Alana had been working for Pilates New Plymouth for nearly 3 years and in 2018 took over ownership of the business.
She previously worked as a Pilates Instructor & Personal Trainer for 11 Years in Wellington. Alana is trained in Stott Pilates, & is experienced not only in Matwork & Reformer, but also other Pilates equipment, Tower, Stability Chair & Ladder Barrel. She also holds a Bachelor of Sport & Exercise with a major in Exercise Prescription.
Alana has a keen interest in sports & athletic conditioning, so will be specialising in running Athletic conditioning Pilates such as the Advanced Reformer class.
She is very good with rehabilitation exercise, and health & fitness in general. She is passionate about helping clients achieve and surpass their goals!
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Peggy Preston is thrilled to be joining the team at Pilates New Plymouth. Peggy has had a career in fitness for the last 20 years and loves guiding and helping people to transform and progress. Her background began in Yoga at age 23 and she went on to become qualified in Bikram and studied the 8 limbs of Yoga (including yoga therapy). Peggy opened up a successful and still running yoga studio in Queenstown in 2007. Mat Pilates became a foundation for many beginning, injured and advanced students who wanted to fine tune their understanding of the core, breath and integration of the two.
Peggy has taken a sabbatical after moving back to New Plymouth and is now super excited to get back into the studio and connect with the community.
Peggy's Qualifications:
Natalie is passionate about a holistic approach to health and assisting her clients to make profound changes in the way they feel, think and move. Her favourite ways to stay active are dancing, hiking, HITT training and of course practising Pilates. She completed Polestar Pilates courses in Mat, Reformer and Comprehensive, which includes all apparatus and is a Certified Polestar Reformer teacher.
She moved from Auckland with her husband and left her corporate career to dedicate her time to helping others move and feel better. Her goal is to help people fine tune all their systems so they work in harmony instead of 'fixing' their bodies or their mind. When she is not teaching Pilates, Natalie is working with her clients as a Health & Wellness coach.
Natalie's Qualifications:
Sera spent 20 years working in Visual Arts in NZ and international schools. She was living in Hong Kong when she came to Pilates via injury, after giving birth to her second child at 46 years old. Sera was left with severe abdominal and pelvic issues. Doctors said her back would eventually become a functional problem. She was told not to lift weights and even picking up her own children posed a risk.
Pilates One on One with a Certified Instructor over the next 2 years, surgery and then Post-surgery Pilates, enabled her to achieve pain free movement and continue with daily activities and some weightlifting exercises. The depth and effectiveness of the Pilates method blew her away and got her hooked on the practice. So much so she began training towards becoming an Instructor with STOTT Pilates as soon as she got medical clearance.
Fast forward to now and Sera has completed her Mat and Reformer training with STOTT Pilates, accrued more than 200 teaching hours and feels stronger than ever. It is now her mission to make Pilates accessible to everyone, everybody at every level. Pilates is not for a certain body size, age or type; you don't have to be fit or flexible to have access and enjoyment with this method. Pilates meets your body where it is, every day.
Sera loves to help people develop an integrated movement practice that they enjoy, tailored to their own lifestyle and specific goals. She strives to create movement programs that offer healing, mobility and strength alongside the development of a deeper awareness of the body and confidence in its ability to support us living well throughout our lives.
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