Aire Valley Pilates
Pilates Classes in Saltaire and Baildon, West Yorkshire
A mind-body exercise that improves your quality of life!
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Pilates concentrates on strengthening your stomach muscles and increasing the strength and flexibility of your back through gentle, slow, precise movements. This promotes improved posture, toned muscles, and improved body shape. Concentration improves and stress lowered!
lie on a mat, with knees bent, on your back, on sides & front.
NB.Since most of the time is spent on Matwork,
A THICK 10 – 15mm Pilates Mat (+Thick Towel) is needed for all classes.
I give classes from Monday evening to Thursday morning in Saltaire and Baildon for beginners and improvers. See my timetable. Please get in touch if you are interested in any of these, or just to find out more.
Kirsten Bicat
Updated 2 November "26
Victoria Hall & Wesleys Baildon Next term starts Monday 2 Nov.
Please check with me about joining November term. Weekly timetable in yellow box below.
See timetable page for dates & fees for next term.
Zoom Tuesdays 6.30pm Pilates Improvers for Zoom (no beginners please). (must be booked & pre-paid @ £5/class)
All classes are booked & paid for before attending class.
If you would like a place in class, please go to timetable page for details from menu above.
Please e-mail me on kirstenbicat@yahoo.com or text mobile 07944 783 656.
ADVANCE NOTICE of INCREASED FEES 2027 All classes will have fee increase from January. Details to follow in November. Kirsten
*Zoom Pilates invitation
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Timetable Nov/December "26
sAll Saltaire classes upstairs in the York room (Vic. hall)
Monday- Saltaire
6.30pm Victoria hall , (spaces)
Tuesday – Baildon/Saltaire/Zoom
9.45am BAILDON Methodist Church (full)
11.30am Victoria Hall, (Full) 6.30pm Zoom (Pilates)
Wednesday – Saltaire
10.30am Victoria Hall, (FULL) 6.30pm Victoria Hall, (SPACES)
Thursday – Saltaire
10.00am Victoria Hall, (space)
Full timetable begins 2 Nov.
see timetable page from menu for details
Please text or e-mail me kirstenbicat@yahoo.com
- Please pay full payment for term before term starts. Ideally by BACS to my account
A 10 – 15mm Pilates Mat Bring Suitably Thick Mats (15mm) needed for most people especially beginners & big Thick Towel or fleece blanket to fold up under head.
How to Pay – pref by Bank;
Please pay direct into my bank. Details on the Timetable Page. (see menu at top of page) If using a phone, visible by tapping on 3 short horizontal lines at the top right of the page.
- bank to bank transfer (Bacs / ‘faster payment’) This can be done at your bank.
- If paying Cash, Use envelope, no change
- No Cheques please.
Missed class – Zoom/Videos
Tues eve Zooms (check with me) or youtube videos can be used to catch up missed classes.
No reductions if you miss class due to your own hols/days out/visitors etc.
See below 3 videos for Thorasic Mobility.
“Channelling the Cobra” in 3 parts.
Great advice on Exercise
BBC sounds radio 4 from 20/12/23 by Michael Mosley, called “Just One Thing”
(Dr. Michael Mosley died on holiday in June “24)
(Excersize Special – 38 mins )
Everything you need to know about why we humans all need exercise especially over 30 if you want to be independent well into old age.
EG. Do you want to be able to sit down & get up from a chair without using your arms??!!! If you cannot, you will need help to get on the loo!
See what pilates can do for you…
One of my clients is a full time carer for her mum who has dementia.
She came to my class to help with flexibility, good posture and strength as these are required in her role. Knowing that to learn Pilates would take concentration and focus, she was concerned in case her stress and worries from her caring role would interfere with her ability to concentrate & learn the exercises.
After about 6 sessions she stayed behind to tell me that much to her surprise she always managed to forget all about her daily worries and concentrate on the Pilates exercises. She was therefore finding that the main benefit of coming to my class was the mental relaxation and relief from stress it gave her leaving her refreshed and ready to face the next challenge. She also said it had made her concentration outside the class improve as well.
She said she wanted to spread the word to others about the benefits of Pilates to mental wellbeing not just the physical benefits.
Keep up the good work Kirsten you are a real inspiration!
Subscribe to my Youtube channel
Visit my YouTube channel airevalleypilates which I will be updating to give you classes with tips and advice that you can watch anytime. To access; type youtube into your browser, then type airevalleypilates into the search bar. When Pilates videos come up, click on the bold type to the right at the top saying airevalleypilates (all one word) my videos should then pop up. Find part 1 of the class you want and once you select that one the other parts of the same class should line up ready to be played in the right order, enjoy!
For more information
For up to date class schedules, or advice about Pilates, please contact me.