Steph Grey is owner of Live & Breathe Pilates and is based in Dublin, Ireland. She offers Pilates Classes for both Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced clients as well as equipment based classes using Reformer, Chair and other Pilates equipment ina brand new dedicated Pilates studio in Dublin city centre.
Steph first certified with a contemporary Pilates school called STOTT Pilates back in 2005. She has continued her education with other teachers and schools and bases all of her teaching on safe spinal teaching techniques and protocols.
Besides her Pilates accreditations she holds ITEC Diplomas in Anatomy & Physiology and also Diet & Nutrition. As well as keeping up her Continuing Education Credits (CECs) with STOTT Pilates, Steph also continues her movement education and experiences with other teachers such as Eric Franklin, The Franklin Method and Rebecca Leone, the Pilates Nun. She has completed Rebecca’s Pilates Excel finishing school as well as many workshops on her Safe Spinal Teaching Techniques.
Steph offers private consultations to clients to provide one to one nutritional advice if weight loss is a goal of the exercise program.
She is also a Licensed NLP Practitioner, and having certified with the Irish Institute of NLP.
All instructors work with clients firstly to identify their exercise goals and then based on their individual requirements, introduce them to a new, easier way of moving based on the Pilates method and safe spinal biomechanics. We work with client’s at all levels – from those who are injury free and want to improve their fitness through Pilates, to those who are recovering from injury and are working through a rehabilitation and strengthening program.
Classes and courses progress through the Pilates repertoire taking into account client’s individual physiology, assisting them to integrate Pilates into their day to day lives and enabling them to reap the benefits of the method.
Other certifications include:
Postural Analysis (2006)
Pre Natal Pilates (2006)
Core Balance (2006)
Bosu (2007)
Fitness Circle (2007)
Foam Roller (2007)
Programming for Mat (2007)
Pre/Post Natal (2008)
Flexibility Workshop (2008)
Pilates on the Green (2009)
Stability Ball & Flex Band (2009)
Functional Anatomy (2009)
Total Body Toning (2009)
Lumbo Pelvic Region (2009)
Shoulder Girdle (2009)
Eric Franklin Weekend Workshops (2009)
Pilates Excel Finishing – Rebecca Leone (2010)
Osteoporosis Workshop (2010)
Eric Franklin Weekend Workshops (2010)
Mini Stability Ball (2011)
Advanced Reformer (2011)
Breast Cancer Rehab (Jul 2011)
Scoliosis Workshop (Jul 2011)
Safe Spinal Teaching Teaching Tecniques – Rebecca Leone (Nov 2011)