THE APPROACH
Start with the body in front of me.
Most movement work begins with a programme and tries to fit you into it. I start with you — how you stand, how you breathe, what flared up on the school run today.
PHILOSOPHY
A practice that listens back.
Most studios run a routine. The class is fun, the teacher is good, but an instructor cannot make sure you are in the correct alignment or doing the best movements for your body.
The work I do begins, every time, with the person in front of me — your emotional state, your habitual movement patterns, what shifted since I last saw you. The shape of the session follows. That's why the work compounds, and why most people feel something settle within the first few weeks. It isn't a programme. It's a conversation between body and method, with me translating.
A TYPICAL SESSION
What a first session actually looks like.
55 minutes. Four layers. The first time you come, we don't start where you'd expect.
01
On the floor, with a pair of balls.
Before we get near the Reformer, I teach you fascia release — specific landmarks, specific techniques. Most people have never felt their own tissue properly.
FASCIA · 10 MIN
02
Two minutes of looking.
How you stand. Where you hold tension. What your breath does when you're not thinking about it. Two minutes of looking saves an hour of guessing.
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ASSESSMENT · 2 MIN
03
Classical reformer work.
Footwork first, building through the order Joseph Pilates laid down. Each exercise prepares the next.​
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PILATES · 35 MIN
04
Breath, if it's part of your picture.
Hypopressives — specific postures, a particular kind of exhale. Looks strange the first time. Changes things quickly.
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BREATH · 8 MIN
THREE THREADS
A deliberate set of tools.
Each session is built from these three — chosen for what your body needs that day.
01/ Fascia
Fascia release.
The connective tissue layer stretching can't reach. I'm a certified Roll Model® practitioner — I teach you to do this for yourself.​
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02/ Pilates
Classical pilates.
The original method, in the original order, on legacy wood-and-leather equipment. Reformer, Tower, Wunda chair, mat.​
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03/ Breath
Hypopressives.
Breath-based work for pelvic floor, prolapse, postnatal change and POTS. Five to ten minutes a day at home.​
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HOW IT COMPOUNDS
"In 10 sessions you'll feel the difference, in 20 you'll see the difference, in 30 you'll have a whole new body."
— joseph pilates
Most clients notice real change around session six to eight, and find the things they'd quietly given up on — running, sleeping, picking up your child or grandchild without bracing — back in their lives by session twenty.
WHAT IT ISN'T
Not physio. Not a workout.
A NOTE ON PHYSIO
I'm not a physiotherapist.
I'm not a physiotherapist. There's an excellent one on site at Botanica Health, and I work alongside physios, osteopaths and consultants often.
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A NOTE ON WORKOUTS
It isn't a workout either
You'll work hard, but the goal is precision, not exhaustion. I will never ask you to do 1000 pulses. I make sure you are working deeply and in correct alignment.
If you want to understand your body well enough to train hard without breaking it — you're in the right place.
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