Pilates 

Happy New Year 

My January Sale buys for the gym !

Tory Sport 

£85    £43

LNDR 

£95 £66

LNDR 

£95 £66

             Cale   VOILA LOVES 

£55  £33

My Picks 

Every January is when I stock up on my Pilates clothes . My favourite leggings brand is LNDR. The leggings are super flattering with a high waist so my belly isn't out and they do great styles.

This year I bought a lovely black crop top in a beautiful soft cotton. You need to wear a sports bra underneath but already can see its going to be a favourite.

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P I L A T E S

Back to teaching pilates this week. Found this lovely workout set from Asos that is affordable and great quality.

Bra   + Leggings 

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Pilates 

S a l e   p i c k s 

Olympia  £72

leggings 

                    Olympia £36 ( Go up a size ) 

Top

    Tory Sport £42.50

Leggings 

Bodyism   £63

Top 

Here is my time table for this term ......

Tuesday 

9-10am Bath College 

Stillpoint Dojo 1.45-2.45pm 

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Wednesday 

9.30-1pm 1-1 at Pilates studio,Bath

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Thursday 

11-12pm Combe grove manor house 

3-6pm 1-1 Pilates studio

6-7pm intermediate class Pilates Studio,bath

7-8pm Beginners class Pilates Studio,Bath

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Friday 

10-11am Bath College 

1-3pm 1-1 private sessions available .

Contact me Gaby on 07876516048 or gabriellepaxton@hotmail.com to find out more.

Gaby x

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New legging love for this brand 

Sarah & Sorrentino

Event 

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Come and join me on sunday 29thJauary at The Antropologie store in Bath for a Relaxing Pilates class. 

Can't wait to see you all and show you some wonderful techniques to make you feel good about your bodies. Move, Stretch, Connect and make a change. 

Click Here to book tickets . 

Gaby x

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Sports sale picks 

Sports top 

Whistles 

Leggings 

Whistles 

Sale Buys

Found these two great items in the sale so go and buy and get booked on to one of my Pilates classes .

Tuesday 1.25-2.45pm at Stillpoint Dojo, Bath 

Thursday 9.15-10.15am Egg Theatre, Bath

         11-12pm Combe grove manor, Bath

    6-7pm Pilates Studio, Bath  

 Friday 10.30-12pm Combe grove Manor, bath

   1.30-2.30pm Newton St Loe,Bath

1-1 also available £40 an hour 

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Events 

Strength & Posture Pilates Class

Bath Store

1-4 New Bond St, BA1 1BE

Saturday, 11^th June, 9.00 a.m. – 10.00 a.m.

Start the weekend in uplifting fashion with an energising Pilates class. Remove stress and tension with a sequence targeting the deep core muscles to build strength, encourage joint mobilisation and correct alignment. Leave feeling confident, relaxed and ready for summer. Please bring your own yoga mat along. Don’t have one? We have a few in store.

Tickets cost £10, which is redeemable against purchases of £20 and over.*

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After the success of my Pilates session in january at Anthropologie store in bath, I'm back to do another early morning class this saturday 11th June 9-10am . There will be juices from a friend of mine who has set up a bath based juice company called juice collective. We are having Green 02 I'm told !! I have also put together a little goodie bag. Hope to see you there for a great way to start your weekend! 

Click here to book online Here or phone the bath store on 01225 335578

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Pilates Events 

New year, fresh start. Come and join me for a morning Pilates session at The Anthropologie store in Bath this saturday. After the class there will be juices from beyond the kale and I will be around to talk fitness and new season fashion tips .

9th January 

9-10am 

bring your own mat

£10  

Tickets can be bought from Anthropologie 

Voila Pilates 

Nike flyknit  Rosherun 

Flyknit

Flyknit  Lunar 

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A few trainer updates for your work out gear this Autumn. Love the look of these flyknit Nikes.  

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Pilates classes 

New season doesn't just mean a change in clothes. It's always a chance to start a fresh. Change your route to work, order a different drink, chat to someone different each day on your travels to work or doing school drop off.  Remember something you use to love doing when you were young and start it up again. Just because some thing we love might not pay the rent doesn't mean we shouldn't do it. If it makes you feel happy thats important. I use to love pottery when I was younger so have booked myself into a evening course this term and I can't wait. I find September time such an exciting month it's that opportunity to feel like you can be anyone or do anything ( which by the way you can create and achieve any month of the year but for some reason seems more fitting in the autumn months)  

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                                                    Pilates 

Pip legging 

leotard

Leotard 

Flow hoodie 

The new X frame range from Whistles looks good for a seamless transition from street to studio style .  

