ESSENTIALS

The Pilates technique will bring you a leaner, more flexible body as well as a remarkable sense of wellbeing. Marvellous for back pain and similar conditions, it will enhance and prolong your natural vitality. Countless celebrities, from Madonna, Hugh Grant and Angelina Jolie to Martin Amis, David Beckham and Joan Collins, are enthusiastic fans as well as millions of ordinary people worldwide from all walks of life.


PBA's Chris Hocking is "a brilliant teacher.. [in] a different league" whose pioneering group matwork classes have for 25 years set a defining standard in UK Pilates.


Classes for new students are in Central London on Wed evenings in Islington (EC1), or on Sat afternoons in Marylebone (NW1).


Taster classes are friendly and welcoming, and cost £15.


Ten weekly classes can cost as little as £100.


Taught from beginners level to the international standard of classical matwork.


Book online or tel 020 7240 5922.