Pilates with Ria

Sunset sessions at DQ 🫶🏻

What a fantastic way to end the day ….. come and try a session at DQ and jump in the sea to refresh after.

Kindly msg on fb or WhatsApp on 99222236 to book ❤️

What a great way to end the day ….. come and try a sunset class 🫶🏻

Class at DQ today might be cancelled do to high wind forecast … will confirm by 4pm

What a lovely 1st session that was …. Thank to everyone who made it ….. see you again tomorrow 🫶🏻

Sunset Sea-Side Pilates: Classic Mat 🌅🌊

Unwind and realign with a classical mat Pilates flow as the sun dips below the horizon. Set against the calming backdrop of the sea, this session focuses on the pure, original Pilates sequence to strengthen your core, improve posture, and lengthen your body.
Connect your breath to the rhythm of the waves, find your balance, and transition into your evening feeling centered, refreshed, and strong. All levels welcome—just bring your mat and soak in the view! 🌟🧘‍♀️

*** Updated Summer Schedule as of 15th of June ****

Come try a free trial session.... on roof top or by the sea

1st Pilates reset class ….. time to reset our nervous system…..let’s do this 😌 🫶🏻

^^Pilates Reset With Ria ^^
New Pilates class focusing on resetting our Nervous system

Saturdays at 10am - Qala, Gozo

Chronic stress and sedentary habits cause fascia to tighten, compressing the Vagus Nerve and locking the body in a high-alert, fight-or-flight state. Pilates acts as a reset button by releasing this fascial restriction, stimulating the nerve, and boosting vagal tone to restore calm and balance.

The Secret Symphony Between Your Fascia, Emotions, and Lymphatic Flow 🎻

What if your body’s emotional memory wasn’t just stored in your brain — but in your fascia?

Welcome to a revolutionary understanding of how your connective tissue, your feelings, and your fluid flow are in a constant, beautiful dance — and how healing your lymphatic system might just help you heal your heart.

💡 Fascia: The Body’s Hidden Conductor
Fascia is a web-like connective tissue that wraps around every muscle, bone, nerve, and organ. It holds the structure of your body — but it does much more than that.

According to research from Harvard Medical School and the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, fascia has mechanosensory and emotional memory capabilities. Yes — your fascia feels.

When trauma, stress, or suppressed emotion occur, fascia can tighten, harden, and hold. This causes stagnation not only in muscles or joints — but in your lymphatic flow.

💧 Stagnant Emotions = Stagnant Lymph
The lymphatic system relies on the mobility of fascia and muscle contraction to move lymph. If your fascia is restricted from old trauma, surgery, or chronic emotional stress, your lymph slows down, detox backs up, and inflammation can quietly rise.
Imagine unresolved grief from years ago living not just in your heart — but in your hips, chest, and even your gut fascia, causing chronic puffiness, digestive issues, and fatigue.
🧠 The Vagus Nerve Connection
Your vagus nerve, the major highway between brain and body, winds through fascia-rich territories. Emotional restriction in fascial areas — particularly the neck, chest, and diaphragm — can impair vagus function, leading to:
• Anxiety
• Gut imbalances
• Poor sleep
• Lymphatic congestion in the head and neck
When you release fascial tension through manual lymphatic drainage (MLD), myofascial release, breathwork, and somatic therapy, you stimulate both lymphatic movement and emotional processing. This is where true detoxification happens — physically and emotionally.
🌿 The Body Remembers — But It Can Also Release

Book a class today to release stress and restore your nervous system.