Welcome to Body Grace
Body Grace is an Aberdeenshire business, owned by Denise Gracie, a fully qualified Pilates, BarreConcept and Yoga teacher. Denise currently offers several mixed ability Pilates classes, as well as a Hatha yoga class and gentle based Pilates classes for older clients, all based within Newmachar and Belhelvie.
Denise is passionate about sharing the many benefits these regimes can bring and promoting wellness in a relaxed, caring and friendly environment, helping her clients to improve their strength, posture, flexibility and balance, all while taking care of their mental wellness too.
In addition to Denise’s weekly timetable of classes, Denise also runs ad hoc wellness workshops at various times throughout the year, including movement, meditation and mindfulness practices.
As well as being a holistic teacher, Denise is passionate about counselling and is currently undertaking a post graduate course in Counselling and Psychotherapy with the University of Aberdeen.
Check out the other sections of this website to learn more about Denise and her classes, and feel free to get in touch for further information.
Greetings & blessings
Gentle Pilates
There are lots of benefits of keeping active later in life and people should never feel they are too old to start a fitness class. These classes provide the freedom and independence to enjoy life in later years, while specifically focussing on areas of the body which can deteriorate with the aging process, such as the hip and shoulder joints.Over 60′
Hatha Yoga
Hatha Yoga is a gentle and traditional form of yoga that focuses on basic postures (asanas), breathing techniques and relaxation, combining the practice of physical movements, and breathing to create balance between the body and the mind. As Hatha is often slow placed, it is beginner friendly, making it a great starting point for anyone new to yoga.
Pilates
Pilates will help to improve general fitness levels and create a sense of body awareness and improved coordination. It can also help with injury prevention, muscle strains and aid in rebuilding and strengthening damaged muscle tissue. It can reduce stress and anxiety levels and help with getting better night’s sleep. By correcting muscle imbalance, faulty muscle recruitment patterns and bad habits, the body is brought back into alignment.
Customer Testimonials
I love my Pilates class on a Tuesday morning. Denise is an excellent teacher who cares about all of her students and teaches us to our individual strengths. When I had major surgery my consultant felt that my fast recovery was partly due to my Pilates classes and Denise’s caring approach to regaining my fitness. I couldn’t recommend Body Grace highly enough.
Pilates with Denise is fab, would highly recommend it if you are thinking about it. I’ve gained a lot of benefits from the class and Denise ensures everyone is well looked after (especially us lot who are suffering from injury). She really pays attention to our needs and positively coaches you in correct form and technique (even managing to explain some trickier poses so well that even someone like me that is very uncoordinated can manage). Lovely mix of people who go to each of her classes.
Denise is a brilliant coach/teacher, very thorough, highly professional and yet patient. I feel the benefit from attending the class so much that I increased it to twice weekly. I would highly recommend joining one of Denise’s classes.