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Meet Maider Arrausi who joined our great team of teachers here at 
Live & Breathe Pilates in 2023.
When you were younger what did you want to be when you grew up?
First I wanted to be an astronaut, then a writer, after a school teacher.
What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher?
My teachers; their dedication, generosity and love for the practice.
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Meet Tamara Orto who joined our great team of teachers here at 
Live & Breathe Pilates in 2022.
When you were younger what did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be a Speech and Language Therapist and a Dancer.
What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher?
My background belong to dance and for my own research of the human body I continued my education and I become a Pilates instructor.
It makes simple if you know earlier how to move your body.
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Meet Sorcha Garvey who joined our great team of teachers here at 
Live & Breathe Pilates in 2021.
When you were younger what did you want to be when you grew up?
A dancer
What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher?
My own rehabilitation journey
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Meet Rachel Hollywood who joined our great team of teachers here at 
Live & Breathe Pilates in 2021.
When you were younger what did you want to be when you grew up?
Police Officer.
What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher?
I just loved how Pilates made me feel. It’s the one form of exercise that has been a constant for me for 15+ years.
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Meet Liz O’Donnell who joined our great team of teachers here at 
Live & Breathe Pilates in 2019.
When you were younger what did you want to be when you grew up?
I always wanted to be a physiotherapist.
What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher?
My own physical health. When I was extremely unwell, Pilates brought me back to good health. Through this I found a love for Pilates. I decided Pilates is what I want to do everyday to keep me well and to help others.
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Meet Cáit Healy who joined our great team of teachers here at 
Live & Breathe Pilates in 2018.
When you were younger what did you want to be when you grew up?
A few things – a nun, a ballerina, a shopkeeper – so far I have only managed one of these careers, but who knows what the future holds.
What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher?
Steph Grey’s casual mention that there was a spare place on the BASI teacher training course was the start and of course all of the amazing teachers I have been lucky enough to have had – including Steph.
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Meet Margo Hough who joined our great team of instructors here at 
Live & Breathe Pilates in 2018.
When you were younger what did you want to be when you grew up?
An accountant.
What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher?
Pilates has had a huge impact on my life and I wanted to help create that impact for other people.
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Meet Laurie Schneider who joined our great team of instructors here at 
Live & Breathe Pilates in 2017.
When you were younger what did you want to be when you grew up?
I first wanted to be an artist but then I discovered dance and decided I wanted to be a professional dancer.
What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher?
I first encountered Pilates in my professional dance training. Within a week I could feel the difference to how I moved in my technique classes. I went from dreading class to really looking forward to it and not missing a single class. I was always interested in learning more about the body and Pilates seemed the most natural route for me. Funnily enough every year I become even more inspired as Pilates teacher and an eternal Pilates learner…there is so much to gain and understand in the practice it is truly wonderful.
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Meet Katie Holmes 
who many of you will already know as one of the recent additions to our team at Live & Breathe Pilates.
When you were younger what did you want to be when you grew up?
The usual diverse list of dreams: housewife, ballerina, lawyer, politician, teacher, writer, singer…
What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher?
Other teachers who created a huge sense of wellbeing and strength for me. Also a broken back after a car accident had a lot to do with it too!
What’s your favourite thing about teaching?
Seeing clients take the tools I share with them to improve their wellbeing, their mood, their posture, whatever it might be.
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This is the next in our series of Getting to Know Your Instructor. Meet James Hale who is one of the recent additions to our team at Live & Breathe Pilates.
When you were younger what did you want to be
when you grew up?
A Scientist. I lived the dream, got my PhD in Microbial Population Genetics and Clinical Anatomy and then went back to retrain as a Physiotherapist. Which is now what I want to be when I properly grow up.
What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher?
Helping people move better. I have always been into moving well, as a climber in my own practice, working as a coach. This is what Pilates is about for me. Pilates has helped me learn so much about my own body and I want to help people see that our bodies are a work in practice and as long as we keep refining we’ll get improvements even if they aren’t immediately obvious.
What’s your favourite thing about teaching?
The look someone has when they see their own improvement.
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