Welcome
to Precision Pilates
Precision Pilates provides Pilates
classes and private
tuition suitable
for complete beginners through to advanced
students. Call Nick
on 01428
606817 or 07886 636016.
Classes and tuition are offered in and around Farnham and Haslemere in
Surrey.

Being able to move
well is essential to our health.
But
our lifestyles get in the way, favouring less
and less movement from a smaller overall repertoire
of movements.
Through this lack we develop muscular imbalances
that may cause aches and pains or lead to
injury.
Through Pilates,
you re-learn movement and body awareness in a
way that
helps tackle this
unnecessary deterioration, improving
the way you move, stand, sit and feel - many
of today’s key lifestyle failings:
- Bad
posture puts unnecessary strain on your body – not just
muscles but bones and
all those internal squidgy bits too! Your body stops working
efficiently,
can lock up and then starts
hurting. Improved alignment and
posture
will give you more energy, less pain and be noticed
by others.
- Reduced
mobility can be a one-way street towards tiny shuffling steps, an
expensive
collection of avante garde zimmer frames or being chair-bound. Keeping fully mobile
and
having the strength to control it not only feels great now
but also
helps later
too.
- Improved
core
strength
opens
the door to more challenging tasks that require greater strength and
mobility. From standing or sitting for long periods to
gardening and more
demanding tasks and sports,
you will be comfortable doing it for longer with a fitter core.
- A
mind body connection
is essential
for intelligent exercising – directing the action and
responding to how it feels. You cannot train the nervous system to
develop effectively whilst
reading a
magazine and watching the big screen. As you learn to feel
how and what you
are doing, your control, coordination and balance develop.
The
list of benefits goes on and on, but hopefully you have the idea:
- improve
your fitness, core strength and
posture;
- recover
more quickly and safely from an injury or
operation;
- relax,
release tension and
feel great;
- learn
to move more efficiently;
- the
experience to listen to your body and know what
to do with what you feel.
Classes
or personal sessions provide you with:
- the discipline
of having to exercise
on a regular basis – the benefits above don’t fall
off
trees onto the deserving once a year (sorry!);
- a
continually changing program
of exercises that
progresses at a challenging and yet appropriate pace;
- someone
to watch how you move, correcting
your specific bad habits and mistakes whilst
noticing and encouraging progress – that doesn’t
happen on DVDs very often nowadays!
Nick
Oakley is
a Matwork Master Teacher qualified through Body Control Pilates®
to teach to advanced level; a
member of the Body Control Pilates Association (BCPA); a Level 3
Pilates
Instructor on the Register of Exercise Professionals. He has
completed over 1,000 hours of
teaching Pilates and runs
Precision Pilates..
Training is
important! The training, lectures, supervised teaching,
personal study and exams
required by Body Control to qualify as an instructor are comprehensive
and
take MONTHS to complete.
Being examined and qualifying as a Matwork Master Teacher with honours
requires many further hours of practice and tuition. This drive for my
own personal development has also deepened my
knowledge of
the Pilates method and understanding of movement and has enabled me to
help and develop
the
potential of each client by focussing on their specific needs, even in
the class environment, rather than just
running through "a bunch of exercises" each week from the front of the
class.
Continuing
Professional
Development (CPD) through BCPA membership presents the
opportunity to learn from
some of the
most experienced teachers from around the world.
If
you want the best insight into great Pilates, make sure
your teacher has had fantastic training and keeps
getting more.

Body Control Pilates®
is based upon the method of body-conditioning and training
developed by Joseph Pilates. It is an exercise method which relies on
strengthening core postural muscles and developing body alignment. It
avoids the muscle and ligament damage sometimes associated with other
fitness regimes.
Your awareness is heightened by bringing together mind and body - Body
Control Pilates literally teaches you to be in control of your body,
allowing you to handle stress more effectively and achieve relaxation
more easily.
Exercises can be mat or machine based and are particularly safe for
those with back problems (95% of the UK
population has, or has had, backache). Its consistent success rate in
solving such problems has brought it to the attention of osteopaths,
chiropractors, physiotherapists and homeopathic doctors.
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