Alison
Hello there and thank you for visiting this page to find out more about us all.
I haven’t always been into fitness and exercise. As a child, I was bookish, not sporty. In my 20s, my leisure time was spent doing far less wholesome stuff, but also in the cinema and art galleries.
I set foot in a gym for the first time at 31 and never looked back. I first trained as a PT but didn’t become one. I couldn’t manage the transition from full time admin to earning a living in what was then a fledgling industry.
Fast forward to now and I’ve been teaching for 21 years. I’ve been here, there and everywhere with teaching: cardio classes, chair based exercise, GP referral programmes, Pilates, Gym instruction. In that time, the fitness industry has transformed, Pilates has gone from niche to super trendy and mainstream. Talk about being in the right place at the right time. Wasn’t I just.
So why do I do it? The long hours, the evenings, the weekends, the constant low level fear of my business failing….?
I love what I do. I love being able to help people. I help people like you with their strength, fitness, rehab, overall movement.
It is a privilege, a real gilt edged privilege. People place their trust in me to help them out with aches & pains, with their rehab, their recovery from injury, and desire to get stronger. Sometimes it is a challenging set of difficulties and illness. Sometimes it is a simple matter of “make me stronger”. I welcome it all: meeting people and having that close contact of teaching 1 to 1 or 2 to 1. I enjoy the challenge and the ongoing process of Pilates sessions.
Luckily for me, I relish learning more about the body, about movement and about exercise be that Pilates based or Pilates adjacent. Yeah, I’m definitely a bit of a learning junkie. To really be able to give you an effective assessment, exercise options, ways to achieve your goals, I need to know my stuff, and have as many options and choices as possible to get your body moving really well and better than before.
I have a Science background and trained and worked as a Nurse before doing a long stint in Office Admin. My nursing background is invaluable in understanding all the various medical conditions that crop up. It also equips me with the confidence to work with people who might have multiple diagnoses which might impact how they do Pilates.
I do get a bit lost in my work sometimes, so I have to make a real effort to set aside time for other things. My goal for Autumn /Winter 2025 is to spend a few minutes a day learning French. Will I make it to France next year? Will I manage to speak in French.
L’été de 2026 j’espère me trouver en France. Je voudrais prendre le train pour visiter plusieurs villes, et peut-être, un petit village où personne ne parle l’anglais.
That sentence is not my own work…….if only……..
Selected Qualifications
Jenny
I’m Jenny and I have been teaching Pilates for over 15 years. I was introduced to Pilates through rehabilitating my own spinal injury and it has really helped me maintain a stronger core strength and manage my back over the last 20 years.
I am an experienced instructor who teaches classes at all levels. I have experience of a wide variety of clients of mixed ages and abilities. I also teach one to one clients specialising in helping them achieve greater strength and mobility when recovering from back injuries.
I’m also qualified to teach pre and post natal Pilates and have done a number of add on courses including Pilates for Older Adults, using Small Equipment, Pilates for knee & Hip conditions. I am a Gym Instructor and currently completing my Personal Training qualification.
In my spare time I enjoy my own fitness training in the gym and attending group cycling classes, riding my horse, walking and other outdoor country pursuits.
Qualifications
Christie
Hi I’m Christie , I’ve been teaching group exercise for nearly 30 years and I’ve been teaching Pilates for 10 years .
I’m fully qualified to teach matwork Pilates and also Reformer Pilates and Barre Pilates.
Alongside Pilates I also teach a wide variety of other classes such as yoga, dance and chair based exercise
I’ve lived in Leeds for 25 years now. Outside of work I enjoy socialising and spending time with people.
Qualifications
Zoe
What is the easiest way you can move freely? Well, this lies in having a strong foundation. My approach is to focus on improving mobility, core control and body awareness. The aim is to get you moving better in your day-to-day life and in any specific sport or movement function like dance, singing, or even gardening
I am a bodywork practitioner and am trained in Pilates, Yoga, Coaching and various advanced therapeutic massage techniques. My movement experience spans thirty years, beginning with professional dance training and subsequent career. That started in 1993. I then trained in a range of bodywork therapies (Thai massage 2006-2012, Reiki 2009-2014, Reflexology 2001, Tok Sen 2017). I became a Yoga teacher in 2001 and I qualified as a Pilates instructor in 2012. I have been teaching Pilates continuously since then.
Within Pilates, my specialism is with the use of small equipment and my area of interest is rehabilitative/ restorative movement.
“Zoe has a comprehensive and detailed understanding of the body and is able to apply this knowledge with ease and simplicity. Just brilliant!”
We are insured through Balens.