About Purely Pilates
Honest writing on Pilates — practice, technique, rehabilitation and recovery — and a plain account of who writes it.
Purely Pilates publishes evidence-informed guides written from the perspective of working Pilates instructors, physiotherapists and pre/postnatal specialists.
Our editorial approach
We try to be honest about what Pilates does well, where the evidence is strong, where it isn’t, and where popular Pilates marketing departs from physiological reality.
We don’t publish 30-day transformation challenges, supplement recommendations, or content driven by affiliate revenue. The aim is for someone curious about Pilates to leave any of our articles with a clearer, more accurate picture than they arrived with.
About our writers
Our author personas — Cora Linwood, Aviva Reinhart, Felix Okoye, Naoko Tamura-Webb and Marisol Quintero — represent the kinds of experienced Pilates professionals whose perspectives inform our content: a classical Pilates instructor, a pre/postnatal specialist, a chartered physiotherapist, a studio owner with deep reformer experience, and a performance Pilates coach.
The names and biographical details are composite. The portraits shown alongside them are stock likenesses used for illustration — they are not photographs of the people described, and no real individual is being credited with this writing. The professional roles, methodologies and clinical perspectives they represent are real and reflect mainstream practice in the Pilates and physiotherapy communities. Each article is grounded in the kind of guidance an experienced instructor in that specialty would actually give a client.
We disclose this transparently because we think readers deserve to know who is behind the words they read. The information itself — about technique, safe progressions and evidence-based practice — is accurate and useful regardless of who delivers it.
What we won’t do
- Promise unrealistic outcomes. Pilates produces real, lasting change — but on the order of months, not weeks. We won’t tell you otherwise.
- Pretend Pilates is a complete fitness program on its own. It pairs well with cardio, walking and, often, light strength training. For most people, those things matter too.
- Replace medical advice. Articles about back pain, pregnancy, postpartum recovery and similar topics are general information. Specific medical concerns should be addressed with a clinician.
- Run sponsored content disguised as editorial. If we ever recommend specific equipment, it’s based on what works — not on what a brand has paid us to feature.
Corrections and topic requests
Comments, corrections and topic requests are welcome. We update articles as practice evolves and as readers point out gaps. The weekly Purely Pilates letter is the simplest way to follow what we publish.