We are Viva Core

What impact do we plan to have?

We want to empower women to have a better understanding of their bodies and the changes that occur at key stages including pregnancy and perimenopause through to post menopause. This will enable better body awareness and improved knowledge to facilitate advocacy and promote positive outcomes for women.

We are doing this through education and movement sessions. We offer Reformer & Equipment Pilates, but this is not your average Pilates class. We pay attention to each woman and their specific needs.

Our founder has first hand experience of aches and pains long after birth, and it’s easy to normalise this and suffer in silence. She has learnt (and continues to learn) that moving the body in the right way can have huge benefits for effective exercise and in turn reduce the possibility of harm. This is about respecting the body and taking time to breathe, about creating a space for women to come together, have a laugh and build their strength or heal their bodies - one movement at a time.

In the short-term, we are focussing on body awareness, correct movement and strength building.

In the longer-term, we want to work with GPs and other healthcare partners to improve the postnatal pathway in the U.K.

How you can support:

✦ Get involved: Join us at our events and workshops, attend our classes and help us to start building a strong community

✦ Spread the Word: Tell a friend to tell a friend to tell a friend

✦ Volunteer: If you can spare time, talk to us about how you could help

✦ Feedback: Let us know how we are doing and help us to improve and provide tailored services by giving us feedback

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