About Powerhouse Pilates
Powerhouse Classical Pilates Studio has a wide range of equipment including Mats, Reformers, WundaChair, Towers, Ladder-barrel, Spine Correctors, and Foot Correctors. The different equipment contains Springs which create resistance that challenges the body. While Pilates classes vary, the Classical Pilates Classes focus on your whole body, through a range of authentic exercises, which we deliver through our studio
Powerhouse Pilates Studio
Powerhouse Pilates is a classical Pilates studio located in Ballisodare, Co Sligo. We are open 7-days a week, with a wide range of both private sessions and small group classes, using the highest quality classical Pilates equipment. Our Mission is to help people transform their health and well-being through the Pilates movement principles.
About Our Owner
Claire Doohan
I began attending Pilates classes in 2014, during my time in Melbourne, Australia. I enjoyed the many challenges that both the apparatus and mat classes gave me. I moved home to Ireland in 2017 and settled in Dublin. I began attending local Pilates classes and I just knew I wanted more, to learn more about the method, and delve more into the world of Pilates.
So I decided to sign up for a one year course in Classical Pilates with Anna Wilson at the Pilates Centre in Clontarf. I attended the studio for classes most days during the week and attended workshops at the weekends. Halfway through my course, I moved to Sligo. I then committed to travelling to Dublin every weekend to train and to attend the workshops. When in Sligo during the week, I was teaching friends and family, trying to improve my knowledge and teaching skills I qualified to teach Pilates in April 2019, which enabled me to begin teaching at both a Fitness studio and a Physiotherapy centre in Sligo.
I was doing Group Mat Classes and Private Reformer Classes until the COVID-19 pandemic hit and since then I have been delivering classes mostly online and in the studio in
between lockdowns.
One of the few benefits of National Lockdowns has been that we have access to Online Classes and workshops with amazing Pilates instructors worldwide who otherwise I wouldn’t have had access to. I
have enjoyed doing a wide range of classes and workshops with some of the greatest Pilates instructors there are, and I have loved every opportunity to improve my Knowledge, Skills, and Practice.
In between lockdowns, I ensured to do private 1:1 sessions for my own body with another teacher in Sligo, as I am constantly trying to improve my practice and keep learning more about my own body and how it
moves.
I am very proud to have now created this beautiful Pilates studio in Ballisodare and I am very excited to see what the future holds here.
About Our Owner
Claire Doohan
I began attending Pilates classes in 2014, during my time in Melbourne, Australia. I enjoyed the many challenges that both the apparatus and mat classes gave me. I moved home to Ireland in 2017 and settled in Dublin. I began attending local Pilates classes and I just knew I wanted more, to learn more about the method, and delve more into the world of Pilates.
So I decided to sign up for a one year course in Classical Pilates with Anna Wilson at the Pilates Centre in Clontarf. I attended the studio for classes most days during the week and attended workshops at the weekends. Halfway through my course, I moved to Sligo. I then committed to travelling to Dublin every weekend to train and to attend the workshops. When in Sligo during the week, I was teaching friends and family, trying to improve my knowledge and teaching skills I qualified to teach Pilates in April 2019, which enabled me to begin teaching at both a Fitness studio and a Physiotherapy centre in Sligo.
I was doing Group Mat Classes and Private Reformer Classes until the COVID-19 pandemic hit and since then I have been delivering classes mostly online and in the studio in
between lockdowns.
One of the few benefits of National Lockdowns has been that we have access to Online Classes and workshops with amazing Pilates instructors worldwide who otherwise I wouldn’t have had access to. I
have enjoyed doing a wide range of classes and workshops with some of the greatest Pilates instructors there are, and I have loved every opportunity to improve my Knowledge, Skills, and Practice.
In between lockdowns, I ensured to do private 1:1 sessions for my own body with another teacher in Sligo, as I am constantly trying to improve my practice and keep learning more about my own body and how it
moves.
I am very proud to have now created this beautiful Pilates studio in Ballisodare and I am very excited to see what the future holds here.
POWERHOUSE PILATES
Why Choose Us?
In the twenty-first century, people often spend more time sitting as opposed to doing something that requires movement. This is time spent sitting in the car or sitting at a desk. This leads to many health issues such as poor posture, lower back pain, shoulder pain and general muscle weakening across the whole body. Classical Pilates is Pilates in the most authentic format, as Joseph Pilates intended the exercises to be carried out. There are over 500 exercises to experience on the mat and varied Pilates apparatus. Classical Pilates focuses on moving the entire body to improve the body evenly. In the Original Classical Pilates method, there is a sequence and method to the work, which has been designed to move the body through a whole range of movements. The Classical Pilates Method starts with Foundational Exercises to begin with and then as you build strength and control, the exercises become more complex. When practicing authentic Pilates, the method provides a variety of benefits to you and your body.
The Pilates Movement Principles
The Pilates Movement Principles were created through Joseph’s theories, which were condensed into 6 simple ideas to make his method accessible for generations of students. Our Pilates classes at Powerhouse Pilates focus on each area of the Movement Principles to improve your entire body evenly. The more you practice Pilates, the more these principles will become second nature within your daily well-being. Movement is critical in everything that the human body does. Whether it be working out or daily living, movement is involved in every area of living.
Flow
Breathing
Concentration
Control
Centering
Precision
