Kelly Wootton
Kelly is the founder of East London Pilates and has been a healthy, happy Pilates teacher and personal fitness trainer for over 10 years. Before she re-trained in the fitness industry, Kelly enjoyed a fast paced City career so understands how difficult it can be for the office worker to maintain good postural alignment.
Kelly, herself a keen runner, aerobics and group exercise instructor has found that incorporating the principles of Pilates into her other fitness work means that the risk of injury is reduced and technique is improved. She is passionate about the Pilates technique and believes that everyone can benefit from the matwork method.
She is based in Docklands and the City and currently teaches at Virgin Active, Reebok and within various corporate sites around the E1 and E14 area. Kelly is available for 1:1 PT, Pilates and Massage sessions in the local East London area.
Zoe Mundell
Zoe gained her Masters in Osteopathic Medicine in July 2010, her busy practice is based at the Reebok Sports Club in Canary Wharf. The British College of Osteopathic Medicine has since invited her back to the University to become a lecturer. Having previously worked as a Sports Therapist Zoe combines her 15 years experience as a successful personal trainer with Polestar Pilates training to help clients achieve optimal performance, improve posture, manage chronic health and exercise rehabilitation. Zoe believes it is important that Pilates should be an individual experience in order to remove restrictions and restore correct function of the spine, improve breathing patterns and lengthen muscles, to create a stronger yet supple physique. Zoe's professional and caring nature make her a valuable part of the team and popular with participants.
Emily Dormer
Emily has done most of her training with Future Fit & the YMCA, she has been teaching pilates for over 4 years and is an advanced Level 3 instructor. Emily is an enthusiastic and energetic teacher who believes that classes should be fun with a bit of hard work thrown in. With her endless energy she easily motivates others to improve, advance and above all ENJOY classes. She is also a qualified personal trainer, sports massage therapist, ante/post natal and sports injuries specialist
Magda
Magda has been training and competing in various sports including volleyball, horse riding and Tae Kwon-Do between the ages 7 and 19, when an ankle injury (damaged joint capsule) finished her career in sports. After a year long rehabilitation, she's started teaching aerobics, step, boxing and cycle classes and after getting yet more injuries, she's discovered Pilates and corrective exercise and quickly moved on to becoming an instructor.
Magda has also worked as a Group Exercise Manager at the Reebok Sports Club in Canary Wharf, London where she's experienced the effects of desk job, increased stress levels and long working hours on the body.
It is the Pilates and Sports Massage that not only helped her with injuries over the years but also with managing stress levels and correcting posture. After receiving treatments for many years, Magda has developed even more interest in human body and the connection with massage and is now qualified Level 5 Sports and Remedial Massage Therapist with the prestigious North London School of Sports Massage.
Magda is a long standing member of the East London Pilates team, treats and trains private corporate clients in Canary Wharf and City, runs a busy sports massage clinic at BP in Canary Wharf and a Home clinic in E3, she also volunteers with the London Wasps rugby club.
Magda is passionate about helping people live pain and injury free lives as well as enhance clients’ performance in sports through Pilates, Sports Massage and increased body awareness.
She believes in holistic approach to the body and quite often works with other therapists like osteopaths, conditioning coaches, podiatrists, life coaches and yoga teachers to meet client's needs in the best possible way and ensure best results.
Jeannie Finch
East London based Jeannie has been in the fitness industry all her working life. Extensively qualified, with a wealth of experience from over 10 years at Virgin Active Jeannie turned freelance and became an instructor in STOTT Pilates in August 2008 and a Reformer instructor in 2010. This is complemented with a Diploma in Nutrition (BCNH).
Jeannie is an inspirational teacher who loves her work. She is passionate about how Pilates can help be life enhancing whether you want improved posture, greater flexibility, stronger core stability or to help prevent injury. Jeannie's belief that Pilates is a whole body fitness approach is what drives her to help you become the very best version of you.
If you are a new mum and need an enjoyable post natal fitness class then try Mummy Boot Camp. Jeannie's hugely popular outdoor exercise programme where your baby goes too!
Danielle Smreczak
Danielle has been working in the fitness industry for the last 8 years after originally training as a Sports Therapist. She spends her time these days delivering pilates classes, one to one sessions as well as personal training in North London.
She is the newest member of the ELP team having trained in the Stott method of Pilates at the Central YMCA. So far her repertoire includes essential, intermediate and advanced levels of matwork, as well as ante and post natal and soon to include reformer work too.
Danielle believes that most people could benefit from pilates as it is extremely adaptable. Its appeal is wide ranging from young to old, and includes all walks of life from elite athletes all the way through to those returning from illness or injury.
Danielle's own training has most recently included preparing for marathons and 10km runs and makes pilates an essential part of her preparation.
Pilates can be for anyone and everyone.
Amanda
My teaching journey started 12 years ago while working as an investment banker in the city, back then Pilates and yoga helped me to counterbalance a stressful job. After 3 years I then decided to leave the banking behind to go and explore the world. After years of travelling and learning from great teachers like Alex Medin, Iain Clark, Dena Kingsberg and Kathryn Budig I am now a registered yoga teacher under the Yoga Alliance UK. My pilates journey started even earlier when at the age of 21 I left my dance career to focus on my studies and Pilates has been the natural development.
I have been teaching since 2006 with various methods but namely Ashtanga,Yin, Vinyasa Flow and Pilates. Most of my teaching experience is based in the Dolomites mountains where I have been working closely with professional climbers and skiers preparing for an expedition on the Himalaya, working on Pranayama exercises to adjust to altitude and relaxing techniques.
I am an enthusiast of people and enjoy sharing the experience and knowledge I have gained so far. My energetic and vigorous style is influenced by my passion for dance and for the outdoors. As a former corporate professional I understand the importance of a Pilates class that balances stress release and building of stamina.
I place particular attention to alignment and details but never forgetting the importance of enjoying it, having fun and practising with a smile.