Inspired Pilates

23/02/2026

Well said Michael King Pilates 🥰

Every week there is another video of someone sliding off a Reformer or attempting something so bizarre it looks more like a circus audition than a Pilates session. It gets shared, commented on, laughed at, dissected. And every single time that happens, the algorithm rewards it. It does not care whether you are shocked or critical. It simply sees engagement and pushes it further.

The uncomfortable truth is that when we share these clips, even to say how dreadful they are, we give them power. We amplify the very thing we claim to be against. What might have stayed in a small corner of the internet suddenly reaches thousands more, and the public starts to associate Pilates with instability, gimmicks and people falling off equipment.

That affects all of us. It does not just reflect on one teacher. It chips away at the credibility of the method and confuses clients who are trying to understand what proper training looks like. Pilates is built on control, progression and intelligent movement, not shock value.

If you see something reckless, the most effective response is actually the simplest one. Do not engage. Do not repost. Unfollow and move on. When we stop watching, the reach drops.
That is the only leverage we really have.

If we want to protect the profession, we need to stop feeding the content that undermines it.

04/02/2026

Burn your slippers! 🤣yep I actually say that in class. Get barefoot!

The most dangerous addiction of the modern world isn’t sugar. 🍬
It’s comfort.

And the biggest addiction we practice every single day is right under our feet. 👣

For over 2 million years, our ancestors were endurance athletes.
They ran after prey across African savannas.
They walked thousands of kilometers across continents.

And they did it without:
• “Air” soles
• Gel cushioning
• “Miracle” arch supports
• Thick padding

They moved by landing on the front or midfoot.

Your foot is a masterpiece of biological engineering — designed to work like a spring. 🦶
When you land naturally:
• the foot arch stretches
• the calf muscles lengthen
• the Achilles tendon absorbs impact

This is a perfect natural shock-absorption system.

Then came the 1970s.
The running boom.

Shoe companies realized two things:
1. You can’t sell bare feet.
2. You can’t patent the ground. 🌍

So they created a “problem” — impact.
And sold the “solution” — cushioning. 👟

Thick foam heels.
“Arch support.”
“Motion control.”

It sounded like medicine.
In reality, it was marketing — designed to sell plastic. 😔

And it changed the way we move.

Soft heels taught people to do something that never happens in nature:
👉 land on the heel ‼️

This is called heel striking — and biomechanically, it’s a disaster.

It bypasses the foot’s natural shock absorption.
Impact travels straight:
➡️ to the calf
➡️ to the knee
➡️ to the lower back

The shoe absorbs the feeling of impact,
but your joints absorb the force.

Even worse, “support” acts like a cast.
Support a muscle — and it switches off.
Squeeze the foot in a narrow shoe — and toe function atrophies.

We traded strong, adaptable feet for weak, deformed “shells” — and there’s often no way back.

It’s no coincidence that:
• knee replacements
• chronic back pain

exploded at the same time “comfortable shoes” became the norm.

Comfort is often harm disguised as convenience.

When we understand this, we can make conscious choices — and question marketing claims.
We can also take intentional steps to reverse the damage.

The first step?
Wake up the sleeping feet. ⚽👣

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12/01/2026

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12/01/2026

I just wanted to say a huge thank you to the lovely people who bought these wonderful gifts (or made them) as a thank you for Christmas. I’m thrilled with them 🥰

11/01/2026

We are happy to help you with your goals this year!
Just visit our website www.inspiredpilates.co.uk to view the pdf and other you can also book through our booking system, Vagaro!

Inspired Pilates offers classes in Southwest Wiltshire on the county border with Dorset. We teach a variety of Group Matwork Classes and reformer classes, making accessing Pilates affordable whilst maintaining a high standard of teaching. Lisa Rich is a qualified Pilates teacher.

30/12/2025

It’s been a tricky old December, with illness but I’m slowly getting back on track this week!

First aid completed in 5 hours… phew!

January bookings being taken! A few spaces here and there in group mat classes and reformer.

13/12/2025

💜Looking to start Pilates in January?💜

Inspired Pilates is based in Teffont Evias, easily accessible from local villages and towns like Tisbury, Wilton and Fovant.

The Studio is Pilates only, clean and a maximum of 9 people in group mat classes.

Reformer is mostly 1-1, but we have space to teach 2-1 with 2 x reformers with towers and a wunda chair.

Highly experienced teacher with over 20 years experience, member of the Pilates foundation, first aid trained and insured.

Check out the website www.inspiredpilates.co.uk for our pdf timetable.

💜Book your place today!💜

08/12/2025

Looking for a reliable substitute mat only teacher for my studio Inspired Pilates - teffont evias.

Must be highly qualified (ideally Pilates foundation) and reliable. If you are trained by any other body, get in contact but a course of minimum 1 years training is required to maintain the studios high standards provided to our clients. You must also be a current member of your body and have an up to date first aid qualification.

£7pp per class - max 9 clients.

If you know of anyone, please get in touch. If they fit in well, it could be a permanent position.

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Inspired Pilates offers classes in Southwest Wiltshire on the county border with Dorset. We teach a variety of Group Matwork Classes and reformer classes, making accessing Pilates affordable whilst maintaining a high standard of teaching. Lisa Rich is a qualified Pilates teacher.

17/11/2025

An absolutely superb day a few weeks ago at Bodywise Pilates in Salisbury with the superb Suzy Barton studying feet and shoulders!

I’m sure you’ve experienced some of this training in your classes by now 💜

06/11/2025

That year again!

Always make sure your teacher is ~
- first aid trained
- insured
- is actually trained properly and hasn’t done weekends course on groupon!

Let’s hope I don’t have to use my qualification in the next 3 years …
This past 3 years I’ve had to apply plasters to my kids, manage a severe burn from scalding my leg (don’t ask) being trodden on whilst wearing sandals by my horse (another hospital trip!) and helped a member of public who had fallen and hit her head in town.

Inspired Pilates only first aid book entry was a fall from a Swiss ball- let’s keep it that way and rest safe in the knowledge that we are risk assessed, first aid trained and insured through Balens with specific Pilates insurance.

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Award-winning first aid courses tailored to your needs

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20/10/2025

The only pillow I recommend!!

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17/10/2025

Bob the skeleton (recently renamed him- we seem to call them all Bob - no offence dad!) gets the studio into the Halloween mood! 💀🎃👻
Wonder how many locals will double take?!