WHAT PEOPLE SAY

 Angelika Tomkins

 August 23

I have been attending Helen’s classes for several years. I enjoy the variety and flexibility of her classes and in particular the Reformer classes. I feel a real difference both physically and mentally attending these on a regular basis and have recently increased my reformer classes to 2 per week.
She is a very experienced and effective teacher and makes classes fun whilst working hard achieving my goals.
The venue is lovely and adds to a very positive experience. I highly recommend Helen’s classes and the studio in general!

 Marianne Bradnock

 December 2020

Despite initial reservations about doing Pilates online, I quickly found that Zoom was the perfect way for us to carry on when we went into our first national lockdown in March. We get every bit as much individual support as we would if at The Studio. I very soon decided to sign up for two classes a week instead of just one.

Helen’s varied and enjoyable sessions have helped to keep my body going through months of too much television and gardening; and just as importantly, have lifted my spirits.  Like so many others at the moment, on many days I struggle to get motivated.   But when the day starts with Pilates with Helen, I feel positive, invigorated and energetic, and get twice as much done.

For me, these sessions and Pilates have been absolutely vital in helping me weather this challenging year.  Highly recommended.

 Joanne Hope

 April 2020

What can I say? You’re a godsend, putting all this together in such a short space of time is brilliant! Needless to say, once I got over the technical hitches of Virtual LIVE Online streaming, I am thoroughly enjoying the classes and Pilates once again. Emilia’s class was great as she brings new techniques which is fun as I am always keen to try and to learn……

At this rate I might have to adopt you as my second mum, I see more of you than I do of Mum number 1!

So thank you, and I look forward to my next class with you.

 Kumi Wilkinson

 September 2018

I have been attending Helen’s classes for a number of years now. I find the range of classes offered and flexibility perfect for my needs. The Studio is a beautiful space and it’s location within Coolings is a bonus! Helen offers a very personal, friendly approach, backed up by a considerable amount of knowledge and experience. There is no other place I would go!

 Jane Edwards

 August 2018

I attend weekly Duos with my friend Karen. Helen’s constant encouragement gives us the confidence to progress the Pilates exercises, ensuring that even if we don’t succeed at first, with practice, we will.  Helen has great knowledge of Pilates technique and principles and also of human anatomy, and is able to describe how we should locate specific muscles, and recruit them in the exercises we do.

 Katy Hefford

 March 2017

I have been doing reformer Pilates with Helen for about 6 months now, and I absolutely love it. The Studio is in a great location and is the perfect size for an intimate reformer session with just four machines. Helen is a brilliant teacher who quickly learns your individual strength and knows how far to push you to provide a really good and challenging workout. I really recommend reformer PIlates for anyone wanting to increase their core strength. When I was attending two classes a week, I could really see and feel a change in my body.

 Wendy Marlow

 October 2021

I absolutely loved my Pilates class yesterday. Your teacher, Jacqui was just lovely. The studio set up couldn’t have been more perfect for me, nice small class, masks being worn, just brilliant! 
I came home after class and relaxed and spent the rest of the day to myself – heaven!

Thank you so much for your support in encouraging me to join the Absolute Beginners Friday class.
I’m looking forward to next week already!

 Norizan Noorasman

 September 2020

I enjoyed the reformer class on Wednesday – my whole body ached the following day so that was good! You have a really good set up, everyone is warm and friendly. I feel safe in terms of health and safety in view of the Covid pandemic. I have booked another session and will see you again soon.

 Clare Lawrence

 September 2018

Over the years I have been a frequent visitor to the physio; bad posture, working on a laptop, hunching in the cold on the station. So I decided to restart Pilates and joined Helen’s class in 2014 and haven’t looked back since. She can be tough but only because she knows the level of what I can achieve and will push me to attain it. As a result, I am much more toned and fitter, with a strong core… hence the lack of return to the physio!
In 2015 my daughter finished her GCSE’s (during which exercise went out the window) and she was unhappy with her size and general fitness. I managed to drag her to Helen’s Saturday morning class where she would moan and complain and avoid any exertion. Through the enthusiasm of the group, and Helen’s encouragement and perseverance, my daughter was reintroduced to exercise as being fun and satisfying and is now a regular participant, looking forward to Saturdays. Helen’s class always brightens the day and the Saturday Bells and Balls is the perfect start to the weekend.

 Lynne Martin

 October 2014

Pilates with Helen is truly enjoyable; her classes warm and welcoming and true to the Pilates ideals. Personal injuries are accommodated with attention to body awareness, enabling us to understand and heed our limitations, working safely through exercises. During the sessions, I am totally engaged; time flies by, and all too soon, the session is over. I attend both group and one-to-one Pilates, and I cannot recommend one over the other, as each complements the other. Personal tuition provides a deeper focus to individual progress and requirements and the mindfulness developed is transferred to group classes. Pilates is both relaxing and invigorating…and addictive.

 Adele Cleaver

 April 2017

I’ve been doing mat Pilates for years, but Helen’s reformer classes take the whole Pilates experience and body benefit to a whole new level. Absolutely LOVE her classes. Body changing! Can’t recommend them highly enough.

 Roger Hall

 October 2014

Having spent over twenty years trying to learn and understand Pilates, almost exclusively with one-to-one matwork teachers, it was great to find Helen who is the best of the six teachers I have had.  She explains well what muscles and body points need to be concentrated on, and which others are supposed to be relaxed.  An hour with Helen is always time well spent