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New term starting back the week of the 13th April. 

Contact me on Pilates@voilastyling.co.uk to book a class. It's at the beautiful Stillpoint Dojo in bath such a light and calm space to teach.  

Tuesday 1.45 -2.45pm 

Friday 6.30.7.30pm 

Join the voila lifestyle today. All levels welcome 

Shop my Pilates style

Nike top and leggings all from urban outfitters 

I have been asked by one of my Pilates students to do a post about what to wear at Pilates. You don't need to spend a fortune these days on sports wear as most of the high street shops do great basics. I buy leggings and my sports bra from H&M and after that T.shirts and Sweater I get from your highstreet shops. Whistles linen t.shirts, sweaters from urbanoutfitters and relaxed long sleeve tops from Comptoir des Cotonniers. I try and get these items when it's sale time as you can pick up some nice t.shirts for £20 that are good quality cotton. Try and get natural fabric on top so you can let the body breath. I make a draw in my wardrobe just for my Pilates clothes so it's not mixed in with my everyday pieces. My trainer socks are simple black ones from H&M. 

Basics 

H&M  leggings £25.99 

Tip: make sure no zips or pockets at the back because Pilates involves alot of placement of the pelvis and spine on the Mat and if you have something pushing into your pelvis it's not going to be comfortable. 

H&M Bra top £12.99

H&M Bra top £12.99

H&M trainer socks £6.99

Nike £80 

The finishing touches  

Whistles tee £25 in the sale 

Whistles Linen tee £15 in the sale 

Whistles  sweater £65 

Urban outfitters £48 Joggers 

Urban outfitters £38 Leggings 

American Vintage £68 in the sale Voila loves 

American Vintage everest jumper £39 in the sale 

Pilates

Come and join Voila Pilates classes

Classes available 

Stillpoint Dojo (off walcot st): 

 Tuesday 1.45-2.45pm

Friday 6.30-7.30pm

Combe Grove Manor:

Thursday 11-12pm

 Friday 10.30-12pm 

Classes all in Bath

£9 a session 

Email style@voilastyling.co.uk or call

07876516048 to book a space 

Teaching

Been teaching pilates this week and it's all going well. I'm actually enjoying it ! 

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I'am now officially a Pilates teacher !! 

I have completed and PASSED my one year Pilates Matwork  training course at the Scott Studio. It's been an incredible journey and at points I wanted to give up as I thought I  couldn't manage it but I'm so grateful to all the wonderful people on my course that encouraged me and together we all come through and are now qualified Pilates teachers!!

I'm already taking over two full day classes in Winscombe,to cover a fabulous teacher Rachael who is travelling for a few months. So thank you Rachael for trusting me with your wonderful students. At the moment I'm also trying to find a good location in Bath to continue with the friends and clients that I have been training on so I will keep you updated when I have a regular class and look forward to you joining me ! 
I'm also looking in to setting up a concept for " Pilates on the move " which will encourage booking group sessions at your work space , before or after work with your colleagues to encourage a positive and re energised approach at work and helping team members de stress and get the best from  them . 

 It's exciting times as I see Voila my personal styling business complimenting the Pilates to create a lifestyle Brand ...Looking, thinking and feeling... It's all important to keep us uplifted and positive and make the best of ourselves.

If you are interested in any One to One Pilates sessions  with me or want to find out where I'm doing group sessions just email me at Pilates and I will get back to you.

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On session 7 of my pilates training now, which is about half way!  Things are progressing nicely and I feel I've learnt so much. As I'm a very organised person I've invest some time in to organising my notes and have now a variety of different coloured files for different sections. For me I've found I need things organised and in sections to help me revise and I'm a very visual person so I remember information by where it is on the pages then I can remember what the information is. It's been hard getting in to studying again as it's been so long since I last had to revise and do homework...things have definitely changed.  My boyfriend sometimes looks at me when I'm surrounded by papers and books open, photocopying and typing up on the computer simultaneously and says to me the thought of doing that fills him with fear !  What I'm finding hard is that all of the principles in pilates Breathing, alignment , centre, control, flowing and focus all interlink so it's hard to file things away in section as one thing links into another. I find I start reading about extension exercises and find myself spiralling in to the anatomy of the abdominals and cocontraction ! Anyway I'm enjoying learning and expanding my knowledge. 

At the moment I m finding Josephs concept of the mind controlling the body interesting as it's something I strongly believe in too. Creating illness in our body and how our emotional state can influence the body. 

I've just ordered his two books ...

 I cant wait to read them and I also want to get this book Energy medicine .

A phrase my teacher said in our last session " Pilates comes from unwinding old body patterns and creating new ones " I like that.