Pregnancy Pilates Classes

Every Wednesday.

Benefits of Pilates in pregnancy:
- Pilates brings an awareness of your body and a focus that helps with labour and delivery.
- Pilates helps increase lung capacity and even creates more room for the baby within the body.
- Pregnant women are more prone to falls and injuries as their centres of gravity shift
- Doing Pilates helps you learn to focus your mind on exactly what your body is doing and which parts of your body are engaged - a pretty useful skill to have when you’re giving birth. Pilates brings an awareness that helps with labour and prevents injuries because your “quality” of movement is enhanced.
- Pilates helps promote balance and spatial orientation.
- The centre connects the abdominal muscles with the small of the back - it is the place around which everything revolves. Strength in this area during pregnancy is particularly important and can dramatically change the way you stand, move, walk, carry yourself and physically relate to the world around you.
- Most pregnant women find it hard to maintain their balance because their centre of gravity changes dramatically as they gain weight. This can be unnerving and can sometimes make pregnant women more prone to falls and injuries. Pilates helps promote balance, spatial orientation and a strong posture.

- Works whole body;
- Develop core strength;
- Improves muscle flexibility and joint mobility;
- Adaptable to all fitness levels;
- Creates long lean muscles;
- Increases energy;
- Prevention of future injuries;
- Corrects muscle imbalance;
- Reduces stress and tension in the body;
- Improves circulation;
- Develop functional fitness.

Jo is a qualified Pilates instructor and physiotherapist.

Book now to ensure you get a spot as class numbers are limited! Email: physio.jo@hotmail.co.nz or text/call 02102695019 to book your class or to enquire!