Classes are Back On!!☀️ Time to get Beach Ready!! 🌅

If you would like to book your space or sign up for any of the classes listed below? Please fill out the following form , remember spaces are limited, so do sign up quick! 

Hope you all had a wonderful half term!

Summer is finally here! 🌞 Can't wait to get back to classes and start working on getting 'beach ready'! 😉

I've got a new 30 minute Barre class starting this Tuesday. I've called it 'Barre Blast' as it will be over quite quick but will be deadly for those problem areas... Waist, behind, tops of thighs, backs of arms! Definitely worth checking out...

Barre

Barre is an upbeat, energising, ballet inspired workout that uses your own bodyweight as resistance. These classes are designed to create longer and toned muscles, reducing body fat and improving your posture and alignment.

Every muscle group will get an effective workout to increase strength and flexibility.

COME ALONG AND FEEL THE BURN!!

June/July Classes and Timetable Announcement

June/July Classes and Timetable Announcement! 

We are getting close to the end of the current block which will finish on Friday 25th May.  There will be a break for half term and then classes will recommence on Tues 5th June!

There has been a few changes and a new class added, I hope you will approve!

I'm sad to announce that due to costings, poor attendance and my own fatigue, I have decided to not run the Pilates or Adult Ballet classes on Thursday evenings next term.  I am sorry for any inconvenience but in replacement, I have a new offer running on personal training sessions (5 sessions for the price of 4) and will be starting a new 30 minute 'Barre Blast' class on Tuesday Evenings.

The new time table looks like this....

Tuesday

09:30 | Pilates | The Royal British Legion | 5th June - 17th July | £48,

10:30 | Adult Ballet | The Royal British Legion |  5th June - 17th July | £30,

20:00 | Barre Blast | Kingsbury Hall |  5th June - 17th July | £25 (no class on 26th June)

20:30 | Pilates | Kingsbury Hall |  5th June - 17th July | £40  (no class on 26th June)

Friday

10:00 | Barre | The Royal British Legion | 8th June - 20th July | £40 (no class on 22nd June)

13:30 | Pilates | Kingsbury Hall | 8th June - 20th July | £40 or £8 PAYG (no class on 22nd June)

For more info regarding the new Barre Blast class or Personal Training, please click on the link below...

Barre

One to One

If you would like to secure your space, please make your payment to 

Angela Routledge Pilates :sort 60 16 03 :acc 73811599

Hope to see you on the mats of at the barre very soon!

Angela 

Spring/Summer Course Dates

🌤Summer Pilates, Ballet and Barre Courses!🌤

Dates for the Brand New Block!

Finally, we can look forward to some warmer weather as well as a brand new block of Pilates, Ballet and Barre courses!
Classes will resume again this Tuesday 17th April!  Full details are just below...

New 6 week Courses for Summer 2018. 
Tuesday 17th April - Thursday 24th May

Tuesday

09:30 | Mixed Ability Pilates | The Royal British Legion, (£48 per block)

10:30 | Adult Ballet | The Royal British Legion, (£30 per block)

20:00 | Mixed Ability Pilates | Kingsbury Hall, (£48 per block)

Thursday

19:30 | Mixed Ability Pilates | Oakley Fitness Studio (£48 per block)

20:30 | Adult Ballet | Oakley Fitness Studio (£48 per block)

Friday

10:00 | Barre | The Royal British Legion (£48 per block)

13:30 | Mixed Ability Pilates | Kingsbury Hall, (drop in £8 per class or £48 per block)

Did you pay in full last term and have a class cancelled due to the snow? If so, please deduct £8 from your next course to make up for the cancelled class.

Spaces are limited so if you would like to secure your space please make your payment to 

ANGELA ROUTLEDGE PILATES
60-16-03
73811599

Pay as you go is subject to availability only!

Can't wait to see you back on the mats!😃🌤

Easter is nearly here! Dates for next block!

