Lotte's daughter, Esther Fairfax, continues this legacy. She has been teaching for 48 years and runs classes and training sessions from the studio in her Hungerford home (Lotte's ashes look on from the garden). She is keen to preserve this unique and effective method that uses no gimmicks, only the barre and your hard work. At 77 years old, Esther is a testament to how well the method works. So are her loyal students, many of whom have been coming weekly for over 40 years and are still going strong in their 70s and 80s. And young women are still drawn to the classes in Esther's studio and in studios around the globe. Timeless. Effective. Fun. Gruelling. Original.
The method uses small, controlled movements, and focuses on sculpting the figure. It is almost an architecture of the body, helping women create a firm and shapely structure so their their clothes hang more beautifully and their movement is more fluid and energised. Lotte, very progressive for her time in so many ways, knew that the body was also for pleasure and that if a woman's body is shapely, strong and vital she will enjoy sex so much more. The method works the entire body and creates a leaner, longer silhouette, a corset of muscle in the torso (supporting the spine and minimising chances of back pain) and ensures that your body will serve you well into what others call old age. The Method is not about creating stick thin supermodels or about punishment. Yes, it can be gruelling, but it is a celebration of the human form, about realising your potential, about embracing your femininity and embracing life. No matter what shape your figure is, the Lotte Berk Method will tone it, shape it and make it it's best and most beautiful. We wear our bodies everyday of our whole lives. Isn't it worthwhile investing an hour a few times a week (she advocated daily) to create a body you can really enjoy living in?
