About
Independent fitness coaching - for body conditioning, resistance training, and Pilates classes, and post-rehab exercise, at a variety of venues in West & North Yorkshire.
Movement. Strength. Connection.
Whether you are naturally sporty and want to improve your fitness to support your favourite activities, or whether you want to reconnect with activities that are good for your body, I am really interested in your health and wellbeing!
For everybody and EVERY body.
Bio
My own experience has convinced me of the benefits of movement: our bodies are designed to move, and regularly. Finding an activity, like dancing with abandon, that gives you fun means you are more likely to maintain a healthy movement regime.
I have my own physical challenges (I have a Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder), and learning to manage these has taught me the benefits of building strength through therapeutic exercise.
I’m also convinced that finding a connection - with a physio, a coach, or a fellow class participant - hugely boosts your motivation and momentum towards better physical and mental health & wellbeing.
Teaching Pilates and fitness coaches must count as my third career. I finally feel that I’ve found my vocation - but my previous experience definitely informs my approach, in that everything I do is evidence based - I am a bit of a science and research nerd; I work collaboratively - you know your body and your experiences better than anyone else; and I actively embrace the ethos that activity is for everybody and every body - equality, equity, access and acceptance.
Fitness & Wellbeing Qualifications:
Exercise Specialism in Physical Activity to Manage Low Back Pain (Level 4)
Diploma in Exercise Referral (Level 3)
Pilates Mat Work (Level 3)
Anatomy & Physiology (Level 3)
Nutrition to Support Physical Activity (Level 3)
Group Exercise/Exercise to Music (Level 2)
Member of the Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport and Physical Activity (CIMSPA).
I have been coaching fitness activities for over seven years, and continue to develop my knowledge through study, practice and formal qualifications.