The retreat is built around one reformer class a day, on Koh Samui, on dates you choose. You tell the team when you want to arrive and the classes fall into place around it. Stays run from three nights to thirty, with seven nights the length most people land on.

Day one is arrival: you are met at the airport and driven to your room. If you land early enough there is a class that day; if not, the first one is the next morning. You are asked to say before you arrive if anything hurts, so the teacher knows.

Days two to four are about learning the machine. The teacher sets your springs, you learn what the footbar and straps do, and by the third morning the equipment stops being a puzzle. Afternoons are yours — the beach at Bophut, the café, the pool. Most people book a massage on day two or three, when the first stiffness arrives.

Days five to seven are the working part, the bit a pack of weekly classes at home never reaches. With the mechanics learned, the classes get precise and corrections stick because there is no week-long gap for old habits to creep back in. If you are going to add a private session, this is where it goes: one hour on your own weak spot mid-week changes the last three classes.

What changes by day seven is not the number on the scale. It is how you stand, how you get out of a chair, where your shoulders sit. The last morning is usually the best class of the week.

A week is seven nights with any room. Half is paid once your room is confirmed and the rest thirty days before you fly. Nothing is charged until a person has confirmed your room. If you would rather try a single class first, the studio timetable is the place to start.

What's included

- Daily reformer Pilates class - Room of your choice for your stay - Airport pickup and drive to your room - Ride to the studio and back - Choice of arrival date and length of stay (3 to 30 nights)

What's not included

- Flights - Massages and private sessions - Meals - Travel insurance - Personal expenses

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