Creative Director of Body In Mind™ Pilates.

Louise began training in the Pilates method whilst at LABAN, London, where she graduated in 1993 with a BA (Hons) and Professional Diploma in Dance Theatre. Louise is a funder member of Derby Dance Centre.

Working in dance and movement Louise has designed and delivered a number of teaching, training and mentor programmes with a range of community and professional dancers alike. Her work largely centres on encouraging good posture, injury prevention and enabling greater range of movement.

In 2003 she moved to Sydney, Australia to study and work with Alan Menezes at the Pilates Institute of Australasia. She specialises in creating Pilates programmes for dancers and sports specialists in the Aussie Pilates Technique at the Body in Mind™ Pilates Studio.

Studio and Matwork teacher for Body in Mind ™ Pilates

Katherine originally came across Pilates while studying for a degree in dance at Middlesex University in 1988. The method helped her to overcome injuries and improved her physical confidence. For a few years post study, she was sidetracked by backstage and technical theatre, as well as travel across North America.

After illness and a major operation in 2000, she discovered Pilates at the studio which was then at the Derby Dance Centre, and it helped her regain lost strength and fitness. She finished the two years of teacher training in June 2004. She also teaches mat classes in gyms and halls around Derby, as well as maintaining our connections with classes at the Derby Dance Centre.

Studio and Matwork teacher for Body in Mind ™ Pilates

Janet trained as a secondary school teacher and pursued this career for over 30 years. In 2000, after a bad bout of sciatica, she came across the Thoughtful Body, in Derby and attended sessions in order to rehabilitate. Not only has the sciatica never returned but she found that Pilates changed both her body and her outlook on life. This contributed to a decision to train in the method.

Since qualification she has taught Pilates in the Derby area, to both groups and individuals, and as well as running her own classes she has been employed by the local authority, Chesterfield Primary Health Care Trust, Derby Dance Centre and various other organisations.

Studio and Matwork teacher for Body in Mind ™ Pilates

Christina Hadjigeorgiou was born in Sydney, Australia and moved to Limassol, Cyprus where she grew up. She danced from an early age and trained in classical ballet, jazz and contemporary.

She discovered the Pilates method whilst training in dance, which she found highly beneficial to her technique. Whilst studying in the UK, Christina decided to train as an instructor with the Pilates Foundation UK Ltd and Rachel Swindle on The Thoughtful Body™ Pilates Training Programme.

Not only has Christina qualified as a fully comprehensive Pilates Instructor but she has also recently gained a place at Nottingham University to study Physiotherapy and extend her practice.