Pilates in Exeter

18/12/2025

The January term of Pilates at the Castle starts on Tuesday, 6th January! *Gift Cards Available*
Enjoy a class in the historic Library in 2026
Book today ➡️https://www.pilatesinexeter.co.uk/classes

Fiona Swan from Pilates in Exeter holds the beginner's class at 6pm and the intermediate class at 7pm.
*Term Dates*
Beginners Pilates 6pm - Tuesday 6th Jan - 9th Feb (6 week term )
This gentle class is suitable for anyone, particularly individuals with joint issues they would like to manage with appropriate exercise. Light hand weights are used for some exercises. Bring 1k weights if you have them.

Beginners to Intermediate Pilates, 7pm, Tuesday, 6th Jan - 9th Feb (6-week term). This class is suitable for anyone who has been practicing Pilates for a while and would like to move to the next level. Various pieces of Pilates equipment are used along with hand weights.
(The cost of the 6-week term is £60)
Hope you can join us soon.

Other classes are held at Alphington Community Theatre Room on Mondays at 10am, beginners at 11am, and intermediate on Wednesdays at 10:30 am. Beginners.
Book online at www.pilatesinexeter.co.uk
Fiona Swan is a fully qualified and insured Pilates instructor registered with CIMSPA.
To reserve your place, either book online, email fiona@pilatesinexeter.co.uk, or call 07531 729383

14/12/2025

Looking for a gift that truly helps? Why not purchase a gift card for one of my Pilates classes starting in January 2026? All of my classes are now available for booking via my website. One-to-one sessions are also available.
Have a great Christmas and hope to see you soon. Fiona
Link is in the comments

19/11/2025

Feel great for Christmas and the new year ahead with Livestreamed Pilates classes with Fiona from PilatesinExeter

If you're feeling too busy to exercise at the moment, perhaps with work, family commitments, and Christmas preparations taking up your time, an online class from the comfort of home could be the solution you're looking for.

Held every Monday at 8.15 am and Wednesday at 8.45am via Zoom, they provide a comprehensive full-body workout in an enjoyable and time-effective way.

The classes use 1 to 3K hand weights and bands. If you have other equipment, such as the Pilates roller, Magic circle, Pilates balls, and leg weights, they are also incorporated into the session.
Along with some balance work, all muscle groups are stretched and strengthened, and each class finishes with some relaxation time.

Here’s what regular attendee Gillian Taylor has to say,
“The online class is a great way to squeeze some exercise into my week. I don’t need to travel anywhere, and it’s like having a brilliant teacher in my living room. Fiona makes the classes interesting, and somehow manages to give us a great range of exercises without it feeling too difficult. A Pilates class first thing gives me extra energy for the whole day!”

To join a class, contact fiona@pilatesinexeter.co.uk or call 07531 729383

Costs - £7 a session PAYG, with reductions to £5 a session if you sign up for the whole term.

More details at www.pilatesinexeter.co.uk

If you’re new to Pilates, a private induction session is also available.

Hope to see you soon.
Fiona

04/11/2025

FEEL GREAT FOR CHRISTMAS WITH PILATES IN KENTON VICTORY HALL - TUESDAY EVENINGS 6pm Beginners, 7pm Intermediate.

Classes suitable for everyone! Hope you can join us. Any questions, please email fiona@pilatesinexeter.co.uk



KENTON VICTORY HALL

Due to the Powderham Castle Christmas Lights in December, the Christmas Term class is at Kenton Victory Hall.
Tues 3rd Nov – 16th Dec, 6pm - Beginners (7 Weeks) Cost £63
Tues 3rd Nov – 16th Dec, 7pm - Intermediate (7 Weeks) Cost £63

