Lizzie K Pilates

18/07/2026

A. Very. Favourite. Feeling ✨

And apparently takes a team to keep moving with some pace these days! Goals for yourself with children just takes a whole load extra logistical and physical management doesn’t it!

Thanks to my wonderful Physio for swiftly working with me after a calf pull a few weeks ago and for Gabby at for ironing out a right jammed up scap this week. We can breathe easier and fly faster now 💪🏼

Thats all! Wishing you a wonderful weekend with hopefully some joyful movement in there too x

28/01/2026

I’m 20months post baby #2, which was an awesome birth, and 5yrs post baby #1 which was awful, culminated in pelvic floor trauma and a good dose of mental trauma.

Recovering from birth is something to be respected, and if you let it, it’s the most immense learning curve about yourself.

I remember that failure of function after my first birth, and wondering how on earth I would run/smile/feel again. I remember finding a pelvic health physio (and a therapist) and doing the work religiously to get better. Luckily tenacious is my middle name and if this resonates with you, you can have my middle name too. If I’m honest, I never did get fully confident to run fast after birth #1 but I did want my pelvic floor and my body/mind to get to a certain place before I contemplated another birth, that became the functional green card.

20 months on from birth #2, with less time, a default parent life with a travelling husband, a wonderful client list and very little personal time (although tweaked mildly this year amen) here we are- looking straight in the eye of race pace run times and feeling more confident in this bod than I have in a while (certainly better than between births). All done with an active life, exercise snacks and zero training routine.

All this to say a few things to postnatal mums, your birth will have changed you, your story is important, and you might still be in the thick of processing it and working it all out. The most important thing to know is that whatever you want to do with your life from this moment forward-you can. Do not be limited by someone else’s limited knowledge.

Two things that I have found to be invaluable in achieving that - the right educating team around you and patience.

When i say I do Pilates so that I can do everything else-I still mean it!

It’s your body; believe, think big, go for it x

27/01/2026

“This is so much harder than it looks”

Something I hear eeevvveerrrryyy weeek.

Then you’re doing Pilates perfectly.

You’re getting to know yourself even more. You’re able to work deeper.

That’s the brilliant thing about Pilates, as you get better, the simpler things feel new again. Because they are new to the body you’re connecting with on a new level. That same body you’ll then take out into the world and use to live the life you’re also creating. You’ll have the confidence to do the things you might have stopped doing for whatever reason, or feel better doing the things that you’re trying so hard to do pain free or have the confidence to do new things.

Small things, big outcomes 💪🏼

20/06/2025

Last moments of prep (al fresco heaven), before another day of clients.

I’ve been thinking/prompted/signalled recently about where my place is in the “pilates” world. As the boom of reformer classes has bought another narrative to Pilates there’s been a classical v contemporary conversation/debate going on underneath a yell of Instagram nightclub flows and Joseph pilates Polaroids from yonder and the observer in me has been intrigued by both sides.

Where do I fit here? How do I articulate what I offer? Because it’s neither of the polarising narratives I see that jar me and it sort of doesn’t feel like it’s in the Pilates space at all. If clients are searching, what would they need to know about me vs a teacher down the road?

Because fundamentally anyone in the movement space is an advocate for the body, we’re all keen to help and support and make a difference to lives. And there is space for everyone whether you’ve done a weekend course for the group session teaching or a year long comprehensive course to continue your passion. And there is space for everyone because people are most drawn to people, which is pretty perfect because Pilates is (well should be… but the weekend courses kinda shock me!) so much more than the “how” than the “what”.

But what do you get with me? Well I know I bring more than just Pilates and I’m unashamedly not a purist of Pilates. But it’s the conversations with clients and external peers where I notice the feedback is slightly almost surprised by me- so that feels like my difference.

I draw people in who have an issue, a problem that needs to be fixed, and we will fix it. Ive been told im tenacious. My style is educational, it’s pedantic, and completely totally obsessed with teaching you about your body so that you won’t need me. It’s about opening your eyes to change your narrative around yourself: no you are not the injury you feel has identified you for the last decade, no you are not limited in this body, yes you can live pain free and my experience (with an expert team) will get you there. I’ve been told I don’t lower my standards for myself and believe you shouldn’t for you either.

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22/04/2025

Memories. Really fond ones. Creating these tiny chapters that make up our lives. Tiny, powerful moments deep in gratitude 🌈

The windswept sunshine was an unexpected joy too!

Back to the flow of term x

11/02/2025

This wonderful class started last week and I honestly can’t tell you how rewarding it was.

You’re never quite sure what tribe will come together and that’s actually a main part of the work that I love and why I wanted to open to a larger audience again. I know this will evolve, but what has started was something absolutely lovely. Challenges all round, new bodies and minds to learn with, a good benchmark to move from. A total pleasure.

If you’d like to join us, just let me know x

04/02/2025

Good Morning 🌱 Tomorrow I kick off a new weekly term time Pilates Class at Cookham Library next to Cookham Rise School, 9.30am Wednesdays just after school drop! Feel free to drop me a message or use the details below to contact me to book in. It would be lovely to welcome you in 💫

*Rehabilitation specialist
*Fully comprehensive Pilates teacher
*1-1 clinic, duets, group classes