How to Stay Active While Travelling
Whether you’re off for a long weekend or a month of summer escape, travel doesn’t have to mean stepping away from your movement practice. In fact, it’s a chance to reconnect to your body in a whole new way — and Pilates is the perfect method to take with you.
Here’s how to move with intention, even when you’re far from the Reformer.
1. Keep It Simple: Bodyweight Is Enough
You don’t need equipment to feel the burn. A few slow, controlled Pilates sequences using your bodyweight can deliver core activation, joint mobility, and that post-class clarity we all love.
Focus on:
Planks and side planks for core and shoulder stability
Glute bridges and leg lifts for hips + hamstrings
Mobility flows like cat/cow, spinal roll-downs, and hip openers
Just 10–15 minutes a day can keep your body feeling strong and supported.
2. Pack Light, Move Smart
If you’ve got room in your suitcase, take a resistance band or Pilates ball with you — they’re travel-friendly tools that add extra intensity and variety to your sessions.
Bonus: they’re also great for stretching after long flights or hours of walking.
3. Stay Connected to Your Breath
Even if you're not on the reformer, you can still practice one of the core foundations of Pilates: breath. Intentional breathing calms your nervous system, helps with posture, and keeps your body in tune — especially helpful during the overstimulation that often comes with travel.
Try this:
Inhale for 4 | Hold for 4 | Exhale for 6 — 4 rounds to reset.
4. Use Travel as Recovery Time (Guilt-Free)
Movement doesn’t always mean intensity. Travelling might be the perfect time to focus on long walks, or gentle stretching. It’s all part of the process — and your nervous system will thank you.
5. Join a Local Class or Take It Outside
New environment? New energy.
Whether it’s a rooftop mat session, a class on the beach (like our weekly Irmão series), or just a few standing roll-downs in your hotel room — movement doesn’t have to be structured. Just start, and see what feels good.
Your movement routine doesn’t need to stop just because your routine changes. The beauty of Pilates is that it travels with you — in your breath, in your awareness, and in the way you carry yourself.
So whether you’re on a beach, in a city, or somewhere in between — stay connected to your body, and move like you mean it.
We’ll be here when you get back.