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It’s summer and SUP is very popular in this warm weather! Here’s a great article on how to balance effectively on your board and tips for pulling the paddle whilst engaging the correct muscles! Of course Pilates will help develop your core and balance and help you learn to engage the correct muscles!

Standup paddle boarding and Pilates—Yes, Pilates! Body Harmonics' Toronto Pilates Studios, Health Clinics and international Teacher Training Centres we help you move well, teach well and be well.

It’s the final week of the Tour de France! Whether your a long distance rider or just cycle around town here’s some moves to help you keep good form on the bike and therefore reduce injury risk!

8 Pilates Exercises That Will Help Keep Your Form Dialed on the Bike Strengthen your core, back, and hips to promote better posture—no reformer required.

It’s all about the balls at the moment with the FIFA World Cup, Wimbledon and Women’s T20 Cricket World Cup….but for us it’s always about the balls - and we’ve got a lot of them! 😉

With kicking off here’s some ways can benefit your game!

Pilates for Tennis: Top Exercises to Improve Your Game Improve your tennis - In this article we explore how certain Pilates exercises can help improve your flexibility and muscle mass specifically for tennis.

First day of summer you say? It’s still all about the springs for us at Cool Pilates! Which will you choose?

Still not sure about starting ? Here are 19 benefits to help convince you. Our favourite is no 19 ‘It encourages playfulness!’

https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/pilates-benefits

19 Pilates Benefits Backed By Science Recent research has touted the benefits of Pilates for many populations. Learn more about how Pilates benefits sleep, s*x, mood, strength, and athletic performance.

Last chance to see the bluebells near our Barnt Green studio! We love this time of year with the bluebells on the Lickey Hills in bloom but they are passing now- so if you want to combine Pilates with a walk amongst the flowers then get down quick!

As we start to do more in our gardens now it’s spring, here are some tips on avoiding unexpected gardening injuries! Be mindful of how you move! https://patient.info/features/general-health/how-to-prevent-gardening-injuries-this-spring

The London Marathon is just a couple of weeks away so here’s some exercises to help avoid injury in the run up! Of course you don’t have to be a marathon runner to benefit from these exercises!

Pilates for runners: 9 best exercises to support your training Make these low-impact movements a regular habit to boost your strength, mobility and overall running potential

We need to protect our knees! Here are some simple moves to help. If you want to protect your knees or deal with knee pain then ask us to show you some more individually specific moves!

Pilates for Knee Pain: 8 Best Moves to Strengthen Knees Increase overall body strength, mobility, and stability, and reduce knee pain, with these eight Pilates moves.