The concept of Pilates was developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates. Pilates had spent much of his childhood suffering from various illnesses and became driven to ensure his body remained as physically strong as possible. Following experience in body building, circus training, gymnastics, martial arts and then going on to train dancers, Pilates developed a method called Contrology, what we now accept as the original form of Pilates.
Reformer Pilates Trainer
Jen Pickering
In 2018, I gained a qualification allowing me to teach Pilates using the TRX (suspension ropes) and following on from this, I ran a series of workshops to introduce people to this concept. In 2019, I embarked on my reformer Pilates training. I had been participating in reformer classes regularly in order to further strengthen my hip injury and found the reformer machine just took Pilates to a whole new level. I cannot wait to share this passion with others!
