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The Unity Pilates Studio<\/h1>

Our new, fully equipped Pilates Studio in the tradition of Joseph Pilates<\/h4><\/div>[vc_single_image image=”73589″ img_size=”80 x 80″ alignment=”center” css=””][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1728594770840{margin-top: 24px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

BENEFITS<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0CLASS OPTIONS<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0PRICES<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0|\u00a0 \u00a0TIMETABLE & BOOKINGS<\/a><\/h5>\n

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The new Unity Pilates Studio<\/h2>\n

Welcome to the Unity Pilates Studio, our new, dedicated studio equipped according to the original New York designs of the pioneering Joseph Pilates, and the only classical Pilates Studio in Lewes. We offer private and open classes taught in the classic Pilates tradition.<\/p>\n

This is not just a Reformer studio. The Unity Pilates Studio is equipped with the hugely popular Reformer, together with Joseph Pilates’ trapeze table, ladder barrel and step chair, offering more than 150 different exercise variations.<\/p>\n

Classes in the Unity Pilates Studio are taught and guided by Patrick Morrison, our much-respected, comprehensive Pilates teacher who’s already well-known here for his popular mat-based Pilates classes.<\/p>\n

The Unity Pilates Studio is a partnership between The Unity Centre and Patrick Morrison’s I Feel Good Pilates<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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THE REFORMER
\nOne of four pieces of authentic Joseph Pilates equipment installed in the Unity Pilates Studio<\/span><\/h5>\n

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REFORMER SPRINGS
\nThe number of springs used is adjusted class by class, to fit your individual needs<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Benefits of the Pilates Studio<\/h2>\n

The Pilates Studio experience is very different to mat Pilates. It’s said that 60 minutes on classic Studio equipment like ours is equivalent to 180-240 minutes of Pilates mat work<\/strong>. It’s around four times more intense than mat work because of the resistance of the equipment’s springs: each movement you make has the extra load of the Pilates springs.<\/p>\n

The secret’s in the springs …<\/h3>\n

What makes a session on the Pilates Studio equipment so powerful is the combination of Pilates choregraphy working with springs. The core to Joseph Pilates’ designs for all four pieces of studio equipment is their arrays of springs. The springs activate your energies and fascia, creating a feeling that lasts into the evening, facilitating improved sleep, and into the next day when you can still feel their power.<\/p>\n

Over time, your movement patterns become realigned, centred, more effective and with the optimal range of movement.<\/p>\n

And patterns picked up from injury, perhaps from avoiding pain (in your foot, ankle, knee, hip, spine, shoulder , neck \u2026 creating a particular walking or running gait, or postural patterns) and stuck fascia can be addressed and progressed.<\/p>\n

… and the teaching<\/h3>\n

Patrick says:<\/p>\n

“I programme a challenge in every class to get progression with Feel Good movements as well as the ones which often aren\u2019t so enjoyable but which produce huge benefits.<\/em><\/p>\n

“I give clients a movement improvement within the class, which I confirm and ask them to self-prove by observing a change by the end of the session.<\/em><\/p>\n

“My objective is that the Feel Good factor builds in the class and is lasting.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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What’s in the studio<\/h2>\n

The Unity Pilates Studio is a studio room dedicated just to studio Pilates. Classes revolve around four pieces of substantial equipment, unique to a traditional Pilates Studio and to Lewes:[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1728506497682{margin-top: 24px !important;}”]<\/p>\n

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Invented and used by Joseph Pilates in the 1940s, the ‘universal reformer’ is the most well-known piece of Pilates equipment, consisting of a sliding platform on wheels that moves back and forth, adjustable springs, pulleys, straps and a footbar.<\/p>\n

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Patrick can adjust the resistance levels to suit your needs and can offer you many exercises and movement variations. For example, movements performed using the sliding platform in combination with a light spring are great for strengthening the body\u2019s deep stabilising muscles, promoting better balance and coordination.<\/p>\n

Adjustable spring tension means the reformer can be made to work for everyone, including beginners, pregnant women and people with injuries.
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The first piece of apparatus designed by Joseph Pilates and the biggest, it’s a full-frame table with a rectangular, adjustable trapeze bar above a mat platform.
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It has attachments, such as springs, bars and straps, that Patrick can adjust to meet your personal needs in mobility and strength. Can be used for a wide range of exercises that target different parts of the body, including the arms, legs, core and neck, often with stretching, including gentle spinal stretches that can be good for the back.
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Reputedly starting life as a beer barrel cut in half and covered in upholstery, Joseph Pilates invented this primarily for spinal flexibility and extension. It can also be used for ab exercises and oblique movements.
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\nThe barrel forces the spine to move through a greater range of motion than on the mat or elsewhere, making these exercises some of the most challenging in the Pilates repertoire. Holding the rungs usually reduces these challenges by adding some stability, with a variety of rung positions to suit people of different heights.<\/p>\n

The ladder barrel can also be used from a seated position for dynamic, full-body exercises like the ‘horseback’: an effective exercise for strengthening your legs annd pelvic floor, and improving coordination.
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Sometimes just called a Pilates chair (and for Joseph Pilates it was originally the ‘Wunda chair’), this can be used for seated and standing work, from various positions.
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\nIt can provide a challenging full body workout, targeting a variety of muscle groups. It has design features to suit beginners or people with injuries or lower levels of mobility, and its split pedals are designed for rotational and reciprocal movement of the extremities.<\/p>\n

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TRAPEZE TABLE AND (foreground) REFORMER
\nseen in a private one-to-one class with Patrick Morrison<\/span><\/h5>\n

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STEP CHAIR AND LADDER BARREL<\/span><\/h5>\n

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Class options<\/h2>\n

We offer Private Classes<\/strong> and Open classes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n