Michael King Pilates

Join us tomorrow & Saturday live or book and catch up https://www.axislearn.pro

Join me today, or book now and catch up later, for the latest workshop in our Online Workshop Summer Series:

The Language of Elite Teaching

Today, 15 August 2026
1.00 pm UK time

We’ll explore how the language we use can change the way clients understand, experience and respond to movement, and how better communication can create better teaching.

Book your place or access the workshop here:

https://www.axislearn.pro/workshop/a873dd6580350c95ba7c032560757204

If you cannot join live, you can catch up with the recording once it has been edited and uploaded.

Michael

As we fly out of Montevideo and leave Uruguay, another chapter comes to an end.

The house we once thought we would live in forever has now been sold. We leave behind a place where we invested so much time, energy and love. A home filled with celebrations, happy memories, extraordinary moments, and some memories that were more difficult.

We remember the Christmases spent there, the August winters, the friends who visited, and the lives we shared.

Goodbye, Uruguay.

Join me for the next online workshop in The Art of Teaching the Pilates Method series.

In Mobility Before Stability, we will explore why creating freedom of movement should often come before asking the body for control and stability. We will look at how thoughtful class planning, exercise order and intelligent progression can help you get more from every session.

Learn how to prepare the body for the movement you want, rather than simply expecting it to perform.

Saturday 1 August
1.00 pm UK time
Online workshop: https://www.axislearn.pro/workshop/22bb1a6a8504c0a90b437271c15e3be9

Looking for something a little different this weekend?

The Kirkcudbright County Fair is taking place this weekend, and one of Sunday’s highlights is the International Wife Carrying Race.

The challenge? Carry your partner over a 253 metre course as fast as you can. Don’t worry, it isn’t just for husbands and wives. Any combination of partners can take part, as long as one person carries the other!

It’s the first time I’ve come across this event, and it looks like great fun. There are some excellent prizes up for grabs too.

Entry is £40 per team, which also includes admission to the fair.

If you’re around this weekend and fancy giving it a go, or just want to come along and cheer everyone on, we’d love to see you there in Kirkcudbright.

If you’d like the entry details, just let me know and I’ll point you in the right direction.

I'm really looking forward to this Saturday's online workshop.

One of the biggest changes we can make as teachers is to stop thinking about exercises and start thinking about principles.

Why are we teaching this movement?
What is the client actually learning?
Could a different exercise achieve the same outcome?

When we understand the principle, we become more adaptable, more creative and far more effective as teachers.

This practical 60 minute workshop will explore how to:
• Move beyond teaching choreography.
• Identify the purpose behind every exercise.
• Adapt exercises for different clients without losing the intended outcome.
• Develop better observation and clinical reasoning.

Whether you teach matwork, reformer or the full Pilates Method, this workshop will challenge the way you think about teaching.

📅 Saturday 18 July
🕐 1.00 pm (UK)
💻 Live Online

I hope you'll join me for what promises to be a thought-provoking session. After all, clients don't come to us to collect exercises. They come to learn how to move better.

https://www.axislearn.pro/workshop/b27196153375486b686836239da66953

Morning, in case you are not on our mailing list here is the newsletter I sent out yesterday,

Courses & Workshops I hope you're enjoying the summer and finding time to relax, recharge and keep moving. I'm excited to introduce our new Summer Teacher Academy, featuring two inspiring workshop series: The Art of Teaching the Pilates Method with myself, and Movement for Life with Malcolm Muirhead.