Move Through Pregnancy with Jess (Second Trimester)
Join Jess as she shares her own pregnancy journey through feel-good, strength-focused classes tailored to every trimester. These flows help you to stay connected to your body, build strength safely, and move with ease - before, during, and after pregnancy.
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Pregnancy Pilates #51 | 26 minute full-body class
We warm-up with a stretchy mermaid flow, before focusing on our side glutes and arms. We have some abs in quadrupled abs to safely engage our core, before closing the class with some nice hip and hamstring stretches.
As always take the class at your own pace and take pauses and rests when need...
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Pregnancy Pilates #50 | 28 minute opening flow
We start in seated for breathing followed by some heart and hip openings. We then do some abs and chests in seated, before coming up to standing for lunges and squats. Then we finish in a deep lizard stretch. This flow should hopefully leave you feeling calmer with a bit more space in your body. ...
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Pregnancy Pilates #49 | 27 minute balance focused flow
We start together in standing with heel lifts and arms to gently warm up our body before rolling down into a 4-point kneeling position. Here we work through our bird-dogs, before moving up to standing for a lunge and knee drive challenge. We finish in a restorative pigeon pose.
As always take t...
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Pregnancy Pilates #48 | 23minute standing flow
A spicy standing flow which will get your heart rate up! We start with some stretches before coming into a side lunge to curtsey lunge series (a great way to strengthen all of your glut muscles!) We then have a standing arm sequence (option to have weights) before moving onto the other side.
As...
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Pregnancy Pilates #47 | 33 minute lower-body class
This class is all about our lower body - from glutes, to hamstrings, to calves. We start seated with some hip openings before moving into a single-leg series in a quadrupled position - we have a nice stretch and arm series in between sides (feel free to grab weights/tins if you want more of a cha...
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Pregnancy Pilates #46 | 26 minute controlled flow
This class features some nice rotations to help find space in your upper body, with some side lying glute work to build your pelvic control and stability. We have some ab and arm work in seated (you're always welcome to have some weights/tins if you would like more of an upper body challenge here...
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Pregnancy Pilates #45 | 22 minute opening flow
A slow and steady class which focuses on opening up through your chest, back and hips (with some arm work sprinkled in). This should feel really nice in your body, especially if you’re feeling tight around your ribs and hips.
As always take the class at your own pace and take pauses when needed...
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Pregnancy Pilates #44 | 30 minute full body flow
This class is a full body flow, where we focus on balance, coordination and lower body control. It should hopefully leave you feeling strong and energised!
As always take the class at your own pace and take pauses when needed - Jess is 17 weeks pregnant when filming so it is a prenatal-friendly...
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Pregnancy Pilates #43 | 28 minute inner thighs and obliques flow
We start in seated for some nice upper body rotations and openings, before moving into a side lying series where we focus on our inner thighs. We then have an oblique flow before a kneeling arm and quad set. The class finishes in standing with some sumo squats to challenge our inner thighs and ba...
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Pregnancy Pilates #42 | 27 minute full body class
We start in standing for this class, with some stretches and dynamic movements to warm up through our body. We then move down onto the mat for a 4-point kneeling full-body flow.
Throughout the class you’ll hopefully engage through your abdominals (in a safe and supported way) to help support yo...
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Pregnancy Pilates #41 | 32 minute opening flow
In this prenatal class we have lots of nice hip and chest openings - which should feel really nice if you’re pregnant whilst doing the class (you can of course still do the class if you’re not!)
We balance out the stretches with some side glute, arm and standing leg work - to leave you feeling ...
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Pregnancy Pilates #40 | 27 minute flow
A full body class where we start in seated for some nice hip and glute opening stretches. We then warm up through our abs and find articulation in our lower spine with our roll downs. We move onto 4-point kneeling for some glutes, before working into our quads to really feel all of our legs. We t...
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Pregnancy Pilates #39 | 33 minute full-body flow
A more challenging full body class where we focus on the back of our legs and glutes - there’s also a quadrupled series to challenge our balance and abdominals slightly. We finish in standing for some glutes - to leave you feeling centred.
As always do the class at your own pace and take pauses...
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Pregnancy Pilates #38 | stretchy flow
This is a slower, stretchy class where we focus on opening up through our hips and back, as these areas can feel tight during pregnancy. Hopefully this class leaves you feeling more open and relaxed!
As always do the class at your own pace, and take pauses when needed - Jess is 14 weeks pregnan...
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Pregnancy Pilates #37 | 27 minute glute + hip focused flow
A 27-minute class which focuses on pelvic control, glute strengthening and juicy hip openers. We start in standing with heel lifts before making our way down onto the mat for some quadrupled work, the class finishes with a standing lunge sequence to bring your heart rate up a bit, before having a...
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Pregnancy Pilates #36 | 23 minute full-body flow
This is a bit of a different flow, we start in seated for hip openers and c-curves to get articulation in our spine. We then move onto some side glute work, before getting a nice cat/cow twist in our mermaid stretch. We have seated arms before moving onto the other side, before finishing the clas...
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Pregnancy Pilates #35 | 20 minute spicy glutes
We work our glutes in all angles in this class, from quadrupled to side lying and standing - broken up with some nice stretches to open up your glutes and hips. Nice shorter flow to feel you leaving energised. Maybe have a block or blanket handy in case you need them for support (block for under ...
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Pregnancy Pilates #53 | 23 minute hip mobility class
This class focuses on opening up our hips - we have a 4-point kneeling sequence which also works on our control and stability, followed by a tricep and glute focused flow in high-kneeling. The final challenge of class is some lunges with a balance (you can have something nearby for support), befo...