My other classes

PILATES LIVESTREAM ONLINE
MONDAY ONLINE 8.15 am
​​Mon 3rd Nov – 22nd Dec – (8 Weeks) Cost £48 Book
WEDNESDAY ONLINE 8.45 am
​​​Wed 5th Nov – 17th Dev – (6 Weeks) Cost £42 Book
(​Recorded class on 12th Nov)
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ALPHINGTON COMMUNITY THEATRE ROOM
MONDAY BEGINNERS 10am
Mon 3rd Nov – 22nd Dec – 10am Beginners ( 7 Weeks) Cost £63 No class on 10th Nov.
MONDAY INTERMEDIATE 11am
Mon 3rd Nov – 22nd Dec – 10am Beginners ( 7 Weeks) Cost £63 No class on 10th Nov.
- with equipment, such as foam roller, hand weight, and Pilates Magic Circle. Provided
WEDNESDAY BEGINNERS to INTERMEDIATE 10.30am
Wed 5th Nov – 17th Dec – 10.30 am Beginners to intermediate (6 Weeks) Cost £54 No class on 12th Nov

​PAYG £7.50.
Do both online classes for the term, 15 sessions for £75. Just £5 per class.

Pilates is great for maintaining muscle mass, bone strength, flexibility, balance, and posture. Hope you can join us. Reserve your place!
With Fiona Swan, Pilates Instructor, who is registered as a Senior Practitioner of Personal Training - Physical Activity & Health Specialist with CIMSPA (the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity). She is also a professional member of Fit Pro and UK Coaching.

To reserve your place, email fiona@pilatesinexter.co.uk
call or book directly on the website www.pilatesinexeter.co.uk

01/11/2025

Really pleased to share that I’ve been awarded Senior Personal Trainer - Physical Activity and Health Specialist status with (CIMSPA) The Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity.

It's great that, in addition to being a Pilates Instructor, I can apply the skills and knowledge to all of my classes.

I specialise in working with older adults and individuals who may have specific health issues. For example, you may be rehabilitating from an injury, have a Parkinson's diagnosis, or simply looking to maintain functional fitness to improve quality of life as you age.

The role of a Personal Trainer is to coach clients (on a one to one and small group basis) towards their health and fitness goals. It’s very much about analysing need and coaching individuals through bespoke exercise programmes and instruction.
Offering nutritional and overall lifestyle management advice and supporting behaviour change is also key to the role, along with knowing when to refer clients to relevant, appropriate professionals such as physiotherapists or registered dietitians.

If you’re looking for private tuition or would like to attend one of my Pilates or Nordic Forest Fitness classes at Haldon Forest Park, please do have a look at my website www.pilatesinexter.co.uk

The new term starts soon, and there's space in some of the classes. It would be great to see you there.
Kind regards
Fiona



Chartered
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The holder has completed the Personal Trainer occupational professional standard, as well as the Working with People with Long Term Conditions professional standard and one additional professional standard within the physical activity and health specialist area, by evidencing all of their competency...

30/10/2025

FEEL GREAT FOR CHRISTMAS - THE NEW TERM OF PILATES STARTS W/C 2nd Nov.


Beginner and intermediate classes at Kenton Victory Hall, Alphington Community Theatre, and online.
Pilates is great for maintaining muscle mass, bone strength, flexibility, balance, and posture. Hope you can join us. Reserve your place!

With Fiona Swan, Pilates Instructor, who is registered as a Senior Practitioner of Personal Training - Physical Activity & Health Specialist with CIMSPA (the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity). She is also a professional member of Fit Pro and UK Coaching.

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WHEN & WHERE

*ALPHINGTON COMMUNITY THEATRE ROOM*
MONDAY BEGINNERS 10am

Mon 3rd Nov – 22nd Dec – 10am Beginners ( 7 Weeks) Cost £63 No class on 10th Nov.

