So excited about this collaboration with Red Mat Pilates, Dhruv Sethi and Urvashi Kumar (blogger at http://www.therightshadeofred.com).

Pilates studios with reformer and cadillac machines are still hard to find in the city. The wellness blogosphere is singing praises for this exercise form and its physiological benefits. Done correctly, it is a fantastic workout that elongates your muscles, improves posture, works your core and checks spinal alignment. A good pilates teacher can help improve your core stability, flexibility, help ease back pain and make you lithe and limber.

I had heard a lot about the Red Mat Pilates studio in Nirvana, Gurgaon so I knew I had to give it a shot. We decided to shoot one Tuesday afternoon with the instructor Taru Chaddha. The studio is well equipped with mats, props, ample sunlight and two reformer machines. Red Mat Pilates studio opened to the general public in 2013, and Taru Chaddha started taking classes for individuals and groups.

She was a fantastic teacher and helped show us the ropes before we got started because posture and technique are extremely crucial to pilates. Our workout that afternoon started with a warm up and stretches to get the heart pumping and blood flowing. We then worked the reformer with just enough resistance from the springs. The reformer is a fabulous contraption that can work the whole body and you can choose your level of resistance by adjusting the springs. We did a few rounds of the ‘the hundred’ and i could literally feel my core burning. Taru progressed by making us do some ‘leg circles’, variations of the ‘side split’ and hip opening sequences.

Pilates can really help tone, whittle that waist and sculpt a shapely derriere. Unlike weight training and exercising with machines, pilates lengthens the muscle fiber making your limbs look long and limber. We did a few elongating stretches on the reformer and a little bit of core work and then moved towards the barrel for some lengthening and back stretches. We finished a few core and glute exercises on the mat. Urvashi and I didn’t expect to be sweating so profusely post the shoot but we were pretty sore the next day.

I highly recommend Red Mat Pilates for Gurgaon residents and people who cross Nirvana on their commute back from work because it is an excellent facility with a hands on approach. Taru Chaddha is a fabulous instructor who focuses on technique, posture and precision and is extremely patient with her clients.

Here are a few shots from our shoot that afternoon.
Location courtesy-Red Mat Pilates, Gurgaon
Outfit credit- H&M India, Koovs, Adidas, Puma
Photo credit- Dhruv Sethi
Models- Urvashi Kumar & Jia Singh

About-
Taru Chaddha is the founder & chief instructor of RedMat Pilates, Gurgaon. RedMat Pilates is
Gurgaon’s top Pilates studio for Women. Taru has been at the forefront of bringing the joy &
benefits of Pilates to Gurgaon women across all age groups and fitness profiles for the last 3 years.
Her first introduction to Pilates came in 2010 whilst attempting to help her husband recover from a
severe lower back injury. Taru formally founded her company RedMat Fitness & Wellness Services in 2013 under which she runs her Studio brand RedMat Pilates.
Taru is a certified matwork & reformer teacher from the STOTT school Canada and qualified to teach on Pilates studio equipment.

Quick notes-
Address:
714,
7th Floor,
Tower C Nirvana Courtyard,
Nirvana Country,
Sector 50,
South City II,
Gurgaon,
Haryana 122018
Phone:099587 38417

http://www.redmatpilates.com/

Rates- 4500 for Mat Work, 7500 for Reformer Work. Special sessions like Yogalates, Weight Loss Pilates, Pre Natal are priced differently. Private sessions are 2000 an hour.