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Cathy has over 17 years experience in Pilates. She began as a student in 1993, and trained as a teacher in 2004 with the Pilates Foundation® (www.pilatesfoundation.com) The Pilates Foundation was founded in the mid-90's to set and maintain standards in the teaching of Pilates in the UK. She holds a specialist qualification in Pre and Postnatal Pilates. She has 2 children.
She is also a member of the Guild of Pre and Postnatal Exercise Instructors.
The Pilates Foundation® offers the most rigorous and thorough training available in the UK. It is recognized by the NHS Trusts Association in its Directory of Health Service Providers.
As a Pilates Foundation® member teacher, Cathy has benefitted from ongoing professional development with the most respected teachers in the UK and abroad, including Hana Jones, Allison Swan, Rachel Swindle, Suzanne Scott, and Suzanne Lahusan (founding members of the Pilates Foundation).
She has also had the privilege of training with:
- Rael Isacowitz, Founder, Body Arts and Science International
- Conchita del Campo (member Pilates Foundation® and Body Control Pilates)
- Leading physiotherapist Warwick McNeill
- Mary Bowen -"1st generation" teacher - student of Joseph Pilates himself
- Ron Fletcher, 1st generation teacher and student of Joseph Pilates
- Alan Herdman, (Introduced Pilates to the UK in 1972)
- Deborah
Lessen, (2nd generation teacher, formerly president Pilates
Method Alliance (PMA) in the US, now chair of the PMA certification
board)
- Marika Molnar (former physiotherapist for NYC Ballet)
- Marie-José Blom- Lawrence, Pilates Teacher Trainer and faculty member at Loyola Marymount University.
- Jillian Hessel, 2nd Generation teacher
