Instructors

Antonia's style is calm and confident - not showy, just really, really good. She tailors movement beautifully, cues with clarity, and has a natural ability to make every ability level feel seen and supported.

Trained at the School of Reform in reformer and wunda chair, and additionally qualified in mat and pre and postnatal Pilates, she brings precision, warmth and a genuine understanding of movement to every class. Her sessions are thoughtfully paced, carefully cued and tailored to whoever is in the room - which is exactly why her clients keep coming back.

Young, well-travelled and with a very good radar for a quality bakery, Antonia is exactly the kind of instructor you feel lucky to have found. A genuinely good soul, through and through.

Barre looks deceptively gentle. One class with Ash and you'll know better.

A qualified Personal Trainer, Sports Massage Therapist and GXT Barre Fitness certified instructor, Ash combines a deep understanding of the body with a teaching style that's warm, encouraging and quietly relentless. Her sessions are welcoming, challenging and genuinely feel-good - built around the kind of small, precise movements that somehow make your legs shake more than anything you've ever done in a gym. You'll be having a great time right up until the third pulse series - and then somehow still having a great time.

The pulses are intentional. The burn is the point. Ash will be smiling the entire time.

Expect to be challenged, looked after and completely hooked. 🩰

Coreen brings a quiet calm to everything she does - the kind that makes you feel like you can actually exhale the moment her class begins. A qualified mat and reformer instructor, she teaches with a no-pressure, no-judgement approach that makes every ability level feel genuinely at home.

Her sessions are effective and thoughtfully paced, built around the belief that movement should feel good in every sense - not just physically, but mentally too. Coreen is a big advocate for slowing down in a world that rarely encourages it, and her classes reflect that.

Outside the studio she works full time in social care - so she genuinely understands people, what they need, and how to create a space where they feel supported.

Emma is what happens when you combine a reformer instructor, yoga teacher, hairstylist and DJ into one very fabulous, very pocket-sized human. Her world is movement, music, creativity and making people feel genuinely good - and every single one of those things shows up in her classes.

Emma’s journey into movement became deeply personal after experiencing early menopause and being diagnosed with osteoporosis. Through yoga and reformer Pilates, she found a way not only to support her body physically, but to slow the decline in bone density, rebuild strength, and reconnect with confidence in her body again. That experience completely changed the way she sees movement - not as punishment or performance, but as something powerful, supportive and life-enhancing.

That’s why she’s so passionate about helping other people feel stronger in their own bodies too, regardless of age, experience or where they’re starting from.

Rhythm-led, intuitive and genuinely infectious in her energy, Emma teaches with a style that adapts to the room rather than sticking rigidly to a plan. Her sessions have a flow to them that’s hard to describe but very easy to feel - you’ll leave stronger, looser and in a considerably better mood than when you arrived.

Emma is also the beating heart of Rise’s Pilates & Prosecco evenings, which should tell you everything you need to know about her energy.

When she’s not behind the reformer or the decks, you’ll usually find her on a countryside walk with her bulldog Bella - which is the only time things slow down even slightly.

Jooles has 13 years of experience in the fitness industry, including a background in rowing coaching and aerobics. She brings a classical approach to her Pilates teaching, with a strong focus on precision, alignment and breath.

Her own experience using Pilates to rebuild strength and fitness after a period of ill health gives her a genuine understanding of what it means to start again - and her classes reflect that. Expect a structured, supportive environment where the fundamentals are taken seriously and every client is met with patience and care.

Outside the studio, Jooles is a competitive rower with ambitions to row the Atlantic - so she knows a thing or two about what commitment to a goal looks like.

What makes Selina brilliant isn't just that she'll challenge you (she will), it's that she makes you feel completely capable while she does it. Her cueing is sharp, her standards are high, and her calm presence somehow makes the hard bits feel achievable. With a background in mentoring instructors and upholding high teaching standards, she knows exactly what good movement looks like - and she'll help you find it too.