This week will be the last classes of the current block with Thursday 29th of March being the last classes as Friday is Good Friday. I hope that you have enjoyed the classes, even with our interruption from the snow!!😏

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very 🐣Happy Easter🐣 and to let you know that classes will resume again on Tuesday 17th April.  Details of the next block of classes are below...

New Courses Spring/Summer 2018

The next block of classes will run from....

Tuesday 17th April - Thursday 24th May

Tuesday

09:30 | Mixed Ability Pilates | The Royal British Legion, (£48 per block)

10:30 | Adult Ballet | The Royal British Legion, (£30 per block)

20:00 | Mixed Ability Pilates | Kingsbury Hall, (£48 per block)

Thursday

19:30 | Mixed Ability Pilates | Oakley Fitness Studio (£48 per block)

20:30 | Adult Ballet | Oakley Fitness Studio (£48 per block)

Friday

10:00 | Barre | The Royal British Legion (£48 per block)

13:30 | Mixed Ability Pilates | Kingsbury Hall, (drop in £8 per class or £48 per block)

Did you pay in full last term? If so, please deduct £8 from your next course to make up for the snow day.

Spaces are limited so if you would like to secure your space please make your payment to 

ANGELA ROUTLEDGE PILATES
60-16-03
73811599

Pay as you go is subject to availability only!

Have a lovely break and looking forward to seeing you back on the hopefully slightly warmer mats!

🐣Happy Easter All!!🐣

The snow has gone so classes are back on!🌱

The Mats are Back Out!

Although I'm sure everyone loved the stunning little Winter holiday we enjoyed last week, It will be nice to get back to exercising now the snow has gone! 
All classes are back on and cancelled classes from last week will be carried forward to the next block or refunded.
Looking forward to seeing you back on the mats!!

❄️Snow means No❄️

Tuesday Evening Pilates Cancelled❄️

27/02/18 

Due to snow and icy conditions and after discussions with a few class members I have decided to cancel the class this evening!
I'm sorry for any inconvenience caused.
I will carry your payment over to the next block or refund you if you prefer.
I hope you all enjoy a cozy night in the warm!
See you back on the mats next week!!

MONDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 2018 - THURSDAY 29TH MARCH 2018

Springtime Pilates!🌱

I hope that you all had a lovely half term break!

New courses in Pilates, Adult Ballet and Barre begin this week!

Classes are back on!!
Please see new course details below....

DATES FOR THE NEXT BLOCK OF CLASSES ARE....

MONDAY 19TH FEBRUARY 2018 - THURSDAY 29TH MARCH 2018

Tuesday

09:30  Mixed Ability Pilates  
The Royal British Legion,
(£48 per block, waiting list applies)

10:30  Adult Ballet
The Royal British Legion,
(£30 per block)

20:00  Mixed Ability Pilates
Kingsbury Hall,
(£48 per block)

Thursday

19:30  Mixed Ability Pilates
Oakley Fitness Studio,
(£48 per block)

20:30  Adult Ballet
Oakley Fitness Studio
(£48 per block)

Friday

10:00  Barre
The Royal British Legion
(£40 per block)

13:30  Mixed Ability Pilates
Kingsbury Hall,
(£8 drop in)

Please note; Pilates, on 22nd February at Oakley Fitness will be taught by Denyce Way.

If you would like to secure your space please make your payment to 

ANGELA ROUTLEDGE PILATES
60-16-03
73811599

Pay as you go is subject to availability only!

You are in Safe Hands!

Finally downloaded my certificates from December. My First Aid training is fully up to date!!

Spring into Pilates!🌱

Well I thought all those new classes helped January go by very quickly, didn't you? 

Only one more week of classes then it will be half term already!!

The last class of this block will be on

Friday 9th February 2018

Please note there will be no classes during Half term

Monday 12th February 2018 - Friday 16th February 2018.

Dates for the next block of classes are....

Monday 19th February 2018 - Thursday 29th March 2018

Please see course details below...

