This is the next in our series of Getting to Know Your Instructor. Meet Louise Carey as another amazing addition to our expanding team at Live & Breathe Pilates.
When you were younger what did you want to be when you grew up?
A business woman.
What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher?
My instructor encouraged me down the teaching route after I’d attended his classes for a few years.
What’s your favourite thing about teaching?
The ‘ahhhaaaa’ moments with clients.
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This is the next in our series of Getting to Know Your Instructor. Meet Steph owner and founder of Live & Breathe Pilates, anatomy nerd, eternal student and cheese addict.
When you were younger what did you want to be when you grew up?
Loads of things, it changed month to month – vet, journalist, geographer, cartographer, TV chef, astronaut.
What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher?
I really needed a change. I felt I had to get out of the IT world, but had no idea what I wanted to do. So I did a course on changing careers. It made me think about what my skills were and what I enjoyed, and Pilates was high on the that list. I had been taking Pilates classes since 1999 so I booked myself onto a teacher training course later that year. I wanted to learn about the Method more than anything else at the time but as part of the course we had to teach and it was then I realised I loved instructing and helping others get strong and/or recover from injury. Fast forward 17 years (!?!?) and here we are. The studio is now open 4 1/2 years and we have the most amazing team of instructors and I’m blown away daily by our fantastic clients and their progress.
What’s your favourite thing about teaching?
Helping people out of pain. Helping people move again after injury. Helping people feel the joy of movement in their bodies. Teaching people about their bodies and how they can move with ease. Having fun with movement. Those “Aha” moments clients get when they feel the power of Pilates. Seeing clients getting stronger and stronger.
And physically being the in studio – I just love the space we have created in Camden Row. I am slightly biased though 🙂 Ooops, that’s multiple things. I do get a bit carried away as I’m pretty passionate about what I do!
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This is the fourth in our series of Getting to Know Your Instructor. Meet Gigi Tynan the most recent addition to our team at Live & Breathe Pilates.
When you were younger what did you want to be when you grew up? 
I wanted to become a dancer.
What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher?
When seeing the benefits of what Pilates did for my own body, I was inspired to share that knowledge with other people and become a teacher.
What’s your favourite thing about teaching?
The job satisfaction from increasing clients body awareness and seeing them move more efficiently and also the pain relief associated with relieving physical imbalances such as back pain.
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This is the third in our series of Getting to Know Your Instructor. Meet Mariapia Cleopazzo our resident Italian dancer, Pilates instructor and massage therapist….
When you were younger what did you want to be when you grew up? 
I was teenager when I started doing theatre but then I wanted to became a dancer. I applied for the Performing Arts School and I got in. What’s where my journey began.
What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher?
I really wanted to learn more about my body in a anatomical scientific way; plus the method helped me to recover from my injuries I’d suffered during my dance career.
What’s your favourite thing about teaching?
People (most of the times)!
What’s your least favourite thing about teaching?
People (just sometimes)!
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This is the second in our series of Getting to Know Your Instructor. Meet Katrin Neue, dancer, mother, Pilates instructor and Somatics Exercise Coach….
When you were younger what did you want to be when you grew up? 
I always wanted to be a teacher or dancer! It became a combination of both and my first professional training was to become a dancer and dance teacher.
What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher?
I wanted to teach more after dancing for a while and I really enjoy working with people from all walks of life. I just love teaching movement!
What’s your favourite thing about teaching?
That it’s an experience you try to get across rather than just intellectual knowledge when you teach movement. It’s wonderful to see clients gaining more and more control and looking and feeling more graceful.
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The first in our series of Getting to Know Your Instructor. Meet Andrea Green, instructor extraordinaire…
When you were younger what did you want to be when you grew up?
Being a Kiwi kid I probably wanted to be a sports star of some description. Certainly not a sheep farmer!!
What inspired you to become a Pilates teacher?
I enjoyed the graceful movement practice when I first tried Pilates and loved the strength it gave me. To me it was obvious how this exercise system could benefit so many people.
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