ABOUT
Meet Clare.
I am a movement enthusiast, teacher and eternal student.
I take real pleasure and joy in helping people realise their own potential. As individuals I know that our potential is rich and I will encourage you to go there, hone your craft and build authentic strength. I am driven by your goals and your progress. I enjoy working with those where I know I can make a difference.
I tend to train people with athletic and goal-orientated qualities through exploring, practising and learning. I offer a space to develop mindset, self awareness, focus and skill through physical conditioning. It is engaging, intense and a lot of times fun.
When training with me, you gain an actively engaged partner in your quest. I am 110% with you to work on you.
I found Pilates 20 years ago and haven’t stopped studying it since. I love to explore, push boundaries and have an insatiable appetite for learning. My research led me to the latest discoveries in neuroscience and recently trained as a Functional Range Conditioning Coach (FRC) which gave me a deeper understanding on how to increase your range of movement safely. I also use Stretch Therapy when needed as tool to help create space in your body which supports your training. These techniques compliment Pilates and assist getting to our goals.
Joseph Pilates
Pilates was invented by Joseph Pilates from Germany. He was a strong gymnast and boxer, Motivated by the very strong belief that many ailments are preventable. Get enough sunlight, eat nutritious food and sleep was also part of his prescription, among much more. He studied the body and movement modalities his whole life. It’s the unique blend of this unity and his inventions of the equipment that makes Pilates so effective and so unique.
His first studio was in New York where doctors sent people in pain to ‘get fixed’ and where ballerinas and many athletes sought him out to help them lengthen their careers. He was a boxer, a gymnast and inventor who dedicated his life to movement and ultimately health.
The Practice
Pilates is a Method, with a system of exercises, with a marked purpose where the exercises are not developed at random. There is no such thing as a “floor Pilates” or “reformer Pilates”; These are expressions created for business, to increase the profitability but often sacrificing the purpose of the Pilates Method and therefore its benefits, this is not the way I work.
Pilates is never about force or muscling through but calls on a deeper strength that helps us develop ease in movement. Together we’ll explore and encourage you to find a deeper sense of self-awareness and connection.
“Pilates Revolution is an absolute delight. Gorgeous space and a brilliant instructor. As a novice on the equipment, but with some experience of pilates, this is a serious step change in my exercise regime. I cannot wait to progress.”
Ruannan