MONDAY INTERMEDIATE 11am
Mon 3rd Nov – 22nd Dec – 10am Beginners ( 7 Weeks) Cost £63 No class on 10th Nov.
- with equipment, such as foam roller, hand weight, and Pilates Magic Circle. Provided

WEDNESDAY BEGINNERS to INTERMEDIATE 10.30am
Wed 5th Nov – 17th Dec – 10.30 am Beginners to intermediate (6 Weeks) Cost £54 No class on 12th Nov

*Kenton Victory Hall*
Due to the Powderham Castle Christmas Lights in December, the Christmas Term class is at Kenton Victory Hall.

Tues 3rd Nov – 16th Dec, 6pm - Beginners (7 Weeks) Cost £63
Tues 3rd Nov – 16th Dec, 7pm - Intermediate (7 Weeks) Cost £63

*PILATES LIVESTREAM ONLINE*

MONDAY ONLINE 8.15 am
​​Mon 3rd Nov – 22nd Dec – (8 Weeks) Cost £48 Book

WEDNESDAY ONLINE 8.45 am
​​​Wed 5th Nov – 17th Dev – (6 Weeks) Cost £42 Book
(​Recorded class on 12th Nov)
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​PAYG £7.50.

Do both online classes for the term, 15 sessions for £75. Just £5 per class.
To reserve your place email fiona@pilatesinexter.co.uk
call 07531 729383 or book directly on the website www.pilatesinexeter.co.uk

26/08/2025

The new Autumn term of Pilates at the Castle starts on Tuesday, 9th September.
Enjoy a class in the Library, or Rose Garden (weather permitting).
Book today ➡️https://www.pilatesinexeter.co.uk/classes

Fiona Swan from Pilates in Exeter holds the beginner's class at 6pm and the intermediate class at 7pm.
*Term Dates*
Beginners Pilates 6pm - Tuesday 9th Sept - 21st Oct (7 week term )
This gentle class is suitable for anyone, particularly individuals with joint issues they would like to manage with appropriate exercise. Light hand weights are used for some exercises. Bring 1k weights if you have them.

Beginners to intermediate Pilates 7pm - Tuesday 9th Sept - 21st Oct (7-week term) - This class is suitable for anyone who has been practicing Pilates for a while and would like to move to the next level. Various pieces of Pilates equipment are used along with hand weights.
(The cost of the 7-week term is £70)
Hope you can join us soon.
Book online at www.pilatesinexeter.co.uk

Other classes are held at Alphington Community Theatre Room on Monday at 10am, beginners at 11am, intermediate, and Wednesday at 10.30am. Beginners.
Book online at www.pilatesinexeter.co.uk
Fiona Swan is a fully qualified and insured Pilates instructor registered with CIMSPA.
The reserve your place, either book online e-mail fiona@pilatesinexeter.co.uk, or call 07531 729383

26/08/2025

Stretch and strengthen the whole body with Pilates in the lovely Community Theatre Room.
The new term for beginners starts the w/c 8th Sept at 10am, along with the intermediate class at 11am.

New Term dates
ALPHINGTON COMMUNITY THEATRE ROOM - What 3 words location https://w3w.co/vanish.engine.divide
MONDAY BEGINNERS 10am
A gentle class suitable for anyone with a joint or back issue, where their GP/health practitioner may have advised to try Pilates.
When: Monday 8th Sept – 20th Oct (7 weeks) Cost £63
MONDAY INTERMEDIATE 11am
Classic Mat-based Pilates, where each exercise is layered from beginner to intermediate, so everyone can work effectively and safely at their level.
Pilates equipment, such as hand weights, bands, foam roller, and magic circles are also provided to add further challenge to those who would like it.
When: Monday 8th Sept – 20th Oct (7 weeks) Cost £63

