Elaine was introduced to Pilates in the mid 90s as part of her classical ballet training. She began her Pilates teaching apprenticeship at Westmere Pilates, in Auckland, New Zealand, in 2006. She went on to study with Polestar Pilates where she gained a formal comprehensive qualification.

In 2008 Elaine qualified as a pre-natal and post-partum specialist through the centre for women’s fitness in Michigan USA.

Elaine and her husband Phil opened their own studio in Wellington, New Zealand in 2010. After the birth of their second child, they sold the studio and moved back to the UK in 2014.

It is in Classical Pilates that Elaine has found huge inspiration. As part of her ongoing professional development, Elaine completed the Advanced Teacher Training Program with The Pilates Center at Pepilates in London 2015.

Phil brings several foundation years of osteopathic training to his Pilates work, which has given him a solid knowledge of human anatomy and fuelled his love of body work. 

Together with his wife Elaine, Phil owned a studio, Pilates Flow, in Wellington, New Zealand. Since early 2010 he was one of the core teaching team at Pilates Flow as well as the studio's business manager. He has completed both Polestar Pilates' comprehensive training (1 year) and The Pilates Center's advanced teacher training (1 year).

Phil is also a trained actor which has further inspired his fascination with movement and the body. Phil has always felt that the specificity and focus of Pilates gives the human body greater ease of movement and freedom of expression.

Shauna grew up in Bath and was apprenticed through The Pilates Quarter where she gained her PMA certificate. She has always had an interest in health and fitness. She enjoys cycling and going to the gym.

Shauna was introduced to Pilates in her early twenties when she had been suffering back pain and found that it reduced her pain significantly. It also helped her to find a healthy posture and an improved outlook on life.

Shauna’s teaching goal is to help people feel their best during her classes, by improving their strength, stamina and flexibility.

Ara is a qualified Mat Pilates Instructor and completed our apprenticeship at The Pilates Quarter. She has a passion for and deep understanding of movement and its biomechanics. This knowledge helps her to deliver energetic and well informed classes that have had excellent feedback from her students.

Prior to her Mat training Ara was a Nursery School teacher and reached the pinnacle of this profession as a head teacher. Having this background means teaching comes naturally to her to as she can provide well structured sessions that truly provide the focus on her students’ goals.

Luzia Rosa Is originally from Brazil and has travelled widely. She spent several years living in Italy learning the language and doing postgraduate studies. Her academic background is in Child Education and she taught for several years in Brazil. This experience focuses her Pilates teaching on clarity and concentration in movement. She started doing Pilates to help with her back pain. As she took control of her body and pain she became passionate about the method, turning it into a career by apprenticing through The Pilates Quarter.