Pilates4Wakefield Studio

Annie is fantastic. What she has created at Pilates4Wakefield is really very special. I attend classes twice weekly and have done for several years, finding the environment and her teaching, essential to me in maintaining physical and mental equilibrium. Annie is a very experienced, purist Pilates instructor who guides and supports beginners and proficient students alike. She is extremely knowledgeable and able to modify techniques where perhaps an injury or flare up needs extra care or assistance, so that irrespective of ability, there is always sufficient challenge and progression. Annie keeps ahead of industry trends and will introduce new concepts, always with an eye on maintaining quality fundamental Pilates practice. Her studios are well equipped and classes, whilst in high demand, are generally easy to secure a place on, which is important to me, having fluid work demands. I genuinely love the sense of community which Annie has (probably) unwittingly created. I look forward to attending every class, not just for the obvious physical benefits, but for the connections made with a diverse bunch of individuals with whom I wouldn’t ordinarily mix. Pilates4Wakefield is founded on care, support and the love for teaching Pilates principles and I couldn’t recommend it highly enough.

I have been participating in Gill’s Reformers Class and Mat classes for a couple of years now. Her knowledge, skills and attitude are outstanding. Everything she does is tailored to your needs, as best she can. From the moment the session starts to ends, she is focused and maximises every minute for quality, purposeful tuition. She is gentle, calm and at the same time authoritative with a lovely warm and fun sense of humour. Her instructions are very clear. I trust her implicitly as I feel the rest of the groups, I share sessions with, do too. As for results, I’d suffered with sciatic nerve pain, tennis elbow, referred shoulder pain with recurrent trapped neck nerves and was really struggling. I’d had minimum results from 2 previous physiotherapists and assigned exercises. Quite frankly there was no change to the causes of my problems just a temporary partial fix. Now thanks to Gill, I no longer suffer with any of these problems. I am also fitter, stronger, pain free and feel more confident in my ability now. It matters so much, but more so than ever before in midlife when it’s essential to retain muscle strength, mobility and balance. All critically important to longevity and quality of life x. Thank you so much Gill. You are fabulous.👏

Gill is a fab teacher and she's super nice and approachable. She'd been helping me get my shoulder back in shape since I dislocated and broke it in a freak electric unicycle accident. The pilates has been great for both flexibility and strength, and it's not weird being the only bloke in a class of ladies. The class itself has plenty of equipment including those fancy "reformer" machines with the ropes, springs and pulleys.