Staff Bios

Amanda is an Essex girl, and proud of it. She graduated in English, Drama and Dance, and taught drama before moving back to London to work as a journalist. At a  young Channel 4, she worked in Documentaries before becoming a Producer/Director. During her TV career, she produced and directed shows like the ground-breaking Mersey Blues, historical biography like Secret Lives Errol Flynn, and prime time shows like Location, Location, Location.

She describes her management style as firm but fair.

Location: Covent Garden
 

BECKY GIBSON
PILATES INSTRUCTOR

Becky was born and bred in the Cotswolds and trained in dance and drama. From teaching aerobics, Step and Conditioning, and performing with the YMCA FIT display team, she qualified as a Pilates practitioner in 2004 with Polestar.
Her aim is to help clients experience new movements, strength and flexibility through her teaching methods.

Location: Covent Garden

CAROLYN BAILEY
CLINICAL PILATES INSTRUCTOR

Carolyn has 11 years experience as a physiotherapist, and came across Pilates when she was School Physio for the Central School of Ballet in London. She then combined her Pilates training with her physio experience to create a holistic approach to rehabilitation. Carolyn’s expertise is tracing the source of pain and injury and correcting movement dysfunction, joining forces with her client in an active treatment plan. 

Location: Covent Garden

As a teenager, Kaithrina was athletics mad, and captained all her schools’ sports teams. After gaining a Sports Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention degree from Middlesex University, she spent two years working for Valencia Football Club in Spain, which lead to a stint at the Beverley Hills Clinic as a massage therapist. Now trained as a Pilates instructor too, Kathrina is convinced that her range of manual and physical therapies can offer the best solutions to our clients. 

Location: Covent Garden
 

After 11 years in the corporate world, Emma took off on her world tour, and her first experience of massage was in Thailand. This inspired her to take a
new career path and study remedial, sports massage and myofascial release therapy at the Australasian College of Natural Therapies in Sydney.

Emma takes the time to listen to you and your body, and helps clients reach their optimum fitness and well-being. 

Location: Little Venice
 

Having played professional football for seven years, Daniel studied for a physiotherapy degree from the University in his hometown of Madrid.  After  graduating, he studied Pilates alongside three years of coaching international football and tennis stars. Now fully qualified to teach Pilates, Daniel splits his time between the UK and Spain.

He is currently writing a Postgraduate study on motor control exercise therapy in Pilates, and believes firmly in the benefits of combining scientific research with a holistic approach to mind/body therapies such as Pilates.  

Location: Little Venice
 

Originally from New York where she worked as a professional dancer, Caitie has dedicated most of her life to dance, movement, Pilates, and kinesiology. She has studied at respected institutions like Marin Ballet in California, Richmond Ballet in Virginia, and Reforming New York.  Caitie qualified with Polestar Pilates, and her last professional appearance was on stage in New York as a Rockette at Radio City Music Hall.  

Location: Covent Garden
 

Kathryn danced until she was 14 when she switched to rowing, competing for Great Britain 1994-96. But when a back injury forced her to give up, she took up Pilates to rehabilitate, and it proved to be a turning point.  Kathryn followed her Masters degree in Physiology with a Sports Massage and a Personal Training course, and is now a qualified Polestar instructor, with a specialism in pre-and post-natal Pilates.
 
Kathryn celebrates her ability to enable her clients to move effectively and become strong and stable, and runs Lifecheck Health with partner Guy Meadows under the Little Venice Pilates umbrella.  

Location: Covent Garden