The class is a mixture of strength and conditioning exercises to tone the body. The stretch element allows the muscles to lengthen and release resulting in more mobility and flexibility and suppleness. This class is tailored to the over sixites age group.
Last updated Nov. 22, 2014, 10:01 p.m. UTC
Emma is an advanced level three instructor of the Pilates method having trained with Europe’s largest Pilates organisation, Body Control Pilates. Emma was one of the first and original Pilates teachers back in London when the first teacher training course was set up over ten years ago. She is an advanced level 3 member of the Register of Exercise Professionals.
Already having her own thriving Personal Training fitness consultancy in London, Emma became inundated with clients when she qualified in Pilates in 1996. She is qualified in all the small Pilates equipment as well as all of the Pilates machines.
She set up the first Pilates course for back problems at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in London for their Consultant Surgeons patients.
Emma returned home in 2001 to open up the first, fully equipped Pilates studio in the North East. The reputation of the East Boldon studio grew by word of mouth and Emma receives constant referrals from G.P’s, osteopaths, physiotherapists and other health professionals.
Yoga was always a keen interest for Emma and she travelled to the Himalayas in India to undertake her yoga teacher training at the Sivananda ashram. She has since travelled to Mysore, Southern India, to train with the international guru, Patabi Jois, specialising in Ashtanga yoga. More famous, modern yogis whom Emma has studied under are the renowned anatomist, Paul Grilley and Ashtanga yogi, John Scott and David Swenson. Emma teaches a blend of Ashtanga and Hatha yoga.
Emma is one of the few Gyrotonic ® teachers in the U.K. Her studio has the only Gyrotonic ® machine between Leicester and Edinburgh.
As well as being a fully qualified Personal Trainer with London Central YMCA, Emma is one of a few hundred Cardiac Rehabilitation teachers in England having qualified to Phase 4 instructor with the British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation.
Emma has lectured Physiotherapists in Cardiac Rehab and the Pilates method and taught in NHS hospitals as well as private Bupa hospitals in London.
Corporate classes in the workplace were a speciality of Emmas when she lived in London.
She has a wealth of experience in the media, having hosted her own live weekly fitness slot on London radio. She had her own fitness column in the Gazette and has had articles published in glossy fitness magazines and appeared in The Guardian, The Times and The Sun newspapers.
Emma’s speciality is in sports training. She has taught Premiership and International footballers, England Cricketers, Leading Principal ballet dancers, gymnasts and worked extensively in Ireland with leading dressage riders and horse trainers.
She has taught in Australia, India, Germany, Switzerland and Dublin.
