Welcome to the studio.

In order to secure your sessions, we recommend that you purchase class packages or Personal Training packages. To view all of our options, please visit our Pricing & Packages page here.

You may book into our classes through the Ox Fitness Lab app (search for Ox Fitness Lab in the app store) or visit www.oxfitnessapp.com. Alternatively, you may pass by one of our studios to register for a space.

All spaces must be paid in advance in order to secure your booking, you can purchase a class package or single class via the app. The class package for Encore Pilates can be used in both locations, The Pearl and The Gatemall.

If you do not hold a valid package you may phone the studio who will place you on a wait list for your preferred class. You will then have 24 hours to process payment for your space however this space will remain unconfirmed until payment is received.

You may attend our studio during opening hours to make payment for your sessions.

For safety all shoes, bags and other items must be stored in the under-seating storage provided within the studio underneath the windows. We provide hangers within the studio for abaya’s and jackets. You may keep a closed bottle of water and a towel with you next to your reformer.

To avoid disruption we ask that all mobile phones be put on silent mode and are stored with your belongings during class.

A 45-minute static postural analysis and discussion is a useful tool to guide your training. While not medically diagnostic, this analysis can provide guidance regarding muscles which you may need to strengthen or lengthen to improve your posture. An improved posture will in turn improve the functionality of your body as it returns the normal shock-absorbing curves to your spine, can lead to improved joint range-of- motion and stability, reduce pain caused from overstressed muscles and can lead to reduced headaches by decreasing tension within the body.

If you will undertake Personal Trainings at the studio it is highly recommended that you purchase a postural analysis. .

Please be aware that in order for your Trainer to fully assess your posture you will need to wear fitted clothing and she will palpate your bony landmarks for an accurate reading.

Pilates is a method of training developed by Joseph Pilates, originally named by him as Contrology. It is a movement method based on the principles of concentration and focus, conscious control over how your body moves, centring movements and stability from the core muscles in the centre of your body, efficient and elegant flow of movement, precision in every move, and deep and coordinated breathing.

Joseph originally used his training method for rehabilitation and later set up his studio in New York in the same building as the New York City Ballet, and so the method became widely used by dancers. The Pilates method strengthens muscles through concentric, eccentric and isometric exercises, providing strength through a full range of motion, especially in small end of range movements, improving freedom of movement and increasing tone of muscles without creating bulk.

In a Pilates class you will move with flowing, focussed, controlled movements, all coordinated with breathing. It will increase your lung capacity, endurance and joint stability as well as improve your posture, balance and coordination. Joseph is famously quoted as saying “In 10 sessions you'll feel the difference, in 20 sessions you'll see the difference, and in 30 sessions you'll have a whole new body”.

Joseph Pilates was an avid inventor and created and licensed many pieces of exercise equipment throughout his lifetime, however he never saw commercial success with these items prior to his death in 1967. Since his passing, the movement practice and exercise equipment developed by Joseph have become highly regarded and the equipment he pioneered is now used worldwide, in both therapeutic and fitness settings.

The Universal Reformer is the most easily recognized and widely used piece of large apparatus developed by Joseph. The Reformer is a sliding platform attached to springs and pulleys which utilizes spring loading and your own body weight to strengthen the entire body. The Reformer supports the body whilst you perform movements, allowing you to better isolate, target and focus on the muscles being worked, more than you could by working freely. Exercises can be intensified by decreasing reliance of the supportive factors of the Reformer and moving towards more freely held positions with strong core muscles support.

The equipment can seem intimidating at first, but with regular practice you will increase strength, stability, endurance and focus, and see changes to your physique and your mind to body connection.