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I first discovered Pilates after several years of struggling with back pain. I was hooked almost immediately — it helped me relearn healthy movement patterns and find my way back to a pain-free back. I loved every session, that one hour of moving mindfully and thinking about nothing else. I always left feeling taller, stronger, and just plain better.

At 48, after 24 years of lone parenthood and a career in giving social information, advice and guidance, which was built around raising my family, I decided to change direction and train as a Pilates teacher. That was over 15 years ago, and I'm still obsessed — I love the endless variation it offers, and I'm still learning.

My route into teaching was far from linear. A degree in social sciences and psychology gave me a lasting curiosity about what makes people tick. A lifelong love of dance, gymnastics, play and balance — including contemporary dance training and performing in my student days — shapes the way I think about and choreograph a class.  

More recently, I've become especially interested in the role Pilates plays in ageing well: building core strength, improving posture and balance, lifting energy and mood. At 64, I feel as fit, strong and active as I ever have, and I love working with other people navigating the same stage of life — helping them build and maintain strength and mobility for the years ahead.

In the last couple of years I completed my breathwork training with Breathless Expeditions in Australia. I've been weaving that learning into my sessions and mini retreats ever since, helping people use breath as a way of regulating the nervous system and supporting emotional and physical health.

I stay curious about the latest research on personal development, neuroscience and ageing well, and I love bringing what I learn back into the sessions.

In 2019 I had a total hip replacement, the result of a congenital hip issue. My recovery was quick and complete, and I put a lot of that down to years of Pilates practice and a mindset built for it.

I work with a wide range of people and abilities — those recovering from injury, disability or surgery, those maintaining and building functional movement, and those working toward athletic performance. My approach is intuitive, varied and flowing. I believe Pilates gives us new ways of being in our bodies, and getting the best out of them — and I'm looking forward to many more years of ageing strong and well.

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