Class Descriptions

 

(Gentle Aligning Pilates & Yoga) This class will guide you through the foundational movement patterns of pilates and yoga. You will enhance your knowledge of sound movement patterns, posture and how to balance. You will also begin to understand the "language and cues" of pilates and yoga and how to adapt exercises to best suit your individual posture. This class is recommended for clients new to pilates or yoga. This is a good class to add to your weekly workout regime, or to check out to get back to fundamentals. Foundational moves are beneficial in resolving shoulder, back and postural issues. Ideal for all clients.

(Pilates & Yoga with Weights) Using toning balls, flex bands, kettlebells and the fitness circle pumps up your pilates and yoga moves. Cues to reinforce good movement patterns with weights will enhance muscle toning and strength. Great class to focus on arms, core and legs and has a great impact on your posture and abdominal tone. Suitable for clients with some pilates & yoga experience or good body awareness. This series will take you through intensive, strength building exercises using flexbands and kettlebells, incorporates power yoga flows, and pilates' functional mat-based exercises and principles of posture and movement. Suitable for all levels.

(Pilates & Power Yoga) An intense workout that incorporates power pilates moves for strengthening, standing moves to build strength and tone legs, and challenging pilates and power yoga movement patterns to tone and strengthen. This series incorporates power yoga flows, and pilates' functional mat-based exercises and principles of posture and movement. Suitable for all levels This series will take you through intensive, strength building exercise moving from standing power pilates moves to power yoga flows. Suitable for all levels.

(Equipment & Mat Pilates) A class that blends pilates core exercises with leg work on the Reformer and Springboard. Use your knowledge of pilates principles and posture to integrate the whole body into each movement pattern, to move with a safe and effective range of motion, and to incorporate muscles and energy into your overall posture. Equipment work offers clients an opportunity to use their core muscles to transform their posture in balance and symmetry. The reformer gives your posture symmetry while the Springboard reveals and resolves muscle strength differences. Clients new to pilates equipment can book a 15 minute one-on-one equipment demo.

(Bellyfit, Hip Hop, Zumba) - Upbeat music, high-energy moves, fantastic workout inspired by Bellyfit, Zumba and Hip-Hop Yoga. Tons of fun...lots of laughts! Suitable for all levels.

(Hatha & Restorative Yoga) - A gentle hatha yoga class that focuses on stretching and strengthening different muscles in the body, incorporating meditation, visualization and pranayama. This class is ideal for anyone who seeks to practise gentle yoga that allows us to move with mindful integrity. Suitable for all levels.

(Ashtanga & Power Yoga ) This beginner power yoga class is inspired by ashtanga-yoga and incorporates technical cues, breathing, and energetic cues to find strength and control in poses. Engage your strength and control throughout sun salutation flows that progressively increase in challenge and sophisitication. This class is suitable for all levels.

(Family & Kids Yoga) Give your kids a focus and join them on the mat for some great bonding time having fun learning yoga poses. Kids aged 3 - 5, and 4-7, and 7 - 11 are grouped for classes. Family yoga is an all ages class.

(Prenatal Yogafit, Prenatal Pilates & Mom & Baby Core Flow) - This prenatal and postnatal classes are designed to meet you where you are at in your pregnancy and post-natal fitness. All moves and cues are designed with you and your baby in mind. Whether it's finding better posture, reducing back pain, resolving sciatica, becoming more aware of breast-feeding posture, or simply finding your abdomnals pre-and post-natally, these classes will give you a new and positive experience of your strength.

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.
She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never.
A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh

Prenatal Yoga Fit - This class restores with breathing techniques to relax throughout labour, movement and stretching to maintain good posture, power yoga for strength and toning and prenatal restorative yoga poses.

Prenatal Pilates - This class focuses on posture and alignment to manage changes throughout, minimize the occurrence of back pain and sciatica, and connect to core muscles for a strong, comfortable pregnancy.

Mom & Baby Core Flow- This class is the beginning of strengthening mom's core, and strengthening posture using the most effective moves from pilates and yoga. Mom and baby can keep an eye on each other as we flow through exercise for mommy and for baby. Baby's exercise includes crawling and rolling patterns.

Additional Information on Prenatal Fitness

Prenatal classes focus on posture, core strength, engaging the pelvic floor and incorporate exercises to improve leg strength, arm strength, and back strength required for a healthy and energized pregnancy and birth. Standing work, including pilates flow movements and static yoga poses, benefit posture and balance throughout your pregnancy. Specialized pilates equipment ideal for pregnancy, including the stability chair, arc barrel, stability ball and professional reformer, are used to accommodate the pregnant client in safe and supported positions. These classes will help the prenatal client maintain strength and body awareness throughout their pregnancy that can improve post-natal health. Prior pilates and yoga experience is ideal but programs are accessible to clients of all levels of experience; a consult with your doctor is recommended prior to beginning this program.

The following information should NOT be substituted for medical advice from your doctor. Please consult your physician for information on what will be appropriate for you during your pregnancy.

Sol Pilates develops its policies and programming for pregnancy in line with the recommendations of Stott Pilates. Stott Pilates follows the current standards practiced in the fitness industry regarding safety and pregnancy and the guidelines set out by professional organizations such as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada. What follows is some general information and should not be substituted for the advice of a physician and the guidance of a qualified fitness professional.

No two women's bodies are the same, and this is especially true during pregnancy. There are workouts that are quite appropriate for some people during pregnancy and not for others. During a normal, healthy pregnancy, moderate exercise is safe for the fetus. Exercise is also said to prevent varicose veins, hemorrhoids and low back pain and helps to boost self esteem, maintain fitness levels and prepare the body for the physical demands of motherhood.

A woman's body goes through many changes during pregnancy and exercise must be adapted and modified as the pregnancy progresses. The beauty of pilates is that it can be individualized for anyone's ability. Workouts and schedules during the first trimester may have to be adjusted around fatigue levels. Over the course of the pregnancy the demand on the abdominal muscles should be decreased. During the second trimester these muscles become stretched out, and some women experience diastasis recti (separation of the abdominal muscles). With reduced abdominal support there is a greater risk of injuring the lower back. Further, due to hormonal changes during pregnancy, the ligaments surrounding the joints become lax, leaving them loose and vulnerable. For this reason, you should be careful not to overstretch. It is important to continue strengthening and rebalancing the muscles around the joints – supporting the body as it goes through postural changes related to pregnancy.

Today many guidelines for pregnancy indicate that after approximately the 16th week of gestation the supine position (lying on your back) should be avoided as the maternal blood supply and subsequently the fetal blood supply may be affected. In the second trimester, positioning must be adjusted and small equipment (particularly the Spine Supporter) combined with the Matwork exercises becomes very useful. As well, the possibilities offered by the Reformer, Cadillac and Stability Chair are helpful. Of course, drinking lots of water, avoiding overexertion and overheating are always important.

Prior to beginning PreNatal classes
please review and have your OBGYN or mid-wife
review and sign off on the Par-Q for Pregnancy Form
Download Par-Q For Pregnancy