Fully Equipped Pilates Studio

The Pilates Studio has fully qualified supervision/teaching available through various times in the week.  We currently have slots available for Saturday mornings, Tuesday and Thursday evenings as well as daytime spaces.

If you would like to be updated on times and days that are available for sessions, email us on admin@thesunflowercentre.co.uk or call reception on 020 8694 2714. 

The instructors offering sessions are David Canevaro, (who is also one of the osteopaths at the Sunflower Centre), Ana Barretxeguren and Iovana Velasquez. 

Complete Beginners                                                                                                   If you have never done Pilates of any kind before, you will need to first do three introductory sessions.  These are one hour one to one classes.  They will allow you to go on to either join a group class, or else you could continue on a one to one basis.

Pilates for rehabilitation                                                                                   "Pilates, an exercise regimen first developed for rehabilitation in the early 20th century, has become a powerful rehabilitation tool for those people wishing to work through physical injuries, who may need assistance to improve their function after operations or for those with chronic pain.  It is also highly suitable for developing and maintaining fitness, strength and mobility.  It focuses on movement and breathing; the Pilates principle of core stabilisation addresses postural muscle strength and control, and as such is similar to most orthopaedic rehabilitation and therapy. 

Some specific conditions and problems that can be successfully treated include: chronic neck and back pain, sciatica, shoulder impingement or tendonitis, hip bursitis, ankle injuries, total knee/hip replacements, scoliosis, multiple sclerosis and fibromyalgia."

Ana Barretxeguren in action teaching in the Studio

   "The Cadillac"

    "The Reformer"

 David Canevaro                    david@thesunflowercentre.co.uk

To read about David's work as an osteopath, please click here.  You can also visit David's website, by clicking on www.london-osteopathy-pilates.co.uk

  Ana Barretxeguren             ana@thesunflowercentre.co.uk

To visit Ana's website go to www.anabpilates.co.uk  You can also read about Ana's matwork classes at the centre by clicking here.

Our third studio teacher is Iovana Velasquez.  Her website address is http://bodyalliance.co.uk              iovana@thesunflowercentre.co.uk

Prices are as follows:

Groups of three are bookable in blocks of 5.  It is possible to miss and therefore not pay for one session in each of these blocks, if advance notice is given of absence. 

With all classes, our cancellation policy applies: we require 24 hours notice of cancellation, otherwise we charge the full fee (in the case of groups of three, no refund will be offered).