Jane Bright Wellbeing

18/11/2025

Try your first pilates class FREE!

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18/11/2025

Leaflets have arrived 🫶😊😁🎉

If anyone has a community board at work or another space where I can put some leaflets please let me know!🙏

Let's spread the love and magic of pilates and reiki ✨️🧘‍♀️🤸‍♀️💖

17/11/2025

More resistance band fun!

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14/11/2025

Adding layers to build up exercises, here we did the one leg lift with the more advanced adding a one leg bridge to the move...looking amazing everyone! 😍🤩

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12/11/2025

Looking forward to listening to this 👌

12/11/2025

Anyone fancy meeting up one morning a week for a sea swim? Thinking 8am on a Wednesday or Thursday on the lifeguard beach...let me know if you're interested!

12/11/2025

Early morning lift for the kids means a quick lush walk along the seafront for me today 🌅 look at that sky 😍

11/11/2025

🌿Find your strength, feel your flow

It's more than a workout, it's a reset. ✨️
Join a Pilates class and discover how mindful movement builds strength, balance and calm from the inside out.

💫strengthen your core
🌸 improve posture & flexibility
🌬 breathe deeper, move better, feel lighter

No experience needed- just your body and your intention to grow 💪

Come as you are, leave feeling stronger, centred and recharged.

Join us this week and take the first step towards a stronger, calmer you 💖

11/11/2025

Adding resistance bands to add load and therefore building 💪 gradually

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08/11/2025

Creative Saturday afternoon 💖

06/11/2025

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A 2023 systematic review and meta-analysis by Ju et al., published in Medicine, examined how Pilates affects depression and anxiety symptoms in women.

The researchers analysed 18 randomised controlled trials including 827 female participants who took part in Pilates programs ranging from several weeks to four months. These were compared to control groups such as usual care, health education, or non-specific exercise.

👉Key Findings

Pilates led to a moderate to large reduction in depressive symptoms and a moderate reduction in anxiety symptoms compared to control groups.

Women who practised Pilates for 12 weeks or longer tended to experience the greatest improvements.

Benefits were observed across a wide age range, with particularly strong effects in middle-aged and older women.

The findings suggest that Pilates may be an effective mind–body intervention to support emotional wellbeing and quality of life in women.

👉Study Limitations

The included studies varied in duration, frequency, and type of Pilates (mat, reformer, or mixed), making it hard to pinpoint the optimal approach.

Most trials involved small sample sizes and short-term interventions, so the long-term impact remains unclear.

Participants typically had mild to moderate depressive symptoms rather than diagnosed major depression, so results may not generalise to clinical populations.

👉Takeaway

The key takeaway for me is that Pilates (and exercise in general) has more benefits than just physical.

If you're a Pilates teacher remember, you're not "just" a Pilates teacher 💪

Movement is medicine

Tom