Tuesday

09:30 | Mixed Ability Pilates | The Royal British Legion, (£48 per block, waiting list applies)

10:30 | Adult Ballet | The Royal British Legion, (£30 per block)

20:00 | Mixed Ability Pilates | Kingsbury Hall, (£48 per block)

Thursday

19:30 | Mixed Ability Pilates | Oakley Fitness Studio, (£48 per block)

20:30 | Adult Ballet | Oakley Fitness Studio (£48 per block)

Friday

10:00 | Barre | The Royal British Legion (£40 per block)

13:30 | Mixed Ability Pilates | Kingsbury Hall, (£8 drop in)

Please note; Pilates, on 22nd February at Oakley Fitness will be taught by Denyce Way.

If you would like to secure your space please make your payment to 

ANGELA ROUTLEDGE PILATES
60-16-03
73811599

Pay as you go is subject to availability only!

ARP News

I have a waiting list!👌🏻

Tuesday        Pilates 9:30am

This lovely Pilates class has been very popular lately and currently has a waiting list! Thank you all so much for attending and please do let me know if you would still like your space for the next block?

 

Angelina Ballerina!!😉😊

Adult Ballet

The classes at the British Legion (Tuesday 10:30am) and Oakley Fitness (Thursday 8:30pm) have been great fun and well attended! All ages and abilities are welcomed!

Don't be shy! Come and give it a try!

Other Pilates Classes

Kingsbury Hall Pilates

Tuesday 8pm  (Its been going strong for 3 years!!)       Friday 1:30pm (Feel Good Friday!! Start your weekend right with this drop in class! Only £8)

Oakley Fitness Pilates

Thursday 7:30pm

It has got off to a great start and I still have room for a few more!!

Give me a shout if you'd like to try it out!!

Brand New Barre Class

Barre Friday 10am

This Fun, Upbeat, Butt Sculpting, Fat Burning and ever so slightly Painful fitness class has passed the test!! It has been given the thumbs up for another block!!

Please let me know if you would like to sign up for next term?? Limited spaces available!!

Happy New Year!!

Hope you all enjoyed a nice break over the Christmas holidays!

Well here we are already in 2018!

I always love January! Obviously, not the dark, the cold weather or the winter germs but definitely the idea of New Beginnings! 

Getting organised, decluttering and starting some new good habits, always helps set me up for the year ahead. Excitingly, this January, I have 3 brand new classes on my timetable that I'm dying to get started next week (9th Jan)! 

Extra evening classes in Pilates and Adult Ballet!

I'm delighted to finally be able to offer an extra Pilates evening class at Oakley Fitness in Petts Wood!

New Pilates Class Thursday 7:30pm

AT OAKLEY FITNESS Petts Wood

New Adult Ballet Thursday 8:30pm

AT OAKLEY FITNESS Petts Wood

And a New Friday Morning Class!

I'm very excited to launch this brand new fat burning class at the British Legion!!

New Barre Class Friday 10am

AT THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION Petts Wood

What is Barre?

Barre is an upbeat, energising, ballet inspired workout, using the barre or a chair for support.  

these classes are designed to create longer and toned muscles, reducing body fat and improving your posture and alignment, using just your own bodyweight as resistance,.

Every muscle group will get an effective workout to increase strength and flexibility.

Come along and FEEL THE BURN!

Barre is the perfect class to start in January, as it is strengthening, toning and most importantly 'FAT BURNING'!! I've been practising and devising this class over the last couple of weeks and can't get over what a tough work out it is! Although the movements are small, simple to do and suitable for all. You will work your muscles so well that they will start to tremble, which will help increase your body's ability to burn fat for up to 48 hours after the class! Sound good? 

Let me know if you would like to book a space on the new 5 week course?

My New Updated timetable looks like this....

