OpenMat Pilates

Today was one of those days that reminded me why I started OpenMat. 🫶🏽

A room full of people so engaged, experiencing a classical mat class, some for the first time! Completely free!

…and we’re doing it all again next month.

Want first dibs on the next class?
Join our mailing list for early access 👀

www.openmatpilates.com/free-pilates

See you on the mat.
Vic x

LondonPilates

Today was one of those days that reminded me why I started OpenMat. 🫶🏽

A room full of people so engaged, experiencing a classical mat class, some for the first time! Completely free!

…and we’re doing it all again next month.

Want first dibs on the next class?
Join our mailing list for early access 👀

www.openmatpilates.com/free-pilates

See you on the mat.
Vic x

Queen Mary’s, we have a darling cafe, stunning pilates studio and event space just eight minutes from campus and nobody knows we are here.

So we are giving one student/society their dream freshers event.

We’ll pick the best event concept, comment below your ideas!

Follow us, send us this reel, and comment your idea below.

Thank you to everyone that joined me in a dusty field today!! was a wonderful way to spend a Monday afternoon.

Big shout out to the incredible videographer

✨ DAYLIGHT DISCO ✨

One year ago, OpenMat was just an idea.

Now we’re celebrating our first birthday and the launch of the OpenMat Café the only way we know how…

With a dance floor. 🪩

Expect:
☕ Coffee & matcha
🍸 Non-alcoholic cocktails from
⚡ A special cocktail
🎧 DJ Ed A
🕺 Plenty of space to dance
🛋️ Comfortable seating areas
🌿 Outdoor terrace
🥙 Free Food from OpenMat Café
✨ Good people and good energy

Think Y2K chrome meets disco ball fever dream.

No hangover.
No recovery day.
Just music, movement and community for a couple of hours on a Saturday afternoon 🫶🏽

Saturday 27th June
11:30am - 2:00pm
OpenMat, Stepney Green

Tickets available with
£10
link in bio 🪩

Spaces are limited. Once they gone, they goooone!

We opened the coffee shop for the first time on Tuesday after the Great Toilet Debacle.

Naturally, I celebrated by forgetting to order oat milk.

Thankfully, the absolute legends at (Josh 🫶🏽) came to the rescue and got us stocked up with oat milk and chai at lightning speed.

So we’re officially open and serving what might be my current obsession, an outrageously good iced chai latte. Along with coffee, nourishing bits, and a warm welcome.

Pop in and say hello.
Opening times are on Google Maps.

And if you haven’t heard…

🎉 OpenMat are doing a Daylight Disco
📅 Friday 27th June
⏰ 11:30am–2pm

We’ll have:
✨ Delicious food
🍸 Incredible alcohol-free cocktails from
🎶 Tunes
☕ Great coffee
❤️ Even better company

See you soon.

Always a pleasure hosting the .fiit girl community at . The care, energy and thought they pour into every event shows. What a wonderful community they are building for the gals! Cheering each other on, moving together, and making London feel a little smaller in the best way 🤍

And happiest birthday to 🫶
Thank you for the beautiful Pilates session

I think people assume ambition is always about ego.
�The money.�The validation.�Proving yourself.

And maybe sometimes it is.

But I think for a lot of women, especially as we get older, ambition becomes much more emotional than that.

You start wanting:�security,�freedom,�time,�flexibility,�health,�community,�a softer life for the people you love,�and enough resources to actually care for people properly.

The older I get, the less interested I am in performing success and the more interested I am in building a life that feels:�stable,�warm,�alive,�and genuinely human.

A lot of my drive now comes from knowing how quickly life changes.

One minute your parents are looking after you.�The next you’re holding their hand crossing the road.

And suddenly success looks very different.

It looks like:�having time,�being present,�being emotionally regulated enough to support other people,�creating community,�building something meaningful,�and making sure the people you love feel safe.

That’s a huge part of why I work so hard on OpenMat.

Not because I care about looking impressive.

But because I care deeply about creating spaces, routines and communities that help people feel more connected to themselves and each other.

And honestly?�I think modern life makes that harder and harder to hold onto.

Anyway.�Just some thoughts from a tired woman trying to build a softer life in a very hard world.

Not because your life looks bad from the outside.

But because you slowly realise:
you’re tired ALL the time,
your nervous system is shot,
you don’t feel connected to yourself anymore,
and somewhere along the way life became another thing to manage instead of something wonderful to experience.

I think a lot of us feel this in our 30s.

You do everything “right”.
You work hard.
You’re responsible.
You keep pushing.
You build a career.
You hold everything together.

And then one day, you realise you can’t remember the last time you felt:
calm,
playful,
present,
in your body,
or genuinely excited about your life.

And honestly?
I don’t think the answer is always blowing your whole life up.

Or starting 3 businesses at once 🤪

I think it can start smaller than that.

Moving your body again.
Meeting people.
Eating properly.
Laughing more.
Getting off your phone.
Having somewhere you go every week that makes you feel like a human being again.

That’s a huge part of why I built OpenMat. I couldn’t find that place, so I made it for us.

Not just for fitness.
But because I think we’re desperate for spaces that help us feel like ourselves again.

Anyway.

If you’ve been feeling like this lately, you’re definitely not the only one.