WEDNESDAY BEGINNERS to INTERMEDIATE 10.30am
Classic Mat-based Pilates where each exercise is layered from beginner to intermediate so everyone can work effectively and safely at their level. Suitable for anyone with a joint or back issue, whom their GP/health practitioner may have advised to try Pilates.
Wednesday 10th Sept – 22nd Oct (7 weeks) Cost £63
Run by Fiona Swan, Level 4 Exercise instructor with specialist training in Exercise for Lower Back Pain and Pilates for common orthopedic conditions. Plus Functional Strength Training for ageing populations.
Call fiona on 07531 729383 or E-mail fiona@pilatesinexeter.co.uk to join a class this week. Or book direct online at www.pilatesinexeter.co.uk

23/08/2025

FEEL GREAT WITH PILATES THIS AUTUMN! - THE NEW TERM STARTS W/C 8th SEPT
Beginner and intermediate classes at Powderham Castle, Alphington Community Theatre (next to GP surgery), and online.

Pilates is great for maintaining muscle mass, bone strength, flexibility, balance, and posture. Reserve your place!

WHEN & WHERE
*ALPHINGTON COMMUNITY THEATRE ROOM*

MONDAY BEGINNERS 10am
Mon 8th Sept – 20th Oct – 10am Beginners ( 7 Weeks) Cost £63

MONDAY INTERMEDIATE 11am
Monday 8th Sept – 20th Oct (7 weeks) Cost £63
- with equipment, such as foam roller, hand weight, and Pilates Magic Circle. Provided

WEDNESDAY BEGINNERS to INTERMEDIATE 10.30am
Wednesday 10th Sept – 22nd Oct at 10.30 am (7 weeks) Cost £63

*POWDERHAM CASTLE*
Tues 9th Sept – 21st Oct, 6pm - Beginners (7 Weeks) Cost £70
Tues 9th Sept – 21st Oct, 7pm - Intermediate (7 Weeks) Cost £70

*PILATES LIVESTREAM ONLINE*
MONDAY ONLINE 8.15 - 9.10 am
Monday 8th Sept – 20th Sept (7 weeks) Cost £42

WEDNESDAY ONLINE 8.45 - 9.40am
Wednesday 10th Sept – 22nd Oct at 8.45am (7 weeks) Cost £42

Do both online classes for the term, 14 sessions for £70. Just £5 per class.

To reserve your place email fiona@pilatesinexter.co.uk or call 07531 729383 or book directly on the website www.pilatesinexeter.co.uk

01/08/2025

Happy to share that I have completed some really beneficial CPD training, 'Functional Strength for Ageing Populations', to enhance my Forest Fitness and Pilates Classes.
The course highlights that if we hope to maintain functionality and independence into later years, we need to ‘exercise effectively’ and make a start as soon as possible, and that we cannot just do walking. It seems that “Much of what is typically attributed to getting older has as much, if not more, to do with habitual inactivity and a sedentary lifestyle over many years."
One example of this is that our stride tends to get shorter as we get older. We may think it's age, but it is more due to lack of flexibility in the hip flexors and the Achilles tendon at the ankle - perhaps due to the lack of effort in terms of maintaining range of movement around these joints.
Plus, to help maintain bone density and joint strength, we need to apply sufficient load and practice moving in a variety of ways that mirror the real world.
The training, which highlights the links between Musculoskeletal Function (muscle, bone, and joint health), Neuromuscular Function (motor control, balance, power, speed, and agility), Cognitive Function, and Cardiometabolic Function, also includes Falls Prevention. By improving our balance, power, speed, and agility skills, we can significantly reduce the likelihood of falling and the disabling consequences that this can bring.
The good news is that the course provides many examples of practical exercises and drills that I can build into my Nordic Forest Fitness and Pilates classes. I know it sounds corny, but it does feel like a great investment into all our futures.
Hope to see you soon.
For my classes, see www.pilatesinexeter.co.uk or www.nordicwalkingdevon.co.uk

Fiona

17/06/2025

Another lovely evening for Pilates, surrounded by Housemartins at fabulous Powderham Castle.
The final class of the term is next Tuesday. The summer term then restarts on the 15th of July. To book see www.pilatesinexeter.co.uk