Pilates
Pilates is a comprehensive movement practice that integrates the whole body, encouraging freedom of movement and a reconnection with the body on all levels - physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
Here at byGeorge, I welcome all levels from beginners through to the more experienced with each class offering adaptations to meet you where you’re at.
Whether you're looking to build strength, improve posture, enhance flexibility, or simply reconnect with your body, Pilates offers something for everyone, regardless of age or fitness levels.
Breathe | Flow | Connect | Release
I provide classes for everyone regardless of experience or ability in a relaxed, friendly and welcoming environment. I qualified with and am a member of the Pilates Foundation who’s aim is to establish and maintain quality and excellence in Pilates practice and teaching. I have over 20 years of teaching experience.
My classes are a combination of original classical repertoire and principals combined with the more evolved repertoire that’s based on current and up-to-date knowledge and research on movement practices. I very much prioritise the six main Pilates principles of breath, concentration, control, centre-ing, precision and flow and the connection between them all in each class.
The ethos of byGeorge is to guide you to reach your full potential on a physical, emotional, mental and spiritual level through Pilates. Our movement and posture can affect how we feel, how we behave, our motivation and energy levels, our concentration, our strength and flexibility, in addition to all the physical processes taking place within the body. Pilates can make beneficial changes in all these areas leading to an improved quality of life.
I am passionate about Pilates providing a connection between the body, mind and spirit and this has become the main focus of my teaching over the years as well as the obvious physical benefits.
I am also a passionate advocate of the Pilates method and my aim is to teach to the highest standard and promote the integrity of the method to my clients.
Your wellbeing is my highest priority and my thoughtful, caring, intuitive and highly skilled approach will ensure that you feel supported throughout your health and wellbeing journey.
Group Classes
Join my community and experience how group Pilates can help you feel stronger, more balanced, and revitalised!
Held in small, supportive groups, these classes offer a mindful space to move, breathe, and reconnect with your body. Sessions explore movement, build strength, and release tension, always with a focus on awareness and ease.
Suitable for all levels, though if you’re new to Pilates, a one-to-one session is a great way to get started and understand the basics before joining a group.
£13.50 drop-in class
Block book packages available, please enquire for details.
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Trinity Methodist Church, Brewery Road, Woking, GU21 4LH
A mixed ability class welcoming all levels with options offered to suit all clients. Classes focus on mobilisation, support, strength, flexibility, balance and developing body awareness integrating the Pilates principles of breath, concentration, control, centre-ing, precision and flow.
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Trinity Methodist Church, Brewery Road, Woking, GU21 4LH
A beginners/improvers class focusing on mastering the basic techniques of breath, concentration, centre-ing and connection whilst developing mobility, strength, flexibility, balance and internal core support. Clients are given the opportunity for individual progression with exercise adaptations, modifications and progressive options.
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Prime Acrobatics, Heather Farm, Horsell Common, Woking, GU21 4XY
£13.50
An Intermediate level class that draws on the basic Pilates principles building towards the Intermediate classical and evolved variations that challenge the body’s support systems developing greater body awareness, strength, mobility, balance and flexibility. Clients must have attended or have experience of beginners or mixed ability classes prior to booking onto this class.
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White Rose Lane, GU22 7HA
£13.50
An Intermediate level class that draws on the basic Pilates principles building towards the Intermediate classical and evolved variations that challenge the body’s support systems developing greater body awareness, strength, mobility, balance and flexibility. Clients must have attended or have experience of beginners or mixed ability classes prior to booking onto this class.
Private sessions
I offer personalised 1 to 1 Pilates sessions held at the byGeorge home studio in Horsell, Woking. These sessions incorporate specialised Pilates equipment like the reformer, the cadillac tower and other supportive props as well as matwork exercises to guide and challenge your body with spring resistance and mindful motion, providing a multi-dimensional approach to movement that focuses on you and your needs.
Working with the apparatus offers constant support and feedback, helping you build awareness, improve alignment, and deepen your connection to how your body moves and feels.
All sessions are one-to-one and tailored to your unique needs, with the equipment easily adjusted to suit your body and where you’re at in your movement journey.
Perfect for beginners to Pilates, for those wanting a refresher before returning to group class, as a regular movement practice or for those who regularly attend group class and want to fine tune and finesse their technique.
Sessions can be booked on a one off basis or a block of 6 sessions if you want to commit to a regular 1 to 1 Pilates practice.
I also offer 1 to 1 online zoom sessions so you can work with me wherever you are in the world! Please get in touch if you want to know more or if you’re ready to jump in, just go right ahead and book.
However you want to work with me, I’m here to guide and support you on your Pilates journey. I can’t wait to meet you!
FAQs
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Pilates is an exercise system that integrates the whole body and encourages freedom of movement and a reconnection with the body on a physical, mental and spiritual level. It can be performed on spring-assisted apparatus or a mat which often involves the use of small equipment.
Pilates identifies and seeks to address dysfunctional movement and postural patterns and the resulting muscular imbalances. It aims to release tight musculature and tissue which can occur over time due to daily habitual incorrect movement, injury and/or other physical, emotional and mental stresses.
Through elongating and stretching muscles, mobilising joints, increasing strength and core support and improving flexibility and range of movement, pilates re-educates and re-balances the body, specifically the musculo-skeletal structure, allowing it to move with ease, flow and optimum functionality. This release based approach to movement creates a sense of openness, lightness and space and helps you to experience a more thoughtful, versatile way of moving, encouraging you to move from within.
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Pilates is for everyone regardless of age, gender and fitness levels. Children, men, women, the elderly, pre and post natal women, athletes, dancers and those with sedentary jobs.
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Comfortable clothing that you can move easily in and bare feet or socks if it’s chilly!
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A mat and a small hand towel are essential. Small props such as a Pilates soft ball, a theraband and yoga blocks are recommended as they are used regularly throughout the class.
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It’s a low impact form of movement that can help to improve balance, posture, alignment and breathing capacity, develop bone strength, increase general strength and flexibility, develop and improve core support, develop body awareness and mindful movement, encourage the body to move with a sense of ease and flow, relieve stress and tension, improve overall mood and wellbeing, boost energy levels, improved muscular control and coordination, reduce risk of injury, assist with injury recovery and pain management.