Begin Pilates 2026

Winter Beginners Pilates Class, Twelve Weeks: Thursday 8th January to Thursday 2nd April 2026

Half-Term, No Classes, Monday 16th to Friday 20th of February 2026

 

What Beginners and Improvers Pilates Mat Classes with Bea Alexander Pilates Will Do For You

Pilates was developed by Joe Pilates over 100 years ago; it focuses on integrating all muscle groups with controlled movements, improving your brain and body connectivity, proprioception, muscle power, core strength and joint flexibility. Pilates has lasted this long as it reallly does work and can be adapted to everyone’s needs.

Despite the new tiktok and insta trends, all of the fundementals of Pilates were there at the beginning and Joe Pilates wanted us to integrate new advances in medical knowledge about the body in to the technique. He said one of the keystones to the body is your ‘power house’ which now we call core stability and strength.

Bea Alexander has been teaching Pilates full time for twenty three years; she is experienced in making sure everyone in the class is working in the best way for their body and any injuries or conditions they may have. This is non-gimmick-y teaching, giving you back a sense of control over your own body and mind.

 

See the Winter 2026 Pilates Class Information, Tcs & Cs

How to Book Beginners & Improvers Pilates

📍 We use MINDBODY scheduling software.  Please set up an account with us from the link.  

📍 We recommend you do a series of classes so you learn consistently and can see progress. We operate a rescheduling facility: if you know you will not be able to attend a class, you can go in to your MINDBODY scheduling site and click on ‘my schedule’, and in the list of the classes you are booked in for, click ‘cancel’ next to the class, and as long as it is 24 hours before your class, you can then use that money to book in to another class any time during the twelve weeks of the term.  You can swap between in-person and online in this way too.

📍 This Winter 2026, you can buy the full twelve-weeks of term (and use the cancellation and re-booking facility once term starts). From the 5th of January, you can buy a pass for eight classes to use during the twelve weeks, or individual classes.

📍 To Book go in to MINDBODY, choose the ‘Mat Class’ tab and search for the Beginners & Improvers Class, Thursdays, 7.15pm,  in the timetable, and choose the ‘In-Person or ‘Live Online’ attendance.

If you have trouble finding the classes these are the direct links:

Autumn Beginners & Improvers @ Eric Liddell Centre

Autumn Beginners & Improvers Live Online

 

📍 Make sure you choose In-Person if you want to be at the venue, or choose ‘Live Online‘ if you want to do class via Zoom link. Click on ‘Sign Up Now’.  You will then be given the ‘Make a Reservation’ page.

📍 IMPORTANT: If you want to attend all twelve classes, please fill in the ‘Recurring Reservation‘ information, leaving the ‘start date’ as the 8th January, and change the ‘end date’ to the last date in the drop down list that appears if you hover over it which will be the 2nd April.  This will book your name in to the register for all twelve classes. This secures your place in each class and also means you will then be able to use the cancellation and re-booking facility during the term,

[If your name is not in the register, the system does not know you are coming and could sell that space to someone else. It also would mean you cannot then book out of a class and book in to a different one. ]

📍Click on ‘Make a recurring reservation’ and ‘Series and Memberships’ will come up – these are the price options. Twelve weeks, with the benefit of rescheduling is £162.

📍Once you have paid for the block, you will receive and immediate auto-email saying you have booked. If you have booked for live online the auto-email will contain the Zoom Link for the class which stays the same throughout the term.

📍 If you do not see it appear in your in-box within a few minutes, check your SPAM, and if you still do not see it, check you have booked yourself  in to the classes and not just paid for the block.

📍 Check what classes you are booked in for in  ‘My Schedule’ in your MINDBODY account. You should see a list of the classes your name is down for and if you are doing the full term, it should be twleve classes.  If not, follow the process again as above but make sure this time, you have put the ‘end date’ as the last date in the drop down list. The last Thursday of term is the 2nd of April.

You are now registered for Beginners and Improvers !

Equipment you need for your Pilates class

  • one exercise mat
  • one medium-strength, long-ish resistance band
  • one small squashy Pilates ball, we recommend 7 inches for most people; 9 inches if you are over six foot.
  • Many people will need exercise blocks for sitting on to help sit upright when in crossed legs or legs out straight in the floor. We recommend getting two if you know you have tight hamstrings.

You can buy these things online at:

Mats come from all sorts of places, including big supermarkets.  A decent one is: https://www.mad-hq.com/shop/yoga/mats-rugs-towels/yoga-mats-beginners/warrior-2-plus-yoga-mat.      If you want a thicker one, they can be less portable to carry, but do give more padding https://www.mad-hq.com/core-fitness-mats-10mm

Resistance Bands: Buy the Blue Medium https://www.mad-hq.com/shop/fitness/resistance-training/resistance-bands/resistance-bands

Squashy Pilates Ball: https://www.physicalcompany.co.uk/soft-pilates-ball-2397

Yoga / Exercise Blocks https://www.mad-hq.com/shop/yoga/blocks-bricks-wedges/yoga-blocks/full-yoga-blocks-pair

We Look Forward to Seeing You For Pilates This January 2026