How I got into it.

When I discovered Pilates over 20 years ago, I was training as a dancer. I immediately saw lots of similarities with dance training. They both provide pretty much everything the body needs to be in perfect balance. All we need to add is a little cardio a few times a week and you have all you need for a healthy body. I signed up to Alan Herdman's course and I qualified in 2000. Since then I have been lucky to work with and teach a huge variety of people. I have taught kids and people in their '90's, people with injuries and challenging conditions and those without. I hear wonderful things about Pilates from people who do it regularly. It really does work. I have benefited enormously from it myself, of course. I still go to dance class and I occasionally perform as a circus artist. Whenever I've injured myself, I'll visit the physio or osteopath and then Pilates helps speed the recovery. 

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Mat or machine?

I love machine Pilates. It offers a spectrum of possibilities so that we can make an exercise more or less challenging depending on what a client needs. The purity of matwork is not be sniffed at though. It's clearly a lot cheaper and you can do it anywhere (no excuses to slack off if you go on holiday!) Home visits are a combination of mat and small prop exercises (I can provide foam rollers, Swiss balls, small overballs and resistance bands etc.)