This Matwork class with Kate focuses on the Pilates fundamentals and good technique. The following exercises are covered in this class:

Shoulder Drops
Single Leg Stretch Prep
Knee Rolls
Arm Circles
Curl Ups with Arms
Double Leg Stretch - Stage 3
Cobra Prep
Star - Stage 2
Rest Position
Oyster
Bow and Arrow - Side Lying
Threading the Needle
Pelvic Rockback
Side Reach Press
Chest Expansion
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With thanks to Ashia Ekwealor and Tracey Davis
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Added May 2025
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Kate has been teaching Pilates for over 10 years. She is a Matwork course tutor for Body Control Pilates and teaches both private and group Matwork and Reformer classes at the Body Control Centre. She first discovered Pilates whilst at Ballet West, a professional dance school in Scotland. Even after being taught only a handful of exercises, she knew straight away that there was something extremely beneficial about it. After moving to London, Kate trained at the Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance but, once injuries started to become more persistent, she knew she had to seek out a Pilates class to see if it could help. It did! Kate found Pilates gave her an inner strength and started to rebalance her muscles, even helping with her mild scoliosis. Even after graduating from Rambert and continuing with her dance career, she stuck with Pilates and decided to train to teach it so that she could share the magic of Pilates with other people.

For more info on Kate, please visit: www.bodycontrolpilates.com
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Filming by Joey Barlow (@joeybarlowfilms)
Photography by Charlie Kelly (www.charliekelly.co.uk)
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