Pilates Foundation teachers are passionate about providing the
highest standard of training and practice of Pilates

I spent many years working in an office slumped at a desk, ruining my posture. When I started attending Pilates classes I was amazed by how much stronger I started to feel. I loved it because it occupied my mind as well as my body; it relaxed me and simply made so much sense. Having tried many forms of exercise over the years I knew it was the one I would love and practise for life. I started my training to become a Matwork teacher within a year. I am now in my sixth year of teaching Matwork and last year completed further training with STOTT PILATES using the key piece of Pilates apparatus called a Reformer (see more information Matwork/Reformer page).

I am constantly surprised by how much Pilates has changed my body, I move more freely than ever, my posture has improved considerably,  my aches and pains are kept at bay and I feel calmer and more relaxed. The fact that I can see and feel the difference Pilates has made to me, inspires me and gives me a true passion for teaching. I take a great deal of pleasure in building a great rapport with my clients and helping them to feel the benefits too. My clients range from the very fit, to those effected by pain and restricted movement and from age 8 to 80. I tailor my teaching to meet their needs with sensitivity and consideration. It is extremely satisfying to see the progress clients make and to feel that I make a difference to their quality of life.

I am a member of the Pilates Foundation with whom I did my Matwork training.  www.pilatesfoundation.com The Foundation is a not-for-profit professional Pilates teacher training organisation, run by teachers for teachers, who are passionate about providing the highest standard of training and practice of Pilates. The Foundation provides one of the most rigorous and in-depth teacher training courses available. The Matwork training lasts for 14 months and includes over 500 hours of practical study and applied anatomy and physiology workshops. I passed my practical and theory exams with an overall mark of 90%.

Membership of the Foundation requires compliance with a Continuing Personal Development Scheme. This ensures a minimum of 24 training and study hours per year.  Membership also means that I am bound by the Foundation’s Code of Conduct, Ethics and training standards.

The Foundation has recently become the only Pilates organisation to have its members listed on the NHS Directory of Complementary and Alternative Practitioners. You will find my registration at www.nhsdirectory.org.uk

I am certified by STOTT PILATES to teach on the Reformer, this certification is recognised worldwide as a global standard for Pilates instruction and STOTT PILATES is world renowned for the quality of its instructor training.   STOTT PILATES has a contemporary approach which is anatomically based and evolved and updated in accordance with modern biomechanics. I passed my practical and theory exams with an overall mark of 93%. www.stott-pilates.co.uk

As well as running my own group classes and teaching privately I have also taught classes at the Manor Clinic - Sevenoaks Physiotherapy in Sevenoaks.

I am a member of REPS (Register of Exercise Professionals) - level 3 Pilates Specific Standard. www.exerciseregister.org.

I have full public liability insurance and hold a current first aid certificate. 

Further training

2005	Gait Workshop
2006	Pilates Matrix–Concepts of Core Stability
2006	Let’s Get Back to Our Feet
2006	Extension in the Pilates Method
2006	Understanding the Shoulder
2006	Effective Spinal Articulation and Extension
2007	A Closer Look at Sacro Iliac Problems
2007	Auxiliary Equipment & Matwork
2007	Teaching Strategies for Posture Patterns
2007	Movement Workshop
2007	Pilates & the Hypermobile Client
2007	Introduction to the Alexander Technique
2008	Matwork: Re-work & Review
2008	Senstability
2008	Pilates and Core Stability
2008	Ron Fletcher Workshop Weekend
2009	Movement Workshop
2009	Challenges of teaching group Matwork
2009	Vertical Pilates
2009	The Psoas – Key to Integration
2009	Pelvic Floor Health and Function
2010	Good Shoulder Mechanics
2010	Pilates, Biomechanics and Reality
2010	Movement with Mariela Panero
2011	Pilates and the Lymphatic System
2011	Pilates and Scoliosis
2011	Release or Recruit?