Pilates - mat, chair and reformer coaching

Bodies in Balance is run by Rebecca Downes. Rebecca has had a varied career and initialy trained professionally as a ballet dancer. Due to a chronic ankle injury Rebecca's dance career was cut short and she decided to return to education. Rebecca left university with a law degree and went on to qualify as a chartered tax adviser - a field she worked in for approximately 7 years. After taking time off to have a family, Rebecca did not wish to return to an office job and decided to revisit her past ballet training. This training involved daily pilates exercises which were used to strengthen and elongate the muscles. It was an easy decision to to go back to her first love and to re-aquaint herself with this fantastic exercise programme.


Rebecca runs a pilates business in the local area where she teaches both group classes and one to one sessions. Rebecca is co founder of PrimeMovers Pilates Solutions with her business partner Julie Brown. PrimeMovers runs specialised chair based classes aswell as matwork classes in the lincoln area.

Rebecca will also develop a pilates programme for your organisation and teach staff members at work. Many studies have been done to show the amount of time and money lost to businesses each year due to staff absence when employees suffer with back related problems and stress. Rebecca believes strongly that it is better to try and prevent issues occuring than trying to apply a 'sticking plaster' on an individual basis once a problem has already become established. Pilates is recommended by physiotherapists, GP's, nurses, surgeons, medical consultants, osteopaths and chiropractors for both back related problems and stress. If you believe pilates could help your business reduce its staff absence costs, Rebecca will be happy to give a presentation to key members of staff and discuss the matter further.

Pilates

Rebecca holds group pilates classes in Nettleham (Monday and Thursday), Faldingworth (Monday), Ingham (Tuesday), Spridlington (Wednesday)and Glentworth (Thursday). Rebecca has practiced pilates for 20 years, firstly as part of her dance training and then as a means of maintaining strength, flexibility and co-ordination.

Rebecca's pilates teacher training was undertaken with STOTT PILATES, co-founded by Lindsay and Moira Merrithew in Canada. There are now training centres all over the world and this style of pilates is internationally renowned and respected click here to read more. At the present time Rebecca is qualified to teach the matwork repertoire, which can be enhanced with the use of small equipment to add greater understanding, intensity and/or variety. Rebecca has further enhanced her training by the completion of a graduate course to specifically care for people with particular training needs related to injury or illness.

Reformer coaching

Rebecca is also trained to teach pilates on a reformer. A reformer is a professional piece of pilates equipment which continues to build strength and stability in the core muscles. It adds greater challenge to the shoulder stabilisers building strenghth and flexibility in the shoulder girdle which in turn assists in postural allignment of the upper body. The reformer also increases work for the legs ensuring the whole leg is tracking correctly and in turn building strength evenly.