Mat and Reformer Classical Pilates Classes
Sgŵp Pilates prepares you to face the ups and downs of modern living, enabling and empowering you to live your life to the full.
Classes
Mat Classes
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Our mat classes appeal to people who want to strengthen their core muscles, gain greater flexibility and improve their posture. In the classes we work hard with a range of equipment such as bands, soft balls, rollers, poles and power circles. These help us focus on different body areas. Pilates is suitable for all body types and all age groups (17 yrs. and above) and each class is a whole body workout
Beginners Course: Look out for our 6 week beginners courses, (occurring in line with the school term) This takes you through the basic concepts of Pilates and gradually builds up to a basic mat routine
Fundamental Pilates: A gentler class where the classical exercises are broken down and the pace is slower
Mat All Levels: Flows through the basic classical mat routine, often with and added focus on a piece of equipment or body connection
Intermediate: A workout including some of the more challenging exercises, transitions and working at a quicker pace
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Single class mat pass - £12
6 class mat pass - £60
4 mat 1:1 sessions - £180
Duo session - £70
Reformer & Equipment 1:1
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Reformer and equipment One to One Pilates sessions are entirely tailored to your needs. Working with springs means working with resistance and goals will be achieved faster. Whether you need rehabilitating from an injury, or a challenging, exciting workout, these sessions are for you. Your core muscles will be challenged in a range of postures and movements that leave you feeling taller, stretched, aligned and wonderful. Whether you’d like to treat yourself to a one-off session or book a block of six, it will be worth it.
Reformer Pilates benefits:
This popular piece of Pilates equipment is a sleek spring and pully based system consisting of a sliding carriage incorporating varying degrees of tension. Perfect for beginners, challenging for the avid fitness enthusiast, and suitable for rehabilitation from an injury.
Other pieces of equipment:
MVe Chair, Ped a Pul, Spine Corrector, Foot Corrector, Tower.
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Single reformer/ 1:1 equipment session - £52
Set of 6 reformer/ 1:1 equipment sessions - £300
Duo session £70
Class cancellation policy - I will keep you booked in for your preferred class. If you wish to cancel or change class please let me know. If you miss your class or contact me less than 24 hours prior to your class to cancel it, it will be deducted from your class pass.
Class Schedule
Tuesday:
9.45: Morning Mat All Levels (Pendoylan Memorial Hall).
11.00: Pilates in a Chair (Pendoylan Memorial Hall).
Daytime: Reformer / Mat 1:1s
18:30: Pilates with Weights
19:45 Men’s Pilates
Wednesday:
Daytime: Reformer / Mat 1:1s
18:15: Mat All Levels
19:30: Beginners Mat Course
Thursday:
Daytime: Reformer / Mat 1:1s
18:15: Intermediate Mat Class
19:30: Mat All Levels
Friday:
09:30: Mat All Levels
Daytime: Reformer / Mat 1:1s
The Venue
‘Y Cwt’ is a warm and inviting eco venue in the heart of Pendoylan.
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About Me
My name is Rhianon Kennard, and I am an independent Pilates instructor. When not working I’m out walking, running or cycling in the countryside, enjoying being active and getting lots of fresh air.
I started my Pilates journey when I signed up for a Beginner’s course back in 2013 at Barefoot Studio in Cowbridge. I enjoyed how well it was taught and was impressed by the body awareness it gave me. I was encouraged to train as an instructor by my sister, who found that pilates had a wonderful effect on her bad back. She was very happy not to need to visit her chiropractor any longer.
I began working in Barefoot Studio in 2015, gaining experience there teaching classes and individuals. I set up Sgŵp Pilates in September 2022 which has gone from strength to strength.
Teaching as a fully comprehensive Level 3 Peak Pilates instructor, with 8 years of experience behind me, I feel better placed than ever to share what Pilates has brought to me. I am now fitter and stronger than I have ever been (and I don’t suffer from the family’s ‘bad back’ problem!). I love helping people improve their core strength, and through that their ability to move better. Seeing how people feel fitter and more flexible because of my teaching, that is very rewarding.
About Classical Pilates
Classical Pilates is the purest form of Pilates, delivering the method the way Joseph Pilates intended. The method focuses on strengthening and rebalancing muscle groups.
It is a method of whole-body exercises designed to improve your body’s movement in all daily activities. It helps you to move and breathe through your day, with more freedom, power and less pain. There is an emphasis on core strength in order to develop functional and sustainable movement patterns throughout the body. It is often recommended by doctors for overall health, injury prevention, and rehabilitative purposes.
It Improves core strength; decreases pelvic floor dysfunction; improves posture; improve the body’s alignment; decreases back pain; prevents injuries; increases energy; enhances body awareness; decreases stress; improves flexibility and mobility; improves balance; enhances sports performance; strengthens bones; boosts mood; improves sleep.