"A man is as young as his spinal column" Joseph Pilates
First Choice Pilates, established in 2010, is a business that offers Pilates in Stowmarket, located at Onehouse Community Centre and St Mary's Church Hall. Our founder, Lynn Perry, is a highly experienced, medically recommended, and fully qualified Body Control Pilates instructor with a deep passion for helping people achieve their fitness goals through Pilates. We cater to individuals of all ages, from 16 to 80, and offer Pilates for various purposes, such as improving back health, maintaining strength, flexibility, and preventing injury for other sporting disciplines. We are committed to providing our clients with personalized attention, ensuring correct alignment with good movement patterns, and helping them achieve their best in every session.
What is Pilates?
Pilates is a low-impact form of exercise that involves controlled, precise movements. It is a versatile exercise modality that works for everyone, from first-time exercisers to elite athletes. Pilates is particularly safe for those with back problems and is an excellent way to build strength, mobility, and reduce aches, pains, and tension headaches while promoting overall well-being.
Benefits of Pilates
Pilates offers numerous benefits, such as:
- Improved strength, mobility, and flexibility
- Reduced aches, pains, and tension headaches
- Enhanced posture and alignment
- Better focus and concentration
- Increased body awareness
- Prevention of injury and promotion of overall well-being
Classes and Prices
Our classes are limited to a maximum of 12 people to ensure individual attention, correct alignment, and good movement patterns. Our classes are held in Onehouse Community Centre, Stowmarket IP14 3HJ, and St Mary's Church hall, Poplar Hill IP14 2EJ, and are taught by our founder, Lynn Perry, to ensure continuity and knowledge of each client's needs and physical capabilities. We offer regular group matwork classes each week in both afternoons and evenings and make use of small equipment to enhance movement and add variety to exercises. Private sessions are also available upon request.
At First Choice Pilates, we believe that movement is key to change and healing. Our mission is to help our clients unlock their bodies and get moving, enabling them to lead happier, healthier lives.
About Lynn Perry
Lynn Perry, the founder of First Choice Pilates, has been teaching Pilates since 2009. She was inspired to become a Pilates instructor after experiencing significant personal benefits from practicing it herself. Lynn had been a professional dressage rider but was affected by past injuries that were making her life miserable. The improvement in her body and the reduction in pain she experienced inspired her to train and become a teacher. She is passionate about helping people unlock their bodies and get moving, using her formal Body Control Pilates qualification and her teaching expertise to make her classes easy to follow and effective. Many of her clients have been attending and benefiting from her classes for over 11 years.
Lynn offers several classes geared towards horse riders and also provides rider alignment training on your own horses at First Choice Dressage - her dressage yard just outside of Stowmarket.
User Satisfaction and Benefits
The reviews from Ann Eiffert, Marion Fraser, and Tracey Faiers highlight the benefits they have experienced from attending First Choice Pilates classes. All three reviewers have been regular attendees for several years, with ages ranging from 70 to 80 years old. They have all seen improvements in their overall health and wellbeing, particularly in terms of mobility, flexibility, and pain management.
Physical Benefits
Ann Eiffert, who has rheumatoid arthritis, credits the classes with keeping her mobile and fit. Marion Fraser appreciates the strengthening of her core and back muscles, which has helped improve her balance and coordination. This is particularly important for preventing falls as she ages. Tracey Faiers initially started the classes due to sciatica, but now continues to maintain her back strength and flexibility.
Small and Friendly Classes
The reviewers also praise the small and friendly nature of the classes, allowing for personalized attention from the instructor, Lynn. Ann Eiffert appreciates that Lynn adjusts exercises to suit her specific health needs, while Marion Fraser highlights Lynn's awareness of how individual pupils are performing. Tracey Faiers also appreciates the small class size and Lynn's teaching style.
Recommendations
All three reviewers highly recommend First Choice Pilates to others, regardless of age. Their positive experiences and improvements in their health and wellbeing demonstrate the effectiveness of the classes and the expertise of the instructor.
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