Reformer pilates in Crouch End
Reformer pilates classes capped at ten, so your teacher can watch every bed. Thoughtful, connected movement, whether you’re building strength, finding your way back to movement or simply making time for yourself.
Our reformer classes offer two distinct approaches to Pilates, both rooted in mindful movement, precision and strength.
Traditional is a considered, technique-led practice inspired by classical Pilates, building towards the classical exercises and sequencing.
Contemporary gives our teachers more freedom to bring their own individual style to the method, creating dynamic, flowing classes while staying true to the principles of Pilates.
There’s no need to choose one and stick to it. Most people find a mix of both.
The Reformer Room
Come in off the Broadway and into a calm, low-lit room with warm lighting and exposed brick.
Shoes off at the door, grip socks on. Your reformer will be adjusted personally for you, ready for your class to begin.
Reformer pilates in Crouch End
Ten beds. Ten people. That’s it.
We keep classes small so your teacher can see how everyone is moving and get to you when you need it.
Every bed is a Technogym Reform. Quiet, smooth under load, and serviced on a schedule so it stays that way.
Arrive about five minutes before, ten on your first visit. Say hello at the desk and we’ll check you in, then shoes off and into the studio.
Your teacher will ask if anything’s bothering you, a stiff shoulder or a dodgy knee, and adjust your springs before you start. The first few minutes are gentle: breath, alignment, waking things up. From there the class builds through controlled, flowing work, always with options to take it up or ease it back. The last few minutes bring it back down.
Everyone in the room was new once.
Mat Pilates uses your own body weight on the floor, often with small props.
The reformer adds a sprung carriage that provides both resistance and support, allowing you to move with greater control while challenging strength, stability and coordination.
Most people end up doing both.
Three ways onto the reformer. Every class carries a full description on the schedule.
Gemma Formaston, Jenny Knowles, Millie Jones, Maddie Harper
This class combines the alignment and techniques of barre with the added challange of contemporary reformer beds.
Gemma Formaston, April Hughes, Hebba Brown, Millie Jones, Em Pates-Star, Maddie Harper, Rasina Pavlova, Maddie McGawley, Kalena Muir
A flowing, full-body contemporary Reformer class that combines strength, flexibility, and endurance through continuous, precise movement.
Gemma Formaston, April Hughes, Em Pates-Star, Millie Jones, Maddie McGawley, Rasina Pavlova, Kalena Muir
This class pays respect to the classical reformer exercises and sequencing whilst still performed on our contemporary beds.
At its heart, this is a barre class. You’ll move on, around and alongside the bed, using the reformer as a prop to support familiar barre movements while also challenging your balance, stability and control.
Driven by the music, sequences flow to the beat through pulses, holds and controlled repetitions, with plenty of time under tension and a particular focus on legs, glutes and core.
It’s energetic, challenging and designed to get the whole body working, while keeping the control and precision we care about in every class.
Expect movements that build, the kind where something small starts to feel anything but small.
Not everything happens on a machine. Mat classes work on the floor with small props and no springs to help you, which makes control the whole point rather than a by-product.
It’s the simplest way in if you’re starting out, and the natural complement to reformer once you’re not.
Included in the intro offer and in both memberships.
Our Reformer pilates in Crouch End teaching team has been carefully brought together by Gemma, with each teacher coming from a different background and bringing their own experience, personality and style to the method.
That means classes won’t all feel exactly the same, and we think that’s a good thing.
You’ll get to know the teachers you practise with each week, and they’ll get to know you too. Your name, your strengths, your injuries and everything in between.
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Reformer / Strength
That’s completely fine.
Our classes are suitable for all levels, and your teacher will guide you through the movements, adjust your reformer and give you options throughout the class.
You don’t need to know what you’re doing before you arrive.
Just tell us it’s your first time. We’ll look out for you.
Then the Recovery Room
You’ve just worked. The sauna and cold plunge are ten steps from the reformer beds, on the same membership, and most people find that’s the order they end up doing it in.
No. Our classes are all levels and beginners are genuinely welcome. Tell your teacher it’s your first time and they’ll set you up and guide you through.
Ten at most – one person per reformer – so you always have the teacher’s eye.
Close-fitting clothing you can move in. Grip socks are required on the reformer – we sell them at reception if you need a pair.
Most people see the best results two to three times a week. Our memberships and class bundles are built around a regular practice.
We’ve paused our prenatal-friendly class for now and will bring it back if there’s demand for it. If you’re pregnant and want to carry on with reformer, get your doctor or midwife’s agreement first, then speak to us before you book so we can talk it through.
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