WELCOME....

Thank you for visiting.  My mission is to help you feel better in the body you live in.  I believe we can all benefit from the Pilates method, whatever your lifestyle, age or ability.  

The people I teach are my best teachers.  It's one thing to be a teacher who can demonstrate a great Teaser, but a totally different skill to develop confidence in others to try for themselves.  If we laugh along the way, even better!

I have been a teacher for 18 years.  In 2003 I was cut free from the wreckage of a three car road collision.  I have no memory of the teams of fire and emergency crew involved, who later confessed they didn't know if I was alive.  It's an experience that leaves a legacy, and for me an acute awareness of our fragility and mortality.  It took time, tears and pain to come out of that and Pilates became my medicine.

Already teaching Pilates in 2018, I met Lolita San Miguel at a Pilates conference in the hometown of Joseph Pilates, Monchengladbach.  We shared a beer and interesting conversation which led to my continued training with her and her educators in the UK and USA.  Lolita granted me my fully comprehensive certification in 2021.  It has been a unique learning opportunity and I feel lucky to be one of only a handful of teachers in the UK to by part of this legacy.

I believe the teachings of Joseph Pilates remain a valuable prompt for all of us. How being closer to nature and getting outdoors is essential for our body, mind and spirit.  This is also the true inspiration for our annual outdoor retreat in beautiful Wales!

My love of the outdoors and nature was forged during my 12 years of living in the Isle of Man where I discovered a real and surprising connection with Mr Pilates himself. During the First World War Joseph Pilates was interned as an 'enemy alien' at Knockaloe Farm, Isle of Man.  It's fascinating to think of all of the corners of the world he may have been, he had originally worked on his method right where I lived!

One of my favourite sayings.

"Everything is connected!"

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Qualifications

I’m fully trained in contemporary mat Pilates as well as traditional and contemporary apparatus Pilates, having studied with Pilates elder Lolita San Miguel and Joakim Valsinger of Balans, Scotland. 

I travel and have continued my learning in person with many internationally recognised teachers including Elizabeth Larkham, Alan Herdman, Tracey Mallet, Joy Puleo, Nancy Castiglioni, Anula Maiberg, Blossom Crawford and Julie Driver.  Gaining experience in a wide range of Pilates styles, from Body Control Pilates London, Pilates Esher Surrey, Sixth Street Pilates, New York, Balance Body Tours and with the International Pilates Congress at Monchengladbach Germany.  

Pilates Teacher training Legacy Programme

2019 - 2021 (3 year fully comprehensive)

HFE Pilates Teacher Certification Level 3 - Matwork

2016

Post Graduate Certificate In Education 2007 : Nottingham University

Lecturer in Health & Psychology 2004/5

Liverpool Hope University

First Class Honours degree in Human Biology and Psychology 2004 :

University of Liverpool. 

Top Bioscience student award 2004:

Institute of Biology