Pilates Mat Classes:

Classical Pilates Mat classes at Inspiral Motion are conducted in 8 week sessions. The first day of class is the most basic day (of that level) and the class slowly progresses over the weeks, increasing in intensity and complexity. Students are taken safely through the levels and may not advance until they are proficient in the movement patterns and concepts of their specific level.

Pilates Level 2

This class is for those who have passed level 1 or those who have learned Pilates from a Video or at another studio / health club. The Level 2 Pilates mat course takes participants beyond the Fundamentals and into the essential Pilates syllabus. This course requires students to build on core awareness and strength, while integrating fluidity, breath, joint release, centering and spinal alignment. We build upon our knowledge of the movement fundamentals taught in level 1 and we use this knowledge and apply it to further strengthening and fluidity. We continue our study of movement fundamentals and try to integrate our bodies fully in the work. We begin to learn the essential syllabus taught by Joseph Pilates including The Hundred, Roll Up, Single Leg Circles, Rolling Like a Ball, Side Kick, Banana Series and more.

At this stage, students should have the fundamentals of Pilates under their belts. They should understand how to lift their heads without neck pain, they should understand how to breathe properly, they should understand pelvis stability and the role of the rib cage. Students may not move on until these concepts, among others, are understood and mastered.