After giving birth via C-section in 2018 and subsequently moving through the pandemic with a toddler, unsure if I still wanted to participate in an architecture career I had spent nearly 20 years working toward, by 2022 my body made the decision for me. I suffered a severe herniated disc causing prolonged pain over many months. After a couple of years of recovery and determined to feel strong and healthy, I began weekly small group weights classes at a local movement studio. Here I met Sarah Leonard, an established and comprehensively trained local Pilates teacher (she can be found at Flow Pilates Bristol).

I began taking Sarah’s classes weekly and could feel myself becoming less fearful of movement and a huge improvement in deep core strength and stability. Inspired, I decided to train to become a Pilates teacher with Move Union, led by experienced teacher Ajia Lee Forster, qualifying in early 2026.

I now offer Contemporary Pilates classes locally where clients can benefit from both my recent Pilates training and years of dedicated practice in yoga. My own experiences with pregnancy, birth and injury also help me to understand and hold space for clients going through body changes and injury.