Breathing, pelvic floor, posture and birth positions. Small pregnancy Pilates classes that change with you, week by week, right through to your due date.
My first time doing wall Pilates and Sadie was really supportive and guided me through any moves I was unsure of and removed any worries I had about giving this new class a go. I really enjoyed it !
of pregnancy, right up to your due date
your teacher adapts every session to you
Pre and Post Natal Reformer
Pre and Post Natal Spring Wall
You do not need to arrive knowing which exercises are safe now, what your pelvic floor should be doing or how to adapt anything for a growing bump. We have spent thirty years working with pregnant bodies.
You turn up. We will look at where you are that week and work from there.
Everything we do at the studio falls into one of three stages. Pregnancy is the one time in a woman’s life when she can spend real time in the middle one.
That part comes after birth, and we will be here for it. Many of the women in our postnatal classes started with us while they were pregnant, which means they come back to a room and a teacher they already know.
This is where you are now. Your pelvic floor is carrying more every week and your abdominal wall is being asked to stretch further than it ever has. How you load it during these months matters. Work with it well and you give yourself a far better starting point afterwards.
Pregnancy is long, and you are meant to live in it, not endure it. Staying strong, comfortable and mobile through nine months is worth having for its own sake, not only for what comes later.
The single most useful thing you can take into a birth room.
Breath that works with your pelvic floor rather than against it
Relaxation techniques you can actually reach for under pressure
Something that stays useful long after the birth
Learning to release as well as lift, which is the part most women are never taught.
Finding it properly, often for the first time
Managing the load it carries as your baby grows
Understanding what to expect afterwards, before you get there
Your centre of gravity is moving, and your back, hips and pelvis are absorbing the change.
Lower back and pelvic girdle discomfort
Rib and shoulder tension as your bump grows
Managing load through the abdominal wall as it stretches
Practised in advance, so they are familiar rather than theoretical.
Positions that open the pelvis and use gravity
Strength and stamina for whatever your labour asks of you
Getting up and down from the floor with confidence
Building your foundation while energy is usually better. Breath, pelvic floor, and strength through your hips and back.
Adapting as your bump grows. Positions change, load through the abdominal wall is managed carefully, and we keep you strong and mobile.
Comfort, pelvic girdle support, birth positions, breath for labour and time to rest.
You are welcome from 12 weeks and welcome right up to your due date. Please let us know about any pregnancy complications so your teacher can plan around them, and do check with your midwife or healthcare provider before you start.
Small enough that your teacher can see your body and change what you are doing the moment it needs changing.
The equipment gives us support and adjustable resistance, so we can assist where you need it and challenge where you are ready.
No mirror wall. Everyone in the room is somewhere in the same season. If today is a tired day, we work with the body that turned up.
Sadie teaches our pre and postnatal classes. She is Polestar trained, a nurse and a mum of three, so she knows this territory from the inside.
Every teacher here trains through Polestar: six months of in person training, then six months of supervised apprentice teaching, logged and checked by an educator. There is no legislation in our profession and anyone can call themselves a Pilates teacher, which is exactly why we tell you what is behind the person in the room with you.
Due within weeks of each other, comparing notes on heartburn and hospital bags, quietly working out that everyone else is winging it too.
We have watched friendships start in this studio that have lasted years, long past the babies who started them. That is not something we designed. It just happens.
No. Plenty of the women here started while pregnant. Pilates is one of the few practices genuinely designed to be adapted, so beginning now is fine.
From 12 weeks. If you were already practising with us before that, talk to your teacher and we will adjust what you do.
Right up to your due date, as long as you are comfortable and your healthcare provider is happy. Some women come the week they give birth.
We cannot promise anything about how a birth will go, and anyone who does is selling you something. What we can do is send you in strong, mobile and able to use your breath, familiar with positions that help. Women tell us that mattered.
Tell your teacher before class. It is common and it is exactly the kind of thing small classes are for, because we can change what you are doing rather than asking you to push through.
Comfortable clothing you can move in, grip socks and a water bottle. We have everything else here.
If you are looking for prenatal Pilates in Leeds and you would like nine months of proper support rather than a list of things to avoid, come and try us.
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