Tuesday

09:30 | Mixed Ability Pilates | The Royal British Legion, 

10:30 | Adult Ballet | The Royal British Legion, 

20:00 | Mixed Ability Pilates | Kingsbury Hall, 

Thursday

19:30 | Mixed Ability Pilates | Oakley Fitness Studio

20:30 | Adult Ballet | Oakley Fitness Studio

Friday

10:00 | Barre | The Royal British Legion

13:30 | Mixed Ability Pilates | Kingsbury Hall, 

The new courses will run for 5 weeks from
Tuesday, January 9th until Friday February 9th.


Courses are £40 each per 5 week block and can be booked by making a payment to
Angela Routledge Pilates
60-16-03
73811599

Spaces are limited, and January is always a busy time so please do book now to avoid disappointment!
 

See you on the Mats!

Thank you

Angela

New Year, New Classes!!

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New Year, New You!

New Pilates, Barre and Ballet courses available in 2018!

Starting January 9th! In Petts Wood!

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                                                                        Tuesday

09:30 | Mixed Ability Pilates | The Royal British Legion, 

10:30 | Adult Ballet | The Royal British Legion, 

20:00 | Mixed Ability Pilates | Kingsbury Hall, 

Thursday

19:30 | Mixed Ability Pilates | Oakley Fitness Studio

20:30 | Adult Ballet | Oakley Fitness Studio

Friday

10:00 | Barre | The Royal British Legion

13:30 | Mixed Ability Pilates | Kingsbury Hall, 

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The new courses will run for 5 weeks from
Tuesday, January 9th until Friday February 9th.


Courses are £40 each per 5 week block and can be booked by making a payment to
Angela Routledge Pilates
60-16-03
73811599

Spaces are limited, and January is always a busy time so please do book now to avoid disappointment!
 

Have a Wonderful Christmas!

Hope to see you on the mats in the New Year!

Thank you

Angela

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Class Details

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Update

You may have noticed that this term I have cut my timetable down to just 4 classes. 

I apologise for any inconvenience. I have had some circumstances change recently that has meant I have needed to free up some time just for now. This is just a temporary arrangement, I'm hoping to extend my business and timetable once again in the next few months and will look forward to being able to offer you some exciting new options in the near future! 

I will keep you posted!

Summer Pilates News

Spring Fund Raising Results

The spring Pilates block was eventful and I was over the moon that we managed to raise £148 for comic relief on Red Nose Day.

Red nose day pics

Summer Pilates

The new block of Summer Pilates will begin on Tuesday 18th of April and run until Tuesday 23rd May.

Summer Fund Raiser

On Friday 5th May at the 1:30pm class, all proceeds will be donated to the charity below

http://www.primrosecentre.org.uk/index.html

New Class Starting This Week!

Any budding ballerinas out there??

well ok if you are an adult and you aren't a member of 'The Royal Ballet' by now, you may have missed your opportunity!

But what if once a week you could pretend??

Starting from Tuesday 18th April, I am planning to get the Ballet barre out, put some classical piano music on and set some simple but ever so flouncy combinations. I'll keep these combinations the same for the whole term so that wether you are an experienced dancer or a beginner, you will have the chance to master them by the end of the term.

There are no intimidating mirrors or strict Ballet Mistresses with large sticks. Just me, and I'll  be busy joining in with my back to you, trying to pretend I'm Darcey Bussell😉.

Please let me know if you would like to come along and brighten up your Tuesday with a float around the room.

Summer Class Plans

Really looking forward to the next block of classes! I have some full body workouts prepared but expect to tone and strengthen your upper body over the next few weeks!💪🏻😃

Exciting New Additions

I have made a few purchases over the last few weeks... As well as a labrador pup I have also invested in a ballet barre and some new pilates weights to help enhance our workouts a little.

See you on the mats!!

The History of Joseph Pilates

I love this mini documentary about Joseph Pilates by Rael Isacowitz. Well worth a watch!

Spring Pilates

Hi Everyone,

Hope you have had a lovely sunny half term?

The next block of Pilates classes starts this week
Monday 20/02/17 and will run for 6 weeks until Friday 31/03/17
 

SEVENOAKS
Mixed Ability Pilates
Monday 7-8 and 8-9pm
Thursday 7:30-8:30 and 8:30-9:30pm
Friday 10:30-11:30am
 

PETTSWOOD
Tuesday 9:30 - 10:30am
Tuesday 8:00 - 9:00pm
Friday 1:30 - 2:30pm

If you haven't already and would like to secure your space in your current class, please book your space at...

info@arpilates.co.uk

Thank you and looking forward to seeing you on a mat very soon!!

Angela😃

Charity Pilates Social

Hope you're having a great weekend! 

Wouldn't it be lovely to have a Pilates Social??

Below is a flyer for a fund raising evening at Solomans in Southborough, featuring Pete Gardner's (One of my lovely clients😊) band.  

Tickets are available now from www.kentband.co.uk click on the 'Live dates' page or directly at jonahswail.eventbrite.co.uk.  More info also at https://www.facebook.com/JonahsWail 

Please buy a ticket and come along, bring your other half! It would be lovely to see you all there and have a mingle while raising money for two great causes.

Here's some info about the charities:

"The annual St Georges day fundraiser party with great music, drink and merriment on Sat 22nd April which is the day before St Georges day, it's to raise money for the following two very worthwhile causes!

Porchlight homeless charity: www.porchlight.org.uk
Domestic Abuse Volunteer Support Services: www.davss.org.uk

There’ll be a full bar with a selection of local beers, plus cones of hot chips for sale. We hope to see you for what will be a great night! Jonah’s Wail"

Hope that's all you need and it'll be great fun if we do manage to get a good contingent from our Pilates classes!

Let me know what you think?

See you on a mat soon

Angela

January Workshop

Classical Pilates Workshop

Last Saturday I was booked into a workshop at The Tranquility Pilates Studio in Blackfriars. It was such a beautiful crisp January day and the walk from London Bridge to Blackfriars was absolutely Glorious!!

Could have happily stopped there but had to tear myself away from the gorgeous views and head down to the basement studio for what turned out to be a very challenging Pilates workshop in 3 sections

• 2 hours Classical Pilates. Joseph Pilates Original 34 matwork exercises.
• 2 hours Reformer. As originally devised by Eve Gentry, a Pilates elder.
• Film showing. Joseph Pilates-A Tribute

It was wonderful to get the opportunity to attempt the original work of Pilates, it is so rare to do anymore than 4 original exercises in a normal Pilates class as the exercises require a solid understanding of the technique and there is not time to explain each of them during one session. Performed altogether is such an intense workout. Must try and fit this into my regime a little more often.

The Universal Reformer.

A Tribute to Joseph Pilates

The film was interesting, here are some new things I learned about Joseph Pilates that adds to the biography I already have on my website...

Joseph Pilates was a showman, a pioneer, a creative genius!!

Joseph was born into a poor Catholic family around the 10th December 1883, he was one of nine children of which 3 died of ill health. He became obsessed with health and took up gymnastics as a child, his early philosophy was to make the best of what you have and to take good care of yourself.

Although there is little evidence about Joe's time it the Interment camp on the Isle of Man, it would seem that this dreadful time for the majority of people became a chance for Joe to be his most creative. 'Time was a gift'.

When he returned to Germany he opened a boxing school, which in turn gave him the opportunity to flee from Germany to America just before the 2nd World War. He left his wife and children behind. 
On the boat to America Joseph met Clara his life long love and work partner who apparently was  a better and more personable teacher than he.

Once in the USA Pilates created many elaborate publications about his exercise system. He was published in Colliers magazine. He even wrote a letter to JFK stating how he believed Contrology would save the USA. 

It was his way or the highway, he was a 'Hands On' (or actually 'feet on' as you can see below) kind of teacher who didn't call anyone by name and knew very little about any of his clients. 

At his classes, you would train to strengthen, stretch and control! 
It wasn't about being the best or being better than anyone else, you were training to be a bit better than yourself.

Joseph never described his exercise system as a 'core workout' and would probably be horrified to hear Pilates being described this way. It is very much a 'Total Body Workout'.

J P Quotes....

"Bring energy through the whole body to uniformly condition the body"

"Change happens through movement and movement heals"

Joe Pilates

2017 Off to a good start!

Happy New Year All!!

How long into January are you allowed to say this, I wonder?

Nearly all New Year classes got started last week, with the exception of Thursday evening and Friday morning which were snowed off, better luck next week, I hope!

New Beginners class!!

Tuesday 9:30am was a huge success!! a little too huge actually but I have a little plan that will hopefully work out for the best.

I'm well aware the the New Year is always a time that spurs us on to try something new, but still, It was wonderful to have such a good turn out at the class on Tuesday morning😃.
However, it is so important to give, especially beginners, the time and attention they need when trying out Pilates for the first time as so much depends on having the correct alignment and technique.
I've decided to run a 4 week Beginners course starting from this Tuesday 17th January to give newer clients an introduction to this incredibly effective technique within a smaller group.
The cost of the course will be £32 in total (booking essential). 
Please let me know if you feel that you may benefit from this course.  
Thank you and hope to see you on the mats very soon!

Pilates festivities and a successful charity event

Festive Pilates shenanigans  

My official last pilates class of the term was last Friday 16th December. Of course it was obligatory to bring along bucks fizz and mince pies to enjoy after the class, always nice to close off the end of a year of classes with very special clients.  

When your class members take you literally...

As a surprise one of my class members, the lovely Laura Caldwell, bought along some Prosecco, not necessarily for drinking I might add but to prove to me that she could balance a tray of Prosecco on her back whilst performing a quadruped Pilates exercise, an analogy I have used in the past to encourage the correct technique (need to take more care with these in future). Well as you can see by the below pics, Laura was very successful and kindly shared the Prosecco with us after. My class members ended up rather jolly for 2:30pm on a Friday afternoon the school run later was a fun one!😉

Charity event

Tuesday 20th was our Christmas Charity Class for The Maypole Project. I was so pleased to support this wonderful cause and wanted to say thank you so much all who attended and donated. Your generosity helped us to raise £172!  Simply a Pilates class followed by coffee, mince pies and a raffle. I have to say it was an amazing feeling to drop in to the project and be welcomed by my step daughter Hannah and hand over the cash. I hope to do something like this again at the end of next term.

Thank you so much everyone for all your support this year attending classes and 1-1s. I truly love my job and know how lucky I am to be surrounded by such lovely people on a daily basis.

Well all that is left to say is.......

Merry Christmas and a Very Happy, Healthy and Peaceful New Year!

Looking forward to seeing you all back on the mats in 2017

The Maypole Project

Charity Christmas Pilates Class

Thank you so much for all your ideas regarding which Charity to pick for The Special Christmas Charity Class this Tuesday, 20th December at the Royal British Legion. I have had some great ideas put forward and have made a list of them so that at the end of each term I can donate one of my classes to charity.

This time, as my stepdaughter Hannah has recently been volunteering for it and has encouraged me! I am very pleased to announce that, this Christmas, we will be supporting The Maypole Project.

The Maypole Project provide a lifeline of emotional support to children with chronic illnesses and their families. They are a small local charity based in Orpington but support families across the whole of the south east of London. They provide a unique pattern of emotional psychological/social support which is based on and led by the families’ needs.  It’s unique because of the way that it’s provided; flexible and on-going, professional and understanding. It costs us £750 to support one family for a year and receive no government funding thats why our support means so much and I'm so pleased that we can do a little something to help.

Please let me know if you can support this wonderful project by coming to Pilates on Tuesday 20th December at 9:30am at The Royal British Legion in Petts Wood, there will be coffee and mince pies served after the class along with a raffle!

If you would like to learn more about the maypole project please check out their website and/or like their Facebook page....

http://www.themaypoleproject.co.uk

https://www.facebook.com/TheMaypoleProject