocks.
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With thanks to Chiara Favaretti & Rachel Bish
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Masterclass: Fluid Spine, Strong Core with Tom McCook
The full title for this Masterclass with Tom McCook is 'Fluid Spine, Strong Core - Embodying Function, The Franklin Method & Pilates Mat'.
In this class, you will experience the Franklin Method to release tension in the shoulders and spine, lower your centre of gravity and create balance condit... -
Masterclass: Classical Standing Arm Weight Series with Miranda Bass
In this masterclass, Miranda will take you through the Classical Standing Arm Weight Series. Many wonder what working with 2lb weights can really achieve…however, you will be surprised with the challenges this series can provide when done correctly! It not only challenges your posture and the dee...
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Masterclass: Supple Ribcage & Lateral Release with Katherine Pentecost
The sequences in this masterclass with Katherine are designed to promote mobility of the ribs independent of each other, as opposed to moving as one unit. Freedom of movement in the ribcage directly influences our ability to breathe easily and move the upper back in all directions. Try to visuali...
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Masterclass: Foam Roller – Preparing the Hips with Georgie Sayer
In this flowing Foam Roller class, George will look at how you can use the roller to improve hip extension and to help to prepare your hips for more advanced Pilates exercises.
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Thanks to Theresa Cooper
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Georgina discovered Pilates 13 years ago. She fell in love with the fluidity, precis... -
Masterclass: Flowing Lines with Nathan Gardner
This session is designed to challenge your mind as much as your body; incorporating a balanced mix of dynamic flowing movements that explore all planes of motion. Enjoy!
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With thanks to Hannah Garcia and Jacquie Biggs
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Nathan has been teaching Pilates for more than 15 years and has over 30 ... -
Masterclass: Classical Exploration with Lynne Cavanagh-Cole
In this introduction to the Classical Mat, Lynne takes you through a selection of Joseph Pilates' original Matwork exercises and focuses on developing the movement skills needed to achieve them.
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Thanks to Claire Barnaby
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Originally from a dance background, Lynne spent many years teaching... -
Masterclass: Triadball Blast! with Michael Fritzke & Ton Voogt
Be prepared to get moving and work hard in this fast-paced Triadball workout! As always with Michael and Ton, this class is packed full of wonderfully creative ideas, repertoire and choreography.
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With thanks to Jacquie Biggs, Tracey Davis and Tunde Olayera
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Michael and Ton are internation... -
Masterclass: A Look at Hypermobility with Lynne Robinson & Mark Parfitt Jones
Join Lynne Robinson and Mark Parfitt Jones as they discuss the hypermobility spectrum and how to modify Pilates teaching when working with hypermobile clients. This masterclass also examines key exercises to help strengthen and stabilise vulnerable joints.
* Apologies for the slight sound issu...
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Masterclass: Moving Around & Away from your Centre with Kathy King
Working in different positions in relationship to gravity (and at times sliding your feet on the floor), this class with Kathy will allow you to experience mobilising the spine and the limbs ‘towards’ and ‘away’ from your all-important Pilates 'centre'.
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Thanks to Harriet Heath
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Masterclass: WundaChair Workout with Hanna Dalsgard
In this challenging Chair workout, Hanna will take you through a balanced series of WundaChair exercises and movements that you be used in your Studio Equipment sessions with clients.
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With thanks to Heidi Monsen and Kevin Bradford
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Hanna Dalsgard has been teaching Pilates since 1998. Her ... -
Masterclass: Supple, Strong & Aligned with the Pilates Arc with Tom McCook
The Pilates Arc is an amazing tool to develop eccentric strength, flexibility and improve overall body balance.
In this Arc masterclass with Tom McCook, Tom will teach you how to connect to your centre line, move and condition your spine and body through it’s full range with support and will ...
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Masterclass: Preparing for Weight-bearing with Lynne Cavanagh-Cole
In this short masterclass, Lynne will take you through a series of simple but oh-so-effective exercises which will help you and your clients find great alignment and placement for weight-bearing exercises such as four-point kneeling, table top and more!
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Thanks to Claire Barnaby
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Masterclass: Mat Variations for the Advanced Client with Sarah-Louise Warden
In this flowing, challenging class, Sarah-Louise will take you through a series of matwork-based variations to challenge the more advanced client. The small ball (overball) is used in a number of exercises to help challenge control and increase range of movement.
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Thanks to Carole LeBlonde & J... -
Masterclass: Front & Back Lines with Linda Gardner
This intermediate-level class gives an insight into Linda’s ‘Dance to Pilates’ series of classes, which she has developed with dancers who are in full time vocational dance training. However, the exercises can be used with any client! The class focuses on the front and back lines of the body, tak...
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Masterclass: Spirals & Chains with Nathan Gardner
This masterclass with Nathan takes you through a selection of popular exercises from Nathan’s ‘Spirals’ and kinetic chain-focused workshops for teachers. The exercises are combined to give a nice balanced class, aimed mainly at an intermediate level. The exercises are introduced in a progressive ...
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Masterclass: Matwork Variations with a Band with Paul Howse
In this class using the resistance band, Paul will take you through a series of variations and exercises for all abilities that will help to keep your classes creative and to keep clients challenged!
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With thanks to Jazzi Craddock & Sally Foster
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Paul began practising Pilates in 1999 after... -
Masterclass: Introduction to the Triadball with Simone Halfpenny
This class is designed for intermediate level students. The triadball is a great piece of small equipment. It challenges the stability enormously but also great for keeping the spine mobile.
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Thanks to Chiara Favaretti & Jazzi Craddock
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Simone was born in Zimbabwe and came to London to trai... -
Masterclass: The In Between with Katherine Pentecost
This class looks at variations on the classics and focuses on moving 3-dimensionally in the body with plenty of spiralling, side bending and combination movements. No equipment needed and suitable for all levels.
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Thanks to Harriet Heath & Jo Hatherley
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Katherine has been teaching Body Cont...