Pilates your way to a healthy heart - National Heart Month Awareness

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National Heart Month

According to the British Heart Foundation (2021) there are currently 7.6 million people across the UK living with heart and circulatory diseases – with 25% of UK deaths resulting from heart and related diseases each year. Almost as many women as men are affected by these conditions. During National Heart Month (February) Mbodies Pilates Training Academy have been raising awareness of the benefits of Pilates on our hearts and overall wellbeing.

When people think of Pilates; core strength, flexibility and mobility are words that spring to mind – but Pilates is so much more!

Here are five ways that regular Pilates workouts can help your heart:

Regular Pilates practice will improve your body alignment and posture. This means that our internal organs will sit more happily in our bodies, and work more efficiently – including our hearts, lungs and circulatory systems.
 Regular Pilates practice will improve your body alignment and posture

Lateral Breathing in Pilates exercises your breathing organs, and helps you get more nourishing oxygen into your body whilst driving waste gases out. This also exercises the lungs which can lead to increased lung capacity over time. Joseph Pilates referred to the Pilates breath as an “internal shower."

Pilates helps to improve balance and therefore reduces the risk of falling and injury. If we are injured we move less, pumping less blood through the body, so the heart gets less exercise. Therefore a balanced healthy body leads to more mobility and a healthy heart!
 Pilates helps to improve balance

Pilates isn’t primarily a cardiovascular exercise technique. However, by using apparatus, such as the Jumpboard on the Pilates Reformer, we can challenge the cardiovascular system and bring interval training into your Pilates routines. This increases the blood pumped through to the heart and the flow of oxygen through the blood.


Pilates is a mindful system of exercise and will therefore improve the mind/body connection. This can create positive mood change, which in turn motivates us to exercise more and live a more dynamic happy life.

Pilates is a mindful system of exercise

The link between Pilates and heart health is clear! A key benefit of Pilates is its suitability for everyone. However not all instructors are equal, so make sure you find a knowledgeable and qualified Pilates instructor!

To find a certified Mbodies Pilates teacher in your area visit: https://www.mbodiesacademy.com/instructorfinder/index.cfm

Author: Catherine Mould - Basi and Mbodies Certified Pilates Instructor who owns 'The Pilates Room' studio in Preston UK. In parallel to a marketing consultancy.

For information about Mbodies Training Academy visit:https://www.mbodiesacademy.com/

For Online Pilates Teacher Training visit: https://mbodies.thinkific.com/

Chris Onslow - Pilates Consultant

Chris Onslow, has run Pilates focussed businesses since 1998.  He and his team specialise in supporting Pilates entrepreneurs and business owners.  With a rich history of owning and running successful Pilates studios in the UK, and supporting others in Europe and the Middle East, Chris has broad expertise in maximising profitability and optimising operational efficiency.  His agency provides top-tier advice on selecting new, pre-owned, and hireable Pilates equipment from renowned brands such as Align-Pilates, Balanced Body or Stott-Pilates/Merrithew.  As the founder of Mbodies Training Academy, Chris continues to revolutionise Pilates education, offering premier online and hybrid CPD and qualification courses for Pilates apparatus instruction and special population CPD.  Discover more about how Chris can support your Pilates Business or home exercise choices at www.pilates-consultant.co.uk 

Location: Freeland, Witney OX29, UK

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