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Spreading love for movement 🫶 ✨| Certified in Pilates (Reformer, mat), traditional Hatha yoga (200hr) & Barre Pilates

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In alignment, always 🫶

#yoga #pilates #pilatesinstructor #hathayoga #pilatesinitaly by @definedbybalance

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2 months ago

Today’s studio: capo testa Sardegna ✨

#eurosummer #pilates #pilatesinstructor #arabesque #sardenga by @definedbybalance

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2 months ago

Finally joined the 100 club @serenitypilatesandsaunas (not counting all of the privates and events I love going to, just classes!) - I love this community and had to get a photo with the instructor who started me off 🩵 @definedbybalance appreciate all of your diabolical classes to keep challenging me to be my best 💙 pretty bloody proud of this one, onto 200 now! by @definedbybalance

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7 hours ago

Bring your boyfriend to work day pt2 🫶
@jaamieeeeeee killed us🔥 by @definedbybalance

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a day ago

BLUE SPRING FLOW 🩵

A little less resistance = more control, stability + a whole lot more work from the muscles that need to switch on.

SET UP
• Box beside the bed
• One foot on the box + one hand on the footbar for support
• Blue spring — lighter resistance to challenge stability + muscle activation

LAYER 1 — Arabesque
• Glutes + hamstrings
• Core + posterior chain working to keep the pelvis controlled

LAYER 2 — Assisted scooter lunge
• Glute max + glute med
• Hamstrings
• Quads + deep core for stability
• Using the footbar for support while finding control through the moving leg

LAYER 3 — Scooter lunge
• More load through the standing glute + quad
• Glute med working hard to stabilise the pelvis
• Core engaged to control the movement

LAYER 4 — Long-stride lunge
• Glute max + hamstrings of the back leg
• Quads + glutes of the supporting leg
• Hip flexors opening as the back leg reaches long

LAYER 5 — 2x straight-leg pulses
• Glutes + hamstrings
• Small range = BIG burn
• Keeping the pelvis steady while the posterior chain stays switched on

LAYER 6 — 2x scooters + twist
• Full lower-body integration
• Glutes + quads + hamstrings
• Obliques + deep core through the rotation
• Standing leg working to stabilise while the upper body twists

ENJOY THE BURN QUEENS 🫶🫶

#reformerpilatesinstructor #pilates #reformer #pilatesinspo by @definedbybalance

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7 days ago

THE FLOW 🤍
Standing → 3-point kneeling → floor work
A full-body flow that builds layer by layer.

LAYER 1
RDL
• Glutes + hamstrings
• Feel: length through the back of the legs + a deep glute burn
• Focus: balance, control + posterior chain strength

LAYER 2
2 Clams + 2 Tricep Rows
• Glute medius + outer glutes
• Triceps + upper back
• Feel: side-glute burn while keeping the core switched on

LAYER 3
2 Step Backs → Tippy Bird Lunge + Overhead Sweep
• Glutes + hamstrings
• Core + shoulders
• Feel: controlled single-leg work with a challenge to balance + stability

LAYER 4
Tippy Bird + Sweep → Knee Drop + Diagonal Sweep
• Glutes + hamstrings
• Obliques + shoulders
• Feel: deep core engagement, rotation + full-body control

THE TRANSITION
Standing work flows seamlessly into 3-point kneeling, then down into floor work. keeping the movement continuous while adding strength, balance + control with every layer 🫶 by @definedbybalance

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8 days ago

Teaching diaries 🫶💐 by @definedbybalance

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11 days ago

I love Pilates but I also love so many things about my life equally as much 🫶🥰 by @definedbybalance

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15 days ago

A little moment that reminded me why I love what I do so much 🤍

I’ve been teaching Mark for the last year and a half, and somewhere along the way, after one of my particularly evil Pilates flows, he called me an “evil bitch” 😂 It’s been a running joke ever since!

So when he surprised me with custom “evil bitch” T-shirts as an early birthday present!

It’s moments like this that remind me how special the community at Serenity is. The relationships, the inside jokes, the trust, the friendships, and the little things that make teaching feel like so much more than just teaching a class.

I put so much love, energy and intention into every class I teach, and I feel so lucky to have clients who give that energy right back. I genuinely love being at Serenity, I love the people I get to teach, and I’m so grateful for the community we’ve created together.

Very lucky to call this my job 🤍 by @definedbybalance

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20 days ago

Finding a little time to move and flow while exploring Bol 🇭🇷🤍 by @definedbybalance

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a month ago

Sorry I’ve been MIA 🤍 Spent some time with my family in Sorrento, and now I’m flowing my way through Tropea. Some of the nicest beaches I’ve ever been to 🌊

Hope you don’t miss me too much x by @definedbybalance

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2 months ago

un po’ di Sardegna 🇮🇹 by @definedbybalance

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2 months ago