Clare Blackwell Pilates

Clare Blackwell Pilates

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Pilates Classes in Colchester. All levels of fitness welcome. Small friendly classes. All levels of fitness and beginners welcome.

If you have ever suffered from back or joint pain or discomfort or been recommended by a physio, doctor or health professional to take up Pilates now is your chance! Pilates is a wonderful method supported by health professionals to maintain a healthy spine, good posture, flexibility, co-ordination and also to help de-stress the mind. Regular practice will help re-balance your muscles, improve you

06/09/2026

🍁 Autumn Pilates classes — we’re back next week! 💫

Ready to move, breathe and feel good in your body this autumn? 🤍

My mixed-ability matwork Pilates classes are designed to help you move more freely, build strength and release stress, while also giving you a little time to slow down and reconnect with yourself.

We combine Pilates, fascia-focused movement and breathwork to help you feel stronger, more mobile and grounded — while supporting your nervous system too. 🌿

After nearly 10 years of teaching, I still love hearing how much this practice can positively impact everyday life — from feeling stronger and more comfortable in your body, to having more calm and ease in your day. ✨

🍂 The next block starts next week and is almost fully booked!

There are just a few remaining spaces in the Monday morning sessions at the lovely Lakelands Centre, Stanway.

If you’d like to find out more, secure a place or be added to the waiting list, just get in touch. 💌

I’d love to welcome you to class! 🤍

MindfulMovement FasciaMovement Breathwork MoveBetterFeelBetter NervousSystemSupport AutumnWellness

Photos from Clare Blackwell Pilates's post 04/09/2026

🧡August 🌅 Never ready to let this month go… chasing the sun and some proper time out 🌞🫶…

MY BEACH! 🤣 Family time in the South of France 🇫🇷 ☀️🌊

🇫🇷 Argéles-Sur Mer 🏝️

La Baguette 🥖 👍

Le Soliel de la Méditerranée ☀️

Sister in laws in Saint Cyprien 🇫🇷 ❤️

Sister in laws making sure the Sangria is ok in Espania 🇪🇸🍹

Blackwells in St Cyprien 💜

The big wheel soooooo high! 😍

Beach days are the best days, minus the tsunami size waves! 🌊 🤣

Chasing the sun 🌞 and the Rosé! 🍷

Beautiful Le Boulou 🇫🇷 🇪🇸 🌴

Poitiers Futurescope 🎢 🇫🇷

Port de Saint-Cyprien ⛵️🛥️ 🤍

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♥️

London days we were lucky to see Bruno Mars ♥️🌹

And the amazing Stranger Things On Stage Stranger Things this was EPIC!! ❤️🖤 highly recommend

So proud of these two climbing 🏔️ Snowdon 🤍🤍

🧘‍♀️Getting settled in our new home in Chesterwell! You’ll find us practicing Pilates, Fascia movement and breathwork here at Reshape every Tuesday and Thursday morning, more details coming soon!

It’s been the most wonderful summer I am so grateful and I can’t wait to get back to teaching what I love with you all next week!

Clare x💛

17/07/2026

Schools out! 🥳 Happy summer everyone! This is where you’ll find me for the next 6 weeks! 😆 Huge thanks to my wonderful clients for a brilliant summer term together and to the amazing mums out there hanging on by a thread - we made it!

I’ll be teaching a reduced timetable Tuesday and Wednesday mornings for existing clients over the summer break.

All info and any available spaces for moving into Autumn with me will be released very soon.

Keep doing what makes you happy! ☀️🌊💛

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15/07/2026

🤍Healthy dose of back extension exercises in this weeks classes using the loops and resistance bands. All to help improve posture, strengthen the back line of the body to relieve lower back tension and ease aches and pains.

09/07/2026

Slowing down and finding peace in nature is what it’s all about ✨🌿🤍

08/07/2026

THIS is why we do breathwork at the end of every class…

🤍Calm the nervous system and shift the body out of “fight-or-flight” in minutes.

🤍Reduce the stress hormone cortisol

🤍Lower blood pressure

🤍Help sleep

🤍Optimise blood flow to the brain to help manage feelings of overwhelm.

🤍Sharpen daily focus.

🤍Slow, controlled exhalations activate the parasympathetic nervous system to reduce stress and depressive symptoms.

🤍To aid physical recovery - techniques like diaphragmatic breathing improve oxygen delivery & the removal of waste products (like lactic acid) from muscles post-exercise.

🤍We breathe for the exhausted Mamas at the end of term trying to do it all! 💛🫶💛

04/07/2026

June 💛 you were a complete rollercoaster but filled with balmy summer days and memories I’ll treasure.

💛enjoying my matwork classes with my lovely lot
💛river rats 🏄‍♀️
💛warm evening forest walks
💛10 years married 💘
💛solo beach days
💛balmy summer evenings
💛lunch by the river
💛the magnificent Alanis Morisette
💛crazy sunsets
💛the arrow on the 🌳 that keeps telling me I’m heading in the right direction

💛Finding out I have ADHD (not a surprise 😆) which sits nicely alongside my hypermobility (there’s a link!) Getting a deeper understanding of how my brain works and just being that little bit kinder to myself. Allowing myself time to rest and just sit in nature when I need time out from the craziness that is the modern world which I mostly struggle to keep up with.

🙏Huge thanks to my ADHD coach who has helped me so much. JUST DO THE THING.🤣 Rosie is amazing if you also need help trying to stay on top of this wild ride we call life (or just hanging on by a thread and that’s ok)! 🫶

31/05/2026

New Pilates course starts tomorrow! 🥳💛

✨Limited spaces remain, just get in touch to find out more!

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Stanway Lakelands Centre
Colchester
CO38DX

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 12pm
Tuesday 9:45am - 11:45am
Wednesday 10am - 11am
Thursday